Potty Training For Dummies (ePub)

If you could remember your own potty training, you'd probably
recall a time filled with anxiety and glee, frustration and a sense
of accomplishment, triumphal joy and shamed remorse. You'd
remember wanting so much to make mommy and daddy happy, and at the
same time to make them pay for being so darned unreasonable. And
you'd recall feeling incredibly grown up once you got it
right. Maybe if we could remember our own potty training, it
wouldn't be so tough when it came our turn to be the
trainers. But as it is, most of us feel like we can use all the
expert advice and guidance we can get.

Potty Training For Dummies is your total guide to the
mother of all toddler challenges. Packed with painless solutions
and lots of stress-reducing humor, it helps you help your little
pooper make a smooth and trauma-free transition from diapers to
potty. You'll discover how to:

* Read the signs that your tot is ready

* Motivate your toddler to want to give up diapers

* Kick off potty training on the right foot

* Foster a team approach

* Deal with setbacks and pee and poop pranks

* Make potty training a loving game rather than a maddening
ordeal

Mother and daughter team, Diane Stafford and Jennifer Shoquist,
MD separate potty-training fact from fiction and tell you what to
expect, what equipment you'll need, and how to set the stage
for the big event. They offer expert advice on how to:

* Choose the right time

* Use a doll to help model behavior

* Say the right things the right way

* Reinforce success with praise and rewards

* Switch to training pants

* Get support from relatives

* Cope with special cases

* Train kids with disabilities

And they offer this guarantee: "If your child is still
in diapers when he makes the football team or gets her college
degree, you can send him or her off to us for a weekend remedial
course--and ask for a refund of the cost of this
book."