Rating: Summary: Positive approach works wonders! Review: I used this book 28 years ago to train my first son. It worked wonderfully well...after that day he never wore diapers again...I used it through the years with my three other children and each time it worked like a dream. It was always a positive, fun experience. Glad to see this book is still in print!
Rating: Summary: I Used This Book With Both of My Kids Review: I used this book with both of my children at about 24 months old. Although it took more than a day to train my kids, I took one day out to use the method as closely as the book describes. (This is very important.) Within one week they were going to the toilet on their own! Neither of them have ever had any nighttime accidents! I have never had to use those disposable training pants either. One thing I had a hard time with in the book, was finding a potty chair like the one they recommended, but the one I used worked just fine. Also, it gives very good advice on how to tell if your child is ready to be potty trained or not. I recommend this book to everyone with potty training in their future!
Rating: Summary: Outstanding - But You Must Commit to the Effort! Review: My wife has used this book with great results on both our boys. It does require that you read and follow the entire process- including buying a "Sally Wets" doll, and kid potty, underwear, and lots of treats. It requires 100% of your time and concentration for several hours. Anything less and it won't work. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes (twice) I wouldn't believe you could potty train a child in less than a day.
Rating: Summary: Best Book in the World! Review: This is a great book! It worked for my 2.5 year-old son, who before was not very interested in the potty! He was done in 2 hours and 55 minutes! He had only 2 accidents and actually enjoyed the "positive practice" trials. He stays dry overnight and during his naps too, which is a miracle to me. I still can't believe I don't have to change his diapers anymore.Bowel movements were not a problem for my son. He was a bit apprehensive at first, but then he liked it. He realized how much cleaner it is to poop in the potty rather than get it all over his butt, as with a diaper. It is a very positive experience and we had a blast! Daddy and little brother went out for the day, so he got 100% of my undivided attention, which he loved! He was so proud of himself. We immediately called his daddy and grandma to tell them the good news. For those who think the book is "politically incorrect", YOU NEED TO READ THE WHOLE BOOK, not just certain parts. Whatever "language" you have a problem with, just modify it to suit you and your child. You have to keep in mind that the book was written in the 1970's, so give the authors a break! I have a friend who was trying in vain to potty-train her daughter before preschool (she only had 1 week left). But her daughter kept having accidents. Then she tried this method and her daughter was completely potty-trained in 2 hours! WOULD RECOMMEND HIGHLY TO ALL PARENTS!!!!!
Rating: Summary: Not a bad approach to Potty Training Review: I bought this book hoping it would help me with my 32 month old(2 years 8 months). He is very stubborn. The approach is not cruel as suggested, just strict. My little one did very well for the first 2 hours and then he went crazy demanding to play. He loved the training of the doll part and is more receptive to my suggesting to use the potty. However, I believe that he is just not ready to be trained. He still runs around dirty and doesn't seem to mind. I quit after three hours because I was getting angry with him. I believe that if you have a mild mannered child it would work even better. My little guy runs along the lines of monstrous. I reccommend giving it a try, it certainly cannot hurt your child to spend time with them and a little structure.
Rating: Summary: Good for some.....but not for ours! Review: The training went quite well for the first two hours. Our 2 year-old son was able to learn to pull down his pants, sit on the potty, pull them back up and empty the potty in the big toilet. He did have a couple of accidents during this time, but handled the "accident training sessions" quite well. He even managed to successfully expel a couple drops of urine during a few occasions, but never fully emptied his bladder when he sat on the potty. Instead, he chose to "fully" pee when he was elsewhere resulting in very wet pants. Things became very traumatic for him later in the day when for some unknown reason he began to be very hesitant to sit on the potty to the point of crying hysterically when asked to sit. We're not sure why this happened. All of the specific directions outlined in the book were followed meticulously, but to no avail. We'll be trying another method in a few weeks when our son has recuperated from this "training" method.
