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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I love it! The folks at http://www.pottysong.com/ have come up with a downloadable, personalized, song that helps with potty training. Every time your child goes potty, you can play this song to celebrate their achievement! I’ll warn you, though…the tune is catchy enough that it is likely to get stuck in your head.

According to their website, benefits of the song are:

• The Potty Song generates excitement through a personalized, upbeat and easy to remember song that speaks directly to the potty training child.
• Toddlers at the potty training age know their name and get excited about a song made just for them.
• The Potty Song is so catchy that it’s hard for a toddler to get it out of his head. This reminds him that he wants to hear it again which in turn reminds him that he needs to use the potty in order to make that happen.
• The length of the song is just right for the attention span of toddlers. Toddlers get so excited to hear the song, but it’s short enough to leave them wanting more. The desire to hear it again and again generates motivation to use the potty again and again.
• Singing the song together can be a fun bonding experience for parent and child. This adds to the excitement and increases motivation to repeat the process.
• Unlike candy or prizes (other popular motivational tools), you always have The Potty Song with you (even if you have to sing it without the CD). Also, candy and prizes create an added cost and create a reward system that is materially oriented…not relationally oriented like The Potty Song.

  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.