The No-Cry Potty Training Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers: Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers (Pantley)

Say good-bye to diapers and hello to fast, effective potty training, from the parenting author millions trust Potty training your child doesn't have to be a stressful experience. Parenting authority Elizabeth Pantley helps your child get on the road to bathroom independence without frustration, confusion, or tears. Elizabeth Pantley's easy no-cry solution will help you: Determine the right time to start potty training Create a simple and effective potty plan Increase your child's self-esteem and independence Motivate a reluctant potty user . . . and more! Plus, this is the only potty training book with complete bathroom safety checklists and childproofing strategies. Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 Quick Guide 1: Facts About Potty Training......Page 16 Quick Guide 2: Readiness Quiz......Page 18 Quick Guide 3: Pre-Potty Training......Page 20 Quick Guide 4: It's Potty Time!......Page 21 Quick Guide 5: Bed-Wetting......Page 23 Quick Guide 6: Solving Common Toilet Training Problems......Page 24 1 Potty Training: What's It All About?......Page 28 When to Start......Page 30 Potty Training Is Really Potty Learning......Page 34 It's Not All or Nothing, You Know!......Page 35 Helpful Facts to Know......Page 36 The Parent's Role......Page 40 The Quiz......Page 42 Identify the Act......Page 54 Keep It Natural......Page 55 Teaching the Vocabulary......Page 57 The Value of Demonstrations......Page 59 When Should You Buy a Potty Chair?......Page 60 Learning to Follow Directions......Page 61 Read to Your Child......Page 62 Moving on from Pre-Potty Training to Active Toilet Training......Page 63 Deciding on Your Potty Training Approach......Page 64 The Magic Two......Page 66 Supplies You'll Need......Page 67 Decide Where to Put the Potty......Page 74 Tips for Toilet Training......Page 75 Introduce the Potty......Page 86 Give Wiping and Toilet Paper Lessons......Page 89 Make It a Routine......Page 91 Offer Choices......Page 92 Make It a Game......Page 93 Come with Me!......Page 94 Read About the Potty......Page 95 Tell Stories, Chitchat, and Sing......Page 98 Make a Potty Poster......Page 99 Use a Potty Doll......Page 100 Tips for Your Little Boy......Page 101 Get a Jump Start to Success......Page 104 Offer a Prize......Page 105 Make Hand Washing a Fun Part of the Potty Routine......Page 107 Relax About Accidents......Page 109 Offer Praise and Encouragement—but How Much?......Page 110 One More Reminder to Be Patient......Page 111 No Place for Punishment or Shame......Page 112 It Is a Natural, Biological Process......Page 114 How Do You Know When It's Safe to Go Diaperless?......Page 115 How to Help Your Child Stay Dry......Page 116 When Should You Seek Help?......Page 118 Don't Worry......Page 119 Solving Any Toilet Training Problem......Page 120 Setbacks and Regressing......Page 132 When to Call the Doctor......Page 135 Fear of Flushing......Page 138 Coordinating Two Homes for Training......Page 140 Traveling with a Newly Trained Child......Page 141 Fathers and Daughters in Public Restrooms......Page 142 Public Restrooms......Page 144 Using Portable Toilets with Your Child......Page 146 Potty Training Twins, Higher Order Multiples, or Two Children Close in Age......Page 147 Potty Training Children with Special Needs......Page 149 Day Care and Potty Training......Page 153 Bad Language and Potty Humor......Page 154 Refining Your Little Boy's Aim......Page 155 Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)......Page 157 Handling Unwanted Advice......Page 158 Playing with Poop......Page 160 Constipation......Page 162 Training an Active Toddler......Page 163 Celebrations and Rewards......Page 164 Fascination with New Bathrooms......Page 165 Stalling Bedtime with Potty Visits......Page 166 Frequent Potty Visits......Page 167 Bladder-Stretching Exercises for Accident Control......Page 169 Handling His Penis While on the Potty......Page 170 Wiping Lessons......Page 171 Fecal Soiling (Encopresis)......Page 173 Motivating a Child with No Interest in Potty Training......Page 174 9 Bathroom Safety......Page 178 C......Page 184 I......Page 185 P......Page 186 Q......Page 187 T......Page 188 W......Page 189

Say good-bye to diapers and hello to fast, effective potty training, from the parenting author millions trust

Potty training your child doesn't have to be a stressful experience. Parenting authority Elizabeth Pantley helps your child get on the road to bathroom independence without frustration, confusion, or tears.

Elizabeth Pantley's easy no-cry solution will help you:

• Determine the right time to start potty training
• Create a simple and effective potty plan
• Increase your child's self-esteem and independence
• Motivate a reluctant potty user . . . and more!

Plus, this is the only potty training book with complete bathroom safety checklists and childproofing strategies.

Elizabeth Pantley has redefined stress-free parenting with her classic books The No-Cry Sleep Solution and The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers. She is the president of Better Beginnings, a parent-education company, and the author of seven books for parents that are available in eighteen languages. Visit her at www.pantley.com.

The No-Cry Potty Training Solution is a realistic, stress-free plan to help your child become independent in the bathroom. Pantley's potty training solutions are realistic, as they have been tested by actual families in every childrearing situation: busy households, single parents, working parents with limited time and money, twins and multiples, and children of varying age and temperament. - from the publisher's description Written by the author, who is a regular radio guest on stations across North America and has been quoted in magazines such as "Redbook", "Parents", "Parenting", "Woman's Day", and "Good Housekeeping". She promotes her books through her website as well as numerous parenting websites. Introduction The no-cry potty training solution quick guide Facts about potty training Readiness quiz Pre-potty training - getting ready It's potty time! Bedwetting Solving common toilet training problems Common questions and sensible answers. From bestselling parenting author Pantley comes a potty-training plan that is foolproof and easy to implement. Her potty training solutions are realistic, as they have been tested by actual families in every childrearing situation