The Potty Boot Camp

Below is a link to an article written on the ‘Discipline How-to Blog’ - The Potty Boot Camp book is discussed as a new and effective potty training method. (The author of the article owns a copy as well.)

To read the original article click HERE

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.

Tyler, Kate and Shawn: I THINK I MIGHT BE A BELIEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the title of a post from a blog written by a mother whose son just went through The Potty Boot Camp.

It is normal, of course, to be skeptical of anything you read on the internet. On The Potty Boot Camp website, I have a long list of testimonials - all real, all from parents like yourself. There is, however, no proof for you that I didn’t make them all up! That’s why I was so excited to find this mom’s blog post. You can follow her first two days of Potty Boot Camp below: (Culminating in the ‘I think I might be a believer’ comment!)

From the ‘Tyler, Kate and Shawn Blog’:

Day #1:
http://tylerkateshawn.blogspot.com/2008/09/potty-boot-camp.html

Day #2:
http://tylerkateshawn.blogspot.com/2008/09/almost-believer.html

‘The Potty Boot Camp: Basic Training for Toddlers’, written by Dr. Suzanne Riffel, is now available in a paperback version from major booksellers.

The Potty Boot Camp teaches parents a unique new toilet training method that has been successful for hundreds of parents.

If you are interested in learning more about ‘The Potty Boot Camp,’ a downloadable excerpt is now available to preview. To visit the sample, please click the following link:

http://booklocker.com/pdf/3161s.pdf

Want to read more? In the full version of the book, the following topics are discussed:

* Eight activities you should do before you ever even start potty training.
* The most important concept your child needs to understand before commencing training.
* The best potty training product on the market that eliminates “power struggles” between you and your child.
* Why having your child wear pull-ups is the worst thing you can do when toilet training.

You’ll also be taught the actual “Boot Camp” technique:

* How your child will completely understand the concept of needing to put their pee and poop into the potty by the end of the first day of training.
* Learn techniques to keep your child entertained on the potty.
* Learn how to make the progression from “potty training” to “potty trained” and how to not get discouraged during the process.
* How to handle the stubborn child.
* Steps to take if your training doesn’t go as planned.
* Helpful techniques and products that will keep your child’s motivation high throughout the training process.

Bonus Topics Include:

* The Potty “Poop” Camp - a method to use when your child is fully potty trained except for #2.
* How to handle regression in a formerly “trained” child.
* The true meaning of “potty trained” and what are realistic expectations for you to have of your toddler.
* Why you should consider potty training before the age of two.

‘The Potty Boot Camp: Basic Training for Toddlers’ is a short, no-nonsense, to-the-point and straightforward method of toilet training. The eBook download is available from Booklocker.com: www.booklocker.com/books/3161.htm

Toilet Potty Training
By Loo Puay Kiong

Successfully potty training boys is said to take a longer time than girls. Nobody can really tell the reason why, but most people consider the fact the it is the mommies who are the potty-trainers, and considering the difference between males and females, girls are usually the ones who immediately get the idea of toilet potty training since they are physically like their mommies. Boys on the other hand would need a male role model to completely get the right procedure.

Another reason may also be because, more than learning the basics of potty training, boys need to also learn and master the proper way of peeing standing up. At first, boys need to learn to pee sitting down since peeing and pooping usually come at the same time at least for the first few months thus, it would be easier to toilet train them that way.

After a few months or so, when your son can now pee sitting down by himself, he is ready to go to the next step: learning to pee standing up. This would require a male role model so it is better to ask his dad, an older brother or an uncle for help. Make your son go with his male role model to the bathroom and see for himself how it is done. After a while, he can try doing it himself.

To help him perfect the proper way of peeing standing up, here are some potty training tips that you could try:

Aiming takes a lot of practice and so you must be ready to do little wipe-ups here and there before your boy can actually do it right. Show him how to point his penis down so that he won’t spray his pee around the bathroom. It would also be helpful if he has a target to which he can aim his pee. One potty training tip suggests Cheerio cereals, paper boats or any other small, floating and flushable products as useful and fun targets.

Making toilet potty training fun for him can also help. Instead of floating cheerios, you could also try draining the water from the bowl, then painting a red target. This could be another way of perfecting his aim.

Training could also be made fun with his role model. On a trip to the woods for example, or somewhere where it is private, the boy can practice his aim. In the winter, father and son could have a peeing party while trying to right in the snow.

It would also help to make everything about toilet potty training comfortable for the boy. If the boy can not reach the toilet bowl, give him a boost by letting him stand on your toes or providing a safe platform on which he can stand. But, be sure that the toilet seat is secure enough not to fall down on your little boy as he is urinating or is guarded enough to prevent him from scraping his penis. You wouldn’t want his potty experience to be a painful one.

