The Potty Boot Camp

A parent review on Amazon.com com says: “I bought this CD and songbook for my daughter and we have loved it! I gave it to her about two weeks before we started potty training as way to talk about the process of going potty and just to make it all a little more fun. She loved the songs and the fun words. She listens to the CD often and we both learned the words to most all of the songs. We would pick one to sing while she was sitting on the potty. The tunes of the songs are familiar to little kids and there are cute, easy to learn words. I have loved this CD and have enjoyed watching my daughter get excited about potty training because of it. This is a must have for those kids who love music.”

Being the author of a potty training guide for parents, I know all to well how difficult it can be to motivate toddlers to use the toilet. Therefore, ANY tool that might be beneficial is a tool that I’m a fan of. That’s why I’m excited about this book and CD combo I found on Amazon.com. “Tinkle, Tinkle Little Tot: Songbook and CD is a fun little product.

The product description says: “The funniest and most motivating toilet-training book ever! It contains 17 funny songs and rhymes parents can use to coax kids into the bathroom, and the accompanied CD of songs will make them love to sing along! Toddlers learning to potty train will find the familiar tunes, positive reinforcement and easy repetition a great way to learn how to use the potty!”

Sample Lyrics:
(To the tune of Tinkle, Tinkle, Little Star)
Tinkle, tinkle, little tot
Sitting there upon the pot.
Any second now, you’ll see …
Sprinkle, splash and you’ll go pee!

(To the tune of On Top Of Old Smokey)
On top of my potty
I sit and I wait
I know what I’m making…
Is going to be great!

I can already picture it….you’re sitting in the bathroom, on the floor. Your toddler is on the potty. She wants to get up….but you start singing the Tinkle Tinkle song….lo and behold…it’s now a fun game! It’ll buy you at least a few extra minutes, which can ultimately lead to increased chance of success!

The Book is Available from Amazon.com

Post by Suzanne Riffel, author of “The Potty Boot Camp: Basic Training for Toddlers” - a new, fast, easy toilet training method that produces remarkable results.

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This blogger, in her blog ‘Kirsten in Montana’, wasn’t a huge fan of the book “Flush the Potty!” by Ken Wilson-Max. Her entertaining review made me laugh. Below is an excerpt from her post:
“It starts off with a motivational stanza about being a big kid and wanting to go the way the big kids go- all well and good. Trouble starts in the second stanza proclaiming the trainees readiness to take part in the flushing fun:Let’s scoot off to the toilet.I hop, skip, jump- and run!What kind of toilet training advice is this, I ask you? Should a child who isn’t all that familiar with his excretory functions be dilly-dallying on the way to the toilet? And in a fashion that would encourage the function to process more quickly? That is a recipe for missing the target in messy fashion.” (Click on the link below to read the entire post.)

Literary Critique: “Flush the Potty!” by Ken Wilson-Max « Kirsten in Montana

(This blog post is intended to supplement my original article/post entitled “Help! My Toddler Won’t Poop on the Potty!”)

I hear from parents over and over again about their child refusing to use the potty to poop. These kids inevitably are doing great with their pee training, but will absolutely NOT poop in the toilet. Some kids just go in their underwear while others actually run and hide. In my book, “The Potty Boot Camp: Basic Training for Toddlers” I dedicated a full chapter (The ‘Potty Poop Camp’) on the topic since it is such a common occurrence!

One of the most common reasons for a child’s refusal to use the toilet for ‘#2′ is fear. Some are afraid of the sound of the ‘plop’ or the feeling of the air hitting their bottom. The most common cause of fear, however, is that the child has has a previously painful bowel movement.

That’s why I am excited about this book by Howard Bennett, M.D. The book, entitled, “It Hurts When I Poop: A Story for Children Who Are Scared to Use the Potty” It tells a story about a little boy named Ryan who is afraid to use the toilet. Through the book, children follow along with Ryan’s “poop program” as he learns to overcome his fears.

Every review I have read about this book is a positive one. Below are a few comments from parents who had positive results from reading the book to their child:

• “When you have been through 2 years of poop problems, and not knowing what else to do, this book is the answer. It describes perfectly how my daughter felt, it was if she wrote it. I love this book, it is her favorite book. Some tomes we don’t talk about these kind of this because we are ashamed, but now with this book it is easy to help in this matter. I am so thankful I found this book, I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!! “
• “My daughter has had a poo poo problem for three years and FINALLY!!!!…..I purchased the book and from the first time I read it to her she started to relate to Ryan. She wanted me to read her the book at least five times a night and when she was on the toilet. People don’t understand the late nights crying on the toilet for three hours at a time unless they have been through something like this. My daughter was in pain every day and Ryan has the exact symptoms as my daughter had. I really wanted to thank the author of this book. I also purchased one for my daughters doctor. If your child has this problem please buy this book it really has done wonders for my daughter and the family. “
• “After months of abdominal pain, I was desperate for my son to find some sort of solution to his….err….ummm….going problem. He wouldn’t poop. No matter what he would not poop. Enemas, laxatives, fruit, it was all like trying to shave your head with a butter knife….. FUTILE I bought this book at Barnes and Noble (sorry amazon) on a whim. Without even reading it, my son was pooping himself right in the store! It was like he knew what was coming so he readied his bowels. When we got home I sat him on the toilet and read him the story. 5 months of impacted fecal matter came pouring out of him like water from a fountain! Oh we are so lucky to have found this book. Without it my son would probably have blown up like that blueberry girl from willy wonka. Yay Poop!”

In my book I discuss the topic of fear - and that every parent needs to address this issue first before they will ever get cooperation from their child. I think this is a great first step to take when you are constantly cleaning up poop!

Once the fear is gone, other issues can be tackled. Some children are just plain stubborn! When that’s the case, it’s on to “Potty Poop Camp!”………..