Potty Training Secrets

I recently just finished potty training my second child.. a boy, at the age of 24 months. And just after, a good friend asked me if I could help her potty train her twins. Actually, she said, "I will pay a thousands dollars to potty train them." As I giggled I realized she wasn't kidding.


Potty Training is no fun for anyone. I guarantee it. But that doesn't mean we have to be miserable doing it either. Success is patience, understanding, consistency, and encouragement. I will admit, I have become frustrated from time to time... because I was sure he had it, and he didn't. But we need to find a way to teach without being frustrated. He's simply learning.

Elizabeth Pantley is famous for her No Cry Solutions. Well she's added a NO CRY Potty Training Solution into the mix. This book has amazing tips, easy to follow help hints and tons of great information and ideas to get you started in such a wonderful, yet hard time in your child's life. Not to mention your own.

A Few Quick Facts About Potty Training

The perfect age to begin potty training is different for every child. Your child's best starting age could be anywhere from eighteen to thirty-two months. Pre-potty training preparation can begin when a child is as young as ten months.

♦ Teaching your child how to use the toilet can, and should, be as natural as teaching him to build a block tower or use a spoon.
♦ No matter the age that toilet training begins, most children become physically capable of independent toileting between ages two and a half and four.

♦ It takes three to twelve months from the start of training to daytime toilet independence. The more readiness skills that a child possesses, the quicker the process will be. (Take the Readiness Quiz in Chapter 2)
♦ The age that a child masters toileting has absolutely no correlation to future abilities or intelligence.
♦ Nighttime dryness is achieved only when a child's physiology supports this--you can't rush it, but you can nudge nature along in a few different ways. (See Chapter 5)
♦ A parent's readiness to train is just as important as a child's readiness to learn.
♦ Training need not be expensive. A potty chair, a dozen pairs of training pants and a relaxed and pleasant attitude are all that you really need. Anything else is truly optional.
♦ More than 80% of children experience setbacks in toilet training. This means that what we call “setbacks” is really just the usual path to mastery of toileting.
♦ Understanding the reason for the setback and setting a plan will bring success. (See Chapter 6, Problem Solving)
♦ 98% of children are completely daytime independent by age four

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The No-Cry Potty Training Solution has Gentle ways to help your child say good-bye to diapers.

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BUY IT!! Elizabeth Pantley has many books available from potty training to disciplining.. all with a No-Cry approach. You can find these books at Amazon for $15.95.

*I was given this book as a gift from Elizabeth Pantley, but was not asked to do a review.