Customer Reviews

I Can Go Potty (Muppet Babies Big Steps Book) (Golden Books)

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I've only had I Can Go Potty in my son's library for a few days, but we love it already! My son asks to have the book read to him every night. Not only that, but my 34 month old son who has never shown any interest in going to the potty, has gone three times in the last two days! It may be just a coincidence, but, just in case, I'm going to buy some more books!

Needless to say, we are at a time in our lives when we have a number of potty training books around the house, and we find this one straightforward and appealing. It features a little Muppet boy who has been learning to use a potty seat. The youngster talks about how happy he is to be a big boy and wear pants and go potty by himself. He interrupts play, takes down his pants, sits on the potty and "goes", wipes, flushes, pulls up his pants and washes his hands before going back to play, where his friend and toys are waiting to pick up where they left off.

The book features a potty seat that sits on the big toilet rather than a free-standing potty chair, and no phrases for defecation or urination are used. A good choice for families in this interesting phase of development.

We keep this book in the bathroom for our almost 2 year old to occupy his time while toilet training. I especially appreciate that this book demonstrates baby Kermit using the big toilet with a removable potty seat rather than a toddler's potty chair, which seems to be the approach in other "potty" books.

The strength of this book lies in its straight forward approach. Kermit tells the reader exactly what to do when you use the potty, in a step by step fashion. I noted that this was one of the few books that included washing hands. When Kermit is done he reviews the steps of pottying. Granted this is not great story telling, and I would have liked to have seen a sentence saying that it is good and clean to use the potty and that Kermit was proud. However this particular approach was very helpful for my autistic toddler.

I have been working with my son in toilet training the last few weeks and this book hits the spot. It is real simple, but goes over each step of toilet training clearly. Also, using a frog makes it good for a boy or girl. It evens suggest not using too much toilet paper! I would recommend this book highly because it describes the procedure in a language geared to toddlers.

... so why not recruit him to help out? This book helped my daughter deal with all the steps in going to the potty. Where she was resistant -- well, if it was good enough for Kermit, it was good enough for her. She does all the steps in order, and would not dream of returning to play without washing her hands. We've returned to the book for follow-up lessons in things like not using too much toilet paper and pulling up your own trousers.

The "hip-hip hooray" part at the end ("Look how proud Kermit is!") is very important. The song fits the ABC song tune.

This is my favorite potty book because it is actually the most realistic. Step by step, it matches what a child really does when going to the bathroom. First, Kermit must stop playing -- a very important point! He runs to the potty, unsnaps his pants, goes potty on a toilet with a child's seat on top, snaps up and washes his hands. When he goes back to play with his friend, the toys and his friend are still there. If you have a child that doesn't like to stop playing to take time to go potty, you know how important that is. We found this book easy to relate to. The illustrations are recongizable even to young toddlers. Truthfully, it is the only potty book I found useful. In addition to all that, this book IS cute. I'm sorry it is out of print.

Both my daughter and son loved this book while they were getting used to the potty. They loved it so much that they wanted to read it all the time - so I kept it in the bathroom and everytime I read it to them, I had them sit on the potty. Most of the time they "used" the potty at the same time. I highly recommend this book!

I bought several potty-training books; this was my least-favorite of the ones I bought. It wasn't bad, just nothing extraordinary.

This is my favorite potty book because it is actually the most realistic. Step by step, it matches what a child really does when going to the bathroom. First, Kermit must stop playing -- a very important point! He runs to the potty, unsnaps his pants, goes potty on a toilet with a child's seat on top, snaps up and washes his hands. When he goes back to play with his friend, the toys and his friend are still there. If you have a child that doesn't like to stop playing to take time to go potty, you know how important that is. We found this book easy to relate to. The illustrations are recognizable even to young toddlers. Truthfully, it is the only potty book I found useful. In addition to all that, this book IS cute. I'm sorry it is out of print.

P.S. After reading reviews of "Too Big for Diapers," it looks like that may be a good substitute for "I Can Go Potty" since it is no longer in print.