Toilet potty training your young boy won’t be much of a problem for you if you make it fun and easy for your son. Without the stress of trying to learn something new and perfecting it, your young one could learn to go to the potty with ease.

A must read Toilet Potty Training for all parents.
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For parents enrolled in The Potty Boot Camp, a timer is an integral part of training during days two through five. A unique product is the Potty Watch. Instead of relying on a kitchen timer, the toddler wears a watch that can be programmed for different intervals. When it’s “potty time” the watch plays one of a few different songs and reminds the child it’s time to go.

I have found that many children will adamantly say “no!” when a parent tells them to go to the toilet; however if some object tells them it suddenly becomes OK - it takes away the “power struggle” between parent and toddler. It also helps that no child can resist any kind of noise-making appliance!

I’ve checked around the web and it seems like the least expensive place to get the watch is EBay. Click HERE to go to the current EBay listings.

I’ve always used the travel potty that has a plastic liner, but this one uses a disposable diaper. It looks like it’s a bit larger than the www.onestepahead.com foldable travel potty, but perhaps more sturdy.

Check out the review of the “Caboose”:

http://celebritybabies.typepad.com/reviews/2007/11/caboose-a-great.html

Like many parents, I was overwhelmed and intimidated when embarking upon the toilet training process. Have you actually spent time surfing the web to find advice, books, and tips about potty training? A search on Google for the keywords “potty training” yields over two million results!!!!

I found so many options - from books that are hundreds of pages long to online training programs that cost $39.99. I found advice about why to train early, advice about why to train late, and advice that just didn’t make sense at all. I did not find what I was looking for! I was searching for a step-by-step, no-nonsense, brief, and to-the-point training program. I wanted something so concrete that I could even have a checklist or flow-chart to follow. Needless to say, I became pretty convinced that nothing like that existed.

My next step was to go ahead and invest in some of the products I mentioned above. I spent $19.99 on a “train in three days” system online. I spent another $25.00 on books on Amazon.com regarding toilet training. After I started training and realized I needed even more advice, I spent another $19.99! It seemed to me that there just had to be an easier and more straightforward way.

Finally, I was successful and my daughter was potty trained! It was hard work and I felt like I had actually figured it out - but only after hours and hours and hours of research and frustration! My final training method was a combination of my own preparatory work, the “toilet training in a day” methods, the timer method, and the “Naked and $75″ method! I took the best and most logical advice from each potty training theory and combined them all together.

My daughter was young when I trained her - only 20 months old. At music class, gym class, and the playground I was asked over and over again how I had trained my daughter at such an early age. It finally dawned on me that I should write it all down! I spent hours of my time and a lot of my own money to get this point. It really would be a waste if I couldn’t share my new found “expertise” with other parents. Thus, “The Potty Boot Camp” was born!

“The Potty Boot Camp” is a brief (15 page), to-the-point, step-by-step potty training method. Much of what I learned is summarized in a book that is easily readable during nap time! It includes a shopping list, a flow-chart, and easy to follow instruction manual. It breaks down the training process into what to do on a daily basis - one step at a time! Most importantly, The Potty Boot Camp will not bore you with a lot of theory - only practical and logical advice!

I’m not an expert - I’m a parent just like you. This toilet training program has worked for me and many, many other parents. It’s also really reasonably priced - only $4.99. I think anyone who is trying to charge upwards of $50.00 to share their knowledge with you is not really out to share knowledge — they’re just trying to get YOU to share your money!

The Potty Boot Camp : Basic Training for Toddlers is available at http://www.thepottybootcamp.com/ .

Please, come look around, learn more, and get your own copy of the eBook. It’s an instant download. Think, your child could be out of diapers and reliably using the potty in less than a week! Enroll your child in The Potty Boot Camp and be diaper free forever!

I always encourage parents to NOT put a diaper on their child after beginning The Potty Training Boot Camp - it just serves as a source of confusion.

That being said, many kids who are being trained attend daycare or have a babysitter outside the home. Many times these childcare providers don’t have the time and/or motivation to religiously continue the training process. For those toddlers, a good potty training pant is a must.

Good training pants will feel like underwear to the child, yet will keep leaks to a minimum. I have found a product that looks like it fits the bill.

The product is “Trickle Free Trainers”, and can be found at Earthy Birthy Mama.com (Click the banner to go directly to their site)

I have no idea what they are singing about, but the tune is catchy and the video wildly funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-KrrIbAEs