Help with potty training

Advantages: a book thats fun to read to potty trainees
Disadvantages: none

...I want my potty, BY Tony Ross I was in the charity shop again and found this gem I want my potty a book by Tony Ross for children. I remember this book from when a friend’s daughter (now 25) was potty training aged about 2 yrs. This book is 14 pages long, is produced by picture lions. The book I have cost £2.99 new but I expect it is more like £5 .00 new now. I bought it for 10p. On the cover an enchanting child big eyes wide smile sits on her potty she is wearing a crown. The story starts with the little princess saying “Nappies Are yuuech !” The Queen says,” The potty’s the place”. The story continues with the little princess sat on the potty. Sometimes she is a long way away, sometimes she has the potty on her head we see her straining and showing off her potty to everyone. Everyone...

mumsymary 30.01.2004 · Read review
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Review of I Want my Potty - Tony Ross

Potty Training in One Week

Advantages: Quick to read, and it does seem to work .
Disadvantages: Hard to follow the advice rigidly if you have a busy lifestyle, or older children.

...A very readable and enjoyable book. The book contains a list of signs that a toddler is ready to be trained; a stage-by-stage process to follow; a number of case-studies; a section on how to deal with special cases like twins, or particularly stubborn children; and finally a comprehensive series of question and answers. The advice seems very sensible. If followed to the letter, I'm sure the suggested process may well work with most children within the week. However, it is quite hard to follow rigidly when there are other commitments. Also, most mothers would not feel comfortable having their toddler have an accident on the carpet of someone else's home: we just can't let it happen, so we resort to pull-ups (absolutely forbidden by Gina!). Nevertheless, a useful book. I tried to follow it with my first son, and indeed he was dry...

u761826 26.02.2006 · Read review
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Review of Potty Training in One Week - Gina Ford

Parents should get a medal when they potty train their child!

Advantages: no more nappies
Disadvantages: can be messy

...After successfully training my little boy who has just turned two I thought I would try and help others who are in this situation with some tips and ideas. What a milestone! What a fun time! What a journey! Over the last week we have been trying to encourage our son to stop randomly weeing into the soft, cushiony nappy between his legs that he's been wearing for the past two years and start doing his business on a cold, hard plastic tub that has a picture of a duck on it.Thankfully he has taken really well to it and within a week he was done. I spent a few occasions with carpet cleaner in hand mopping up a puddle on the carpet, I was paranoid for a few days that my house stunk of urine and both my hubby and I danced around like absolute maniacs when Noah actually got his first wee in the potty. The only few words that came out of my...

claribella 21.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of member advice on toilet training

Help with potty training

Advantages: Cheaper as you don't have to buy nappies
Disadvantages: Not always easy, accidents do happen

...The first thing you need to understand about potty training is that all children are very different. They are all ready at different times. Just because your friends kids have been clean day and night since they were 3 months old it doesn't mean that your 3 year old who still has accidents and wets the bed is abnormal! I have three children, two who are now successfully toilet trained and a third who is just 8 months old. My first child a boy is now almost 6. He was very hard to train. Firstly he was scared of the potty as when I felt the time was right I bought a potty and stuck him on it. Not a good thing to do as the child has never seen this thing before and now you are sticking him on it expecting him to go for a wee or poo on it in front of all who want to see! Then when I got him used to it he would go for a wee but...

Moaty 22.10.2002 · Read review
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Potty Prison - Length of Service - 1 week!

Advantages: You can read it in an afternoon
Disadvantages: It might not work first time round!

...Potty Training in One Week This little gem of a book was written by author Gina Ford, who also wrote "The Contented Little Baby Book". Gina Ford has over 20 years experience working as a maternity nurse all over the world for all kinds of people, from lawyers and bankers to newspaper editors and pop stars. She now runs a maternity consultancy service for parents. I have never felt the need to buy any of these self-help books before, as being a Mother, you rarely find the time to read these so called helpful guides! The book is of a very dinky square sized 6 inches by 5 inches, so you know its not going to be a tome to read. It was the title that grabbed me, because I will do anything that offers a quick solution, especially when it relates to children and their development. It's a very easy book to read, in slightly larger...

lollyparker 26.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Potty Training in One Week - Gina Ford

Potty Book

Advantages: Shows toddlers the processes involved in potty use.
Disadvantages: Once the child is trained the book isnt so usefull.

