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    Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right
    Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right
    Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right
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    Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right

    Written by Jamie Glowacki

    Narrated by Meredith Mitchell

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    Let Jamie Glowacki show you how potty training is done. Her 6-step, proven process to get your toddler out of diapers and onto the toilet has already worked for tens of thousands of kids and their parents.


    Here's the good news: your child is probably ready to be potty trained EARLIER than you think (ideally, between 20-30 months), and it can be done FASTER than you expect. If you've ever said to yourself:


    -How do I know if my kid is ready?


    -Why won't my child poop in the potty?


    -How do I avoid "potty power struggles"?


    -How can I get their daycare provider on board?


    -My kid was doing so well-why is he regressing?


    -And what about nighttime?!


    Oh Crap! Potty Training can solve all of these (and other) common issues. This isn't theory, you're not bribing with candy, and there are no gimmicks. This is real-world, from-the-trenches potty training information-all the questions and all the ANSWERS you need to do it once and be done with diapers for good.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJul 23, 2015
    ISBN9781494585051
    Author

    Jamie Glowacki

    Jamie Glowacki is an internationally recognized potty training and parenting expert. Her two former careers as social worker and circus performer make her uniquely qualified to deal with toddlers (and poop). She is the author of Oh Crap! Potty Training and Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler. Visit her at JamieGlowacki.com.

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    • 5/5
      My daughter recommended I read this book as I will be involved in my granddaughter’s potty training. My neighbor used the process when training her twins and was successful. It’s really insightful and filled with just enough humor and a little potty-mouth. I’m actually looking forward to working with my granddaughter.
    • 5/5
      So helpful! I started reading the day I started potty training my three year old boy. We got the peeing down in the first three days and than poop took a little longer but this book really helped my mindset and gave great advice on how to keep going. Completely recommend for anyone potty training.
    • 4/5
      Great content but the narrator doesn’t match the writing style.
    • 5/5
      This book is amazing! Two kids potty trained boy and girl at 25 months! So happy a friend recommended it when she did!

      We did both naps and night at the same time. For the first two weeks we woke them up at 10pm and 1am but had such a hard time getting them to pee (especially the boy) at 1am so we dropped it. They rarely have accidents even now at 6&4. I will also warn you that when they wake up in the morning we had the urge to rush in just in case they had to use the bathroom (they were both still in cribs at that point). Other than that, just know the first 3 days are hard, the next two weeks are challenging and then fingers crossed they are potty trained!

      Lastly, I did love how the book mentioned learning how your child learns. I found this to be true. Good luck mammas you got this!
    • 5/5
      This book is amazing. Any parent struggling with potty training should use this method.
    • 5/5
      Excellent! Wonderful tips and advice. The author gives it to you straight.
    • 3/5
      At first I found the book encouraging, but it didn't work well for us. I wound up feeling bad about myself as a mom for not being disciplined enough and either over or under prompting, and worse, my son cried at night and seemed very stressed out. He pooped on the floor the first day, and after being told poop goes in the potty, he stopped pooping and wouldn't eat or drink very much. I decided I would rather be one of those families who take one year than have a miserable few weeks. She has a very strict and rigid viewpoint with no rewards and no saying "it's okay," when accidents happen. It makes sense logically, but emotionally it was too negative. I recommend reading other methods, especially if you have a sensitive kid or a kid with special needs, because this one is severe.

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    • 4/5
      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.
    • 2/5
      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).
    • 4/5
      I’m just going to come right out and say it. Potty training sucks. A lot. You might even say it’s very, very shitty (pardon me). So if there’s something out there to help you through the process, you should grab it with both hands and hold on.Glowacki suggests that you potty train your child between 20-30 months, and unfortunately I didn’t discover this book until after my son passed through that window. But I picked it up and read it anyway. And, I confess, I had my doubts.Her method consists of blocks that your child progresses through, and the time your child spends in each block varies wildly. There’s naked time, there are no bribes, there’s no leaving the potty out for months before you start so your child can “get used to it”. There’s no asking if they need to go. There’s a lot of watching your child for cues. There’s “commando” time. Glowacki is funny, but stern in the belief that you should follow her way. And she must know what she’s doing — she does this for a living. The tone of the book can be a bit judgey from time to time, but it’s not a complete turn-off.Since my son was already older than 30 months (we didn’t start until he turned 3) and had already had some practice with the potty at daycare, I did not intend to follow her plan exactly. In fact, I thought the whole naked time part was pretty stupid. But on the weekend we started, after he had multiple accidents in his pants I decided to give the naked time a try. And you know what? It worked. Within a month, he had gone from naked at home/diapered at daycare to wearing boxer shorts and sweat pants (mimicking “commando” but allowing for underwear at daycare) to wearing underwear all the time (except for sleeping). Within six months, we had ditched the nap and nighttime pull-ups.Poop was a whole ‘nother story, but that had much more to do with my son than with the potty training methods. And by that point, I trusted Glowacki’s expertise enough to join an online clinic to get personalized assistance.Is her method perfect? No, but I think there’s a very good foundation there. I found I was able to pick and choose what worked for us. For example, bribes worked for my son, they just did. And it didn’t take long before he stopped asking for his treat after each time he went to the bathroom.Go into any parenting group or forum and ask for book suggestions about potty training, and this one will be at the top of the list. And for good reason.