The No-Cry Potty Training Solution
With 'potty training ' generally acknowledged as the most stressful parent/toddler experience, many parents are often unsure of exactly the right time to start potty training and the best ways to help their child become independent in the bathroom.But how do you know when your child is ready to start using the potty? How long will it take your toddler to learn? And, what should you do if things 'go wrong '?
Elizabeth Pantley knows that potty training doesn 't have to be a stressful or a time- consuming experience. In her ground-breaking, practical and loving book 'The No-Cry Potty Training Solution', this top parenting expert will help you put your child on the road to bathroom independence without frustration, confusion, shame, or tears.
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Tested by hundreds of families in every childrearing situation: working families, single parents, stay-at-home parents, twins and multiples, and children of varying age and temperament - The No-Cry Potty Training Solution will help motivate even the most reluctant potty user. Pantley begins with a quiz to help identify readiness, provides pre-training ideas, gives a menu of training tips, addresses bed wetting and provides solutions to virtually any toilet training problem. She also helps to inject a bit of fun into the whole experience for child and parents alike - and makes you realise that any disasters you may have are just like everyone else 's!
The No-Cry Potty Training Solution will help you determine the right time to start potty training; what supplies to buy and how to use them; how to create a potty plan for your child; gives a menu of potty training ideas; tips for toilet training; and shows you how to increase your child 's self-esteem and bathroom independence. It is also the only potty training book that comes complete with bathroom safety checklists and childproofing strategies.
So regardless of your concerns, or that embarrassing question you 've been afraid to ask anyone else before, The No-Cry Potty Training Solution will give you practical, sympathetic and real-life answers to virtually any potty or toilet training conundrum. The book also includes quotes from parents about their own potty training experiences, together with fun photos of just some of children who road tested the Pantley No-Cry plan!
A MENU OF POTTY TRAINING IDEAS
 Understand and apply the basics. Eliminate the confusion that leads to training problems by learning what 's normal and setting realistic and practical goals.
Introduce the Potty. Either take your child with you to select a potty chair or present one to him or her with a flourish. Give a brief lesson and let them investigate this new contraption. Don 't expect that they 'll totally understand right away, it will take time to really come to terms with how the potty fits into their life.
Just sitting there is success. Just getting your child to sit on the potty for more than 10 seconds is progress! You may want to read, sing or talk so that they 'll stay longer than a moment or two. Praise your child for going through the actions of getting to the potty and sitting there.
Make it a game. If you liven things up a bit, your child will be a more willing participant. For example, you might call it the potty train. Announce its arrival with a loud "Choo Choo" and "all aboard!" to your child to encourage him or her to follow you.
Make a potty poster. You can help a child remember the details of what to do by making a potty poster. Take potty-process pictures of your child and glue these pictures in sequence. Hang the poster at child 's eye level in the bathroom and ask them to follow the actions and "what comes next?". You can also make the poster even more special by adding a sticker to the poster each time they use the potty.
Get everyone on the same track. If your child spends time in someone else 's care, make sure everyone communicates. Have a clear plan for potty training so that everyone is consistent.
Make hand washing a fun part of the potty routine. Select colourful soaps or foam dispensers and have a sturdy step stool so that your child can easily reach the sink. Make sure they lather up and encourage their independence by teaching them to do this on their own.
The No-Cry Potty Training Solution
Elizabeth Pantley is a parenting 'guru who has redefined stress-free parenting with her classic books The No-Cry Sleep Solution and The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers. She is the author of seven books for parents that are available in eighteen languages.
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