The No-Cry Potty Training Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Quick Guide 1: Facts About Potty Training......Page 16
Quick Guide 2: Readiness Quiz......Page 18
Quick Guide 3: Pre-Potty Training......Page 20
Quick Guide 4: It's Potty Time!......Page 21
Quick Guide 5: Bed-Wetting......Page 23
Quick Guide 6: Solving Common Toilet Training Problems......Page 24
1 Potty Training: What's It All About?......Page 28
When to Start......Page 30
Potty Training Is Really Potty Learning......Page 34
It's Not All or Nothing, You Know!......Page 35
Helpful Facts to Know......Page 36
The Parent's Role......Page 40
The Quiz......Page 42
Identify the Act......Page 54
Keep It Natural......Page 55
Teaching the Vocabulary......Page 57
The Value of Demonstrations......Page 59
When Should You Buy a Potty Chair?......Page 60
Learning to Follow Directions......Page 61
Read to Your Child......Page 62
Moving on from Pre-Potty Training to Active Toilet Training......Page 63
Deciding on Your Potty Training Approach......Page 64
The Magic Two......Page 66
Supplies You'll Need......Page 67
Decide Where to Put the Potty......Page 74
Tips for Toilet Training......Page 75
Introduce the Potty......Page 86
Give Wiping and Toilet Paper Lessons......Page 89
Make It a Routine......Page 91
Offer Choices......Page 92
Make It a Game......Page 93
Come with Me!......Page 94
Read About the Potty......Page 95
Tell Stories, Chitchat, and Sing......Page 98
Make a Potty Poster......Page 99
Use a Potty Doll......Page 100
Tips for Your Little Boy......Page 101
Get a Jump Start to Success......Page 104
Offer a Prize......Page 105
Make Hand Washing a Fun Part of the Potty Routine......Page 107
Relax About Accidents......Page 109
Offer Praise and Encouragement—but How Much?......Page 110
One More Reminder to Be Patient......Page 111
No Place for Punishment or Shame......Page 112
It Is a Natural, Biological Process......Page 114
How Do You Know When It's Safe to Go Diaperless?......Page 115
How to Help Your Child Stay Dry......Page 116
When Should You Seek Help?......Page 118
Don't Worry......Page 119
Solving Any Toilet Training Problem......Page 120
Setbacks and Regressing......Page 132
When to Call the Doctor......Page 135
Fear of Flushing......Page 138
Coordinating Two Homes for Training......Page 140
Traveling with a Newly Trained Child......Page 141
Fathers and Daughters in Public Restrooms......Page 142
Public Restrooms......Page 144
Using Portable Toilets with Your Child......Page 146
Potty Training Twins, Higher Order Multiples, or Two Children Close in Age......Page 147
Potty Training Children with Special Needs......Page 149
Day Care and Potty Training......Page 153
Bad Language and Potty Humor......Page 154
Refining Your Little Boy's Aim......Page 155
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)......Page 157
Handling Unwanted Advice......Page 158
Playing with Poop......Page 160
Constipation......Page 162
Training an Active Toddler......Page 163
Celebrations and Rewards......Page 164
Fascination with New Bathrooms......Page 165
Stalling Bedtime with Potty Visits......Page 166
Frequent Potty Visits......Page 167
Bladder-Stretching Exercises for Accident Control......Page 169
Handling His Penis While on the Potty......Page 170
Wiping Lessons......Page 171
Fecal Soiling (Encopresis)......Page 173
Motivating a Child with No Interest in Potty Training......Page 174
9 Bathroom Safety......Page 178
C......Page 184
I......Page 185
P......Page 186
Q......Page 187
T......Page 188
W......Page 189