Hands down the best potty training book I have ever read! Our kid is asking to go in almost every situation, with only the occasional reminder necessary. We are in week 3 (block 4?) of the process, and are very pleased with this approach.

P.S. - There are a lot of assumptions about who is running the potty training - mom or dad - that reinforces the stereotype of the dad as a disengaged doofus who does not care enough to do it right. Change will only happen when we change our expectations for the status quo? ( )

Takes a couple of hours to read, and took us about 4 days to get the kid largely trained using this method (fairly painlessly, I might add).

Lots of complaints in the other reviews about lack of research/citations, sexism, and a bit of a rude/"my-way or the highway" style. All true. Personally I don't care about any of this, since my kid is potty trained and that's really all I was looking for from this book.

P.S. I also borrowed a couple of very serious toilet training books written by doctors and the like, but they were long and I didn't read them. Maybe they had better methods, and were less sexist and rude - but honestly I would rather read almost anything other than a potty training manual so I went with the quick read. ( )

Can't say this is a fun process, but everything is laid out in an entertaining manner in this book. Finally success with the 2.5 year old and hey, that's what counts! ( )

Potty training advice. Readable. Conversational. Not very easy to implement.

Here's the 6 step process laid out in this book:
1. Potty naked
2. Potty commando
3. Potty places that aren't home
4. Potty with underpants
5. Consistent self-initiation
6. Night or nap

First, get the kid familiar with the potty. Make sure they know what it is for and read some picture books about how potties are used.

Teach kid to dress themselves if possible. A dress up party for practice can help.

Assign chores like having the kid put the dishes in the sink.

Two weeks before potty training: Begin saying, "Thank you for peeing in your potty." every time they use the potty.
One week before potty training: Start talking about throwing away diapers. Talk about the things that big kids do. Talk about the big kid things your child does.
On the day casually announce, "We're going to be using the potty today." Throwing away the diapers and explaining that you are done with diapers forever can help.

Give the kid extra fluids. Popsicles are good.

A facial expression of puzzlement often precedes peeing. For boys, teach them to hold their penis down by doing for him and telling him what you are doing. For poop, offer soft encouragement, but don't distact or pressure. Reading a book can help.

When the child starts to pee, move them onto the potty. Acknowledge that the child has peed in it in a way that makes it clear that this is success.

Let the child dump the poop in the big toilet. If they poop or pees on the floor have him help clean.

Easy catches for potty prompting: Awakening, bedtime, before leaving, arrival, after long sitting, before and after activities.

Night: Monitor fluids for 2-3 hours before sleep. Wake child partway through to pee. Most kids can't do nighttime until 3 or 3.5 years old.

Say, "You have done a good job but nighttime is long so you get a diaper for the night. When you wake up it will come off." Do the same thing for naps.

For behavioral issues around potty training: Small immediate consequences like taking the toy they were holding.

Don't ask if child has to go pee. Say, "Come. It's time to pee."

Do not overprompt. Twice per hour is fine.

Do not beg or bargain.

Do not post on facebook that you are potty training. ( )

There is some good advice in here, but I do not like how it is aimed solely at moms, and mainly at stay-at-home moms (despite the chapter on caregivers). ( )