Rating: Summary: A Real How-To Book... Worked for my almost 4-year-old son Review: My son had been very resistant to potty training. He wasn't motivated and he is very easy-going so he wasn't the kind of child to be really excited about trying it just for a lollipop or sticker or some kind of reward. He was happy with his pullups which only exacerbated the problem. (I think going to pullups only made me feel better about not having him in actual diapers but didn't help with potty training.) Early in the summer when he was 3 months shy of his fourth birthday he finally started to pee in the potty sometimes but I still had him in pullups. And he would sit on the potty facing the back of the potty meaning he had to get entirely undressed. Alas the night of preschool orientation (4 days before the first day of school) I learned that the teachers would NOT be allowed into the bathroom to assist him and that all children were expected to be potty trained. YIKES! I had bought this book but hadn't read it yet so I decided it was time to take action. I had 4 days to get him ready for school. Mind you, my son was already urinating in the potty on occasion so it wasn't as difficult as it could be with some kids but what I liked about the book is that in just a few hours I accomplished several big steps with him. Within a few hours he was wearing underwear and pushing down and pulling up his pants on his own and using the potty the right way... as in sitting normally ( he doesn't stand). So he could totally go into school and go to the bathroom without help as long as his pants were elastic. This was a big accomplishment and I would never had the skills or resources to do this without the book. I really didn't know HOW to potty train. This book was very clear and it was a very pleasant experience. My son loved it that he was teaching the bear... we modified the experience.... we used a bear (and a squirt bottle) instead of a doll and he used the toilet because he never liked the little potties though he did pee in the potty and take care of it all at first. I think that if I had the book earlier he would have been potty trained a year ago. I can't believe it sometimes that after almost 4 years of diapers one day i took them away and never turned back. He was dry the first several nights... we had probably an accident every couple of days for the first week but he has never had an accident at school or at this sitters where he goes 2 afternoons a week. She has known him since he was a baby and was really impressed with the overnight achievement. Our biggest challenge now is that he hasn't had a bowel movement in the potty yet. He keeps going in his underwear and the book doesn't really address this issue much except to say that it goes along with urinating. It has been several days and I know he is withholding his bowel movement. I am hoping to overcome this issue soon. He usually goes every couple of days and almost only at home anyway. Sometimes he does wait too long to get to the potty and pees as he is pulling down his pants so I do still encourage him at certain times. But it is important that this book praises dry pants which is smart. But I will say that this book was a very useful tool for me and I do not agree with those that feel it is demeaning. I told my son so many times how proud I was of him for dry pants and I did modify things by not doing the whole ten times of practicing the dry pants and going to the potty because he already knew this. But having him actually take care of his messes was a pretty big help because accidents became a hassle. The only other thing that I had tried prior to this were naked days and taking him to the potty every 15 minutes.... being naked around the house did raise some awareness but wasn't as helpful as the book since the book teaches all of the steps in going to the potty and taking him to the potty every 15 minutes was much more stressful than the book;s method because there was a reasoning and methodology to everything in the book. And again it was not humiliating for my son. He loved teaching the bear and getting all of his favorite things, drinks and snacks. I think I timed it well. We had no TV. We read a few books in between. He loved the attention because like another reviewer mentioned, how often do you give your child your complete attention for 4 hours. He is not a stubborn child but he needed the STRUCTURE of this method because just leaving things so open.... it just wasn't working for us. The book is very inexpensive and is worth a look if you are looking to potty train.
Rating: Summary: mom of 3.5 year old boy Review: Aweful just aweful. There is no way I can tell anyone to read this and feel like a good parent. You should never have to tell your child it is bad to have an accident or make them feel bad about wetting or not getting to the potty in time. This book would make any child revert back to pull-ups or worse diapers!
Rating: Summary: A Waste of Money Review: I bought the book with hopes of finding a technique that would finally get my 3.5 year old interested in potty training. I wish I knew it was written in the 70's before I bought it. After reading it, I decided there was no way I would use it to train my child. I am a stay at home Mom who has time to encourage toilet training and do not need to rush my child. I also feel that there is no reason to scold a child for wetting his/her pants while they are learning to use the toilet....that doesn't seem to be a great self-esteem builder. Learning to use the toilet should be a positive experience and accidents should be looked upon as such....accidents. I also was disappointed that nowhere in the training did the author stress the importance of washing the childs' hands after using the potty. That is just as important for a child to practice and perform as the act of going itself. I do not recommend this book to any one.
Rating: Summary: It Really Works! Review: Richard Foxx is a behavioral psychologist who has done ground-breaking work with autistic children. In this simple book, he explains how to teach your child to use a potty using behavioral psychological techniques. I trained our daughter in 1980 using this book in one 6-hour session. She was less than a year old and has grown up with no ill psychological effects! We made a game out of it, and there was no stress applied and no crying. It does take patience on the part of the parent. Over the years I have recommended this book to friends and co-workers, and they, too, have reported success! While it may not work for everyone for a variety of reasons, it should work for the majority if they do it right. Highly recommended.
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