...Potty training, its rarely easy, never fun but you have to do it. My little boy started showing all the signs of readyness at 2, some babies are ready before then, others later, all children are different. My mum bought him this book for him to read whilst we were potty training him, this is the boys version there is an alternative for girls. While many potty training books are primarily aimed at adults with advice, illustrations etc this book is deliberately designed with toddlers in mind. My potty book is a 7 page board book, this may not seem like alot of pages but bear in mind it is for toddlers, 7 pages is just enough to keep their attention. You can sit them down with the book before or during potty use and it will help guide them through the process. The story- The story is quite basic but has a purpose, it is written to...

piggypine 15.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of My Potty Book - Kathryn Smith

  Beware of "Strangers on a Train"

Advantages: Fabulous story, fabulous atmosphere and fabulous acting
Disadvantages: A very few irksome things but neglible

...Alfred Hitchcock?s Strangers on a Train - excellent movie! I could leave it that but of course I won?t. I?d had this 2 disk special edition in my DVD collection for a while before I got around to watching it. I really should have watched it as soon as I bought it. Not that I need an excuse to watch it all over again. There is no law that says you have to wait any given period of time before you can watch a film that you enjoyed all over again! WHAT?S IT ALL ABOUT? Guy Haynes is travelling on a train and get into conversation with a stranger Bruno Anthony. Guy is a semi-professional tennis player and is somewhat flattered that Bruno recognises him. During their conversation Bruno brings up Guy?s soon to be (hopefully) ex-wife Miriam and current girlfriend Ann Morton who is the daughter of senator. Guy is not very...

anonymili 23.09.2009 (09.11.2009) · Read review
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Portable Potty

Advantages: Able to use it anywhere, compact
Disadvantages: Bit small for larger toddlers

...I spotted the Tommee Toppee Potty when in Boots one day and at that point I hadn't even thought about potty training. Anyway a few months later I realised that my daughter was probably ready to be potty trained (and probably had been for some time but I had been putting it off!). The first couple of days I daren't leave the house but soon realised that i couldn't stay indors until she was fully trained nor did i want to revert back to nappies wile we were out. That is when i remembered the portable potty i had seen in Boots and went out to get one (leaving my daughter at home with my husband!!) ****What is it***** The Tommee Tippee is convenient, hygienic and portable, ideal for when you are out and about. It has a compact design and carry bag which offers maximum convenience. ***What do you get and how much is it*** When you...

ineichen1 16.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Tommee Tippee Potty

Gina Ford Gets It Right

Advantages: Well laid out and easy to understand routine
Disadvantages: 7 days doesnt take into account possible preparation stage

...Potty training is one of those inevitable events when you have children, sooner or later you have to do it. Christopher was my first child and I had no idea how to start potty training him. My mum was very old school in her approach and believed he should have started training at a year old, however he was a slow developer and wasn't even walking at that point, he certainly wasn't able to string together a sentence or tell me he needed to wee. So I turned to my local bookshop in hopes of some inspiration, there are endless books out there on the subject but I was looking for something small and simple, Gina Fords "Potty training in one week" book looked like just the thing I needed, small and well laid out, it seemed perfect. So purchase made I started the task of preparing myself and Christopher for training. Gina Ford "Potty...

piggypine 30.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Potty Training in One Week - Gina Ford

In the night garden ninky nonk train set

Advantages: strong, versatile, compact, nice bright colours, fun to play with
Disadvantages: none so far

...I decided to buy the in the night garden ninky nonk train set from Amazon as my young daughter is a big fan of in the night garden and whenever it comes on TV she gets really excited. So as my daughter already had some of the other characters from the show I wanted her to have the whole set and since buying it the train set the ninky nonk train set has become one of her favourite toys to play with on a daily basis. The train set can come apart and be attached on many different ways and my daughter enjoys looking at the nice bright colours and putting some of the other in the night garden characters onto the train set even though it keeps falling of now and again it keeps her busy and sometimes I hear her in fits of giggles. The train set is very cute and versatile and its great as children such as mine can have hours of fun with it...

jmarlene 02.11.2009 · Read review
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