Customer Reviews

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Potty Training Problems

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This book helped with my potty resistant older child. There aren't a lot of sources out there for such a situation. But this book helped tremendously. We tried practically every method to train our child over the course of 18 months but she simply refused. Once we applied several ideas in this book, it was like a different child (more like a different parent/trainer).

Admittedly, I had to read this book several times before things actually clicked. But the bottom line was, this book (and 'The No Cry Potty Training Solution') gave me the ability to "create" a potty plan that worked for our child.

I wished I found this sooner. It would have saved me a lot of money on un-needed gadgets and resources.

So parents of potty resistant children, this book is for you!!

Great, great, great. This book is clear, concise and based logically on accurate behavioral learning principles and positive (not attachment) pareting. It skips long discussions about the more conceptual issues in toilet training and is practical. I was caught in a potty power struggle with my 3 y.o. and with a two-day read of this book, we are positive and motivated. He's back on track and went with only one accident today! An aside - the book has wonderful points of general parenting advice scattered throughout that will help you immensely if you are open.

When my son was 3 1/2 I bought the book. I thought some of the ideas were good, but what depressed me was to see the author refer to "your child" as a toddler when I was struggling with my preschooler. Nevertheless, I was thankful for a book on children who are reluctant to be potty trained.
One suggestion the author stated was to cut out the bottom of a diaper and have the child sit on the toilet this way. My son freaked, screaming, "No! Mom! That diaper is broken!"
I am happy to announce now at age 4 he is trained, but he did this on his own without any radical techniques.

Dr. Schonwald's book is clear, concise and basically fabulous. It made potty training a snap for my family and, as a pediatrician, I have had patients rave about it. It is the best book of its kind on the topic.

Has great suggestions for little quirks during the training process that other books did not address.

My husband and I had been potty training our preschooler for over 7 months when I finally bought this book. Oddly enough, he is completely trained with #2, but still wets his pants twice a day. Since we bought this book and started implementing some of the suggestions, he has maybe one accident every 2 days or so. Most of the suggestions we have used in the book, we never would have thought of on our own. For example, one big idea that has worked was to stop putting pressure on him to "be a big boy". I highly recommend this book to anyone that is thinking about potty training and/or is having problems.

My wife and I had heard all kinds of theories about how to potty train our daughter. none of them worked.The information in this book was much more valuable.

I bought this book because my 2 1/2 year old daughter has great interest in going to potty, but gets distracted and won't tell me when she has to go. The book is very straight forward and gives great advice on what to do and most importantly what not to do when toilet training your child. High recommended.

This is a must buy guide for all new & repeat parent's! The writer offers calming encouragement throughout the guide.

I am still a few months away from toilet training but this book was amazing. I was clearly laid out, easy to read, a fast read, and had really good information about things I can be doing now to prepare my child for toilet training. The book definately helped with the language I will use with my child. I would totally recommend that you buy this book.