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The Princess and the Potty (Stories to Go!)

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As a R.N. and mother of two girls ages 6 and 4, I would say I worried like most parents as to why my girls just didn't "Get It" when it came to potty training. People would say they'll get it when they're ready and not before.These words never sat well with me,I was sure I was doing something wrong,(especially when I would hear people brag about how their kids were completely potty tranined by age 2 or less). It isn't until now that I can look back at those stressful potty training attempts and say why did I worry so much? This book pokes fun at the anxiety parents feel during this trying time. I loved the pictures and the humor even better. I have had this book for a year, and my girls (who were both fully trained at 3 1/2) adore it. Out of all the childrens books we have this is the most requested book to have read to them. I think it's because they like to see me laugh. This is parenting with a sense of humor at it's best.

I feel this book is an excellent tool to aid in the toilet training process. I bought character underpants and a neat potty, but it wasn't until my daughter read about someone else getting their panties, did she take an interest in going to the potty. The princess' experiences resembled her own - i.e. preferred going in her diaper, didn't want to have anything to do with the potty, and her OWN panties excited and motivated her. It helped her to have someone to "relate" to. We still have a ways to go, but I believe this book gave her a step up in the process.

This story is good for two reasons.

1. The story is funny and engaging for the average 2-3 year old (the target audience) and relates the story of the princess' potty training in language and a style that the kids can understand.

2. It also reminds parents that potty training is on the child's schedule, and cannot be rushed.

In the tale, the princess is too busy doing other things to be interested in any of the plethora of potties that the king and queen have gotten for her. She continues to wear her diaper through glow in the dark potties and musical potties, etc. Even the efforts of the king and his court cannot change her mind. Finally, the princess decides that she likes the queen's pantalettes and wants a pair for herself. This is the impetus for her to master potty training.

Any parents who have been thru the process realize it is never simple or straightforward regardless of the 24 hour or weekend "solutions". The child will do this on their own schedule, but this book provides humour and a light-hearted look at the challenges.

My only complaint (despite the fact that I have two daughters) is that there isn't a version for boys.

This is a terrific potty book directed at little girls. A princess (don't we all have one?) does not want to use the potty. Then she sees the beautiful pantelettes, and suddenly, the royal diaper will not do. The story -- not too long, not too short -- is just right. The pictures are appropriate and well done. This is an easy potty book, more enticing than some of the other bestsellers.

I read this book many times over at a camp where I worked with children with disabilities. A goal of one child was for them to become independently potty trained and she was my "kid" for the summer. She was struggling a lot with the independence of it and we had just gotten her a new specialized toilet which coincided with the one she now had at home. She would not even sit on it at first. The Princess and the Potty became routine for her to listen to. I think this book models independence, yet also stresses the idea that the child knows when they are ready.

If you like a kid's book that is a comedy read "The Princess and the Potty" By Wendy Cheyette Lewison. The Princess and Potty is about a princess that refuses to use the potty. Her mom and dad (the king and queen) ask all the potty makers in the land that they are looking for the perfect potty. To find out what happens read this book. This is a great book for any age of kids or adults.

I think the reason this book works (and it helped in a way that the instructional books didn't) is that it goes to the psychology of the older, more resistant little girl. The only thing that seemed to work with our granddaughter was her desire to be "a big girl". In this story, the little princess didn't want to use the potty, ANY potty, but she DID want to wear the pretty panties! When she got her pretty panties, any potty would do. This book reinforced my granddaughter's desire to be a big girl and wear pretty panties. We had success with this book, combined with "Potty Power" DVD.

I bought this book for my 3 year old daughter. She loves anything to do with Princess's. It kept her attention which is really good and wants me to read it every night. I do think it has helped in her potty training, she is a little late because she was adopted at 19 months from an orphanage. The storyline is funny and the artwork is done well also. I would recommend this book.

This book is not instructional in any way, and it doesn't need to be. It is fun and lighthearted, which is exactly the attitude you must try to maintain while potty training a child. Our daughter loved it. We read it several times a day (along with "The Potty Book For Girls" by A.S. Capucilli --- another book I highly recommend), and I think it helped in a very subliminal way. I can honestly say I didn't get tired of reading it, and I can't say that about many children's books.

As I began reading this book about a little girl whose royal parents buy her every color and pattern potty imaginable to get her to potty train, I was a bit worried my child would begin demanding her own 'pink potty'. However, as you read you discover none of these bribes work with the little girl-she simply doesn't want to (sound familiar? It did for me). Anyway, only the thought of soiling the princess' pretty, new undies gives her the desire to run to the potty in the end. And it is then that she discovers she doesn't need any of those fancy potties, the closest potty will do(which is the plain, old potty)! Now, my daughter couldn't care less about pretty panties when we began to suggest potty training. ... This was her favorite book and it is so cute she actually continued choosing it in her nightly read selections for some time after potty training. ... Anyway, would reccomend this Princess and the Potty to keep the task at hand foremost in their little minds and then one other for more specific step-by-step instructional which can tend to be not as attractive for them to want to read. Good luck! If you stick to it and let them feel the few messes and help clean up, you'll succeed!