The number of choices parents face when beginning to potty train can be overwhelming. This parent details her shopping experience when she went to buy her child a new potty. Apparently there aren’t a whole of of just ‘plain old potties’ around anymore.

They have to make noise, or cheer, or look like lighthouses, or glow in the dark. This isn’t anything compared to the choices available when trying to decide on HOW to potty train your child. The author of the linked artilce below talks about all the different methods available (including my own Potty Boot Camp book.)

It really is confusing and mind-numbing - and is one of the reasons I wrote the book to begin with! For parents who are unsure of what methods to use, I did write an Amazon guide that reviews all of the different methods and techniques available - from infant training to child-centered. The guide is available at:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/R1129P1N4FN4B2/ref=cm_pdp_sylt_title.

Good luck on your potty training adventures!

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‘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.

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

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

This book is one I’ve always recommended as one that is great as a potty training tool. In particular, it helps to reinforce the concept to your toilet-training toddler that wearing diapers at night is still “ok” even when they wear underwear during the day. Below is an excerpt from www.Amazon.com from another reader who found the book helpful:

This book is brilliant!, August 18, 2005
By Pizor

This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

We’re official! The Potty Boot Camp:Basic Training for Toddlers is now also available through Booklocker.com. To view our product page, visit: http://www.booklocker.com/books/3161.html

A paperback version of the book is planned for early next year.