Stress-Free Potty Training: A Commonsense Guide to Finding the Right Approach for Your Child Author: Visit Amazon's Sara Au Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0814401627 | Format: PDF
Stress-Free Potty Training: A Commonsense Guide to Finding the Right Approach for Your Child Description
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“…gives each parent of specific personality-type children a great resource that will accomplish the goal as stress-free as possible.” --Book Pleasures
Book Description
No two children experience the toilet-training process in exactly the same way. While some kids might be afraid to even go near the bathroom, others may know when to go...but still never seem to make it there in time. This helpful guide takes the stress out of this challenging rite of passage, giving parents much-needed advice to help them identify what approach will work for their child’s temperament. The book distinguishes between common childhood personality types, providing easy techniques tailor-fit for all kinds of kids, whether they’re stubborn or willful, clinging to diapers, afraid to move on, or just late-bloomers. The book shows how to:
determine a child’s readiness to begin potty training • gradually move children past their existing comfort zone, without causing undue pressure • handle accidents and temporary setbacks
This straight-talking guide enables readers to help every child make this important life transition free of worry and in the way that’s right for him or her.
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- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: AMACOM (May 28, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0814401627
- ISBN-13: 978-0814401620
- Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
I read about "potty traing in 3 days" type of approaches and tried that when my son was about 2.5 years old. The beginning was good. He quickly got the fact that bare bottom means a mess on a floor, so he started going on the potty on his own... Since he was doing so good with bear bottom, I thought that meant he was ready for this and we were happy he got it so quickly... However, as soon as we put his pants or underwear on, he lost interest in the potty. He's very independent, so having to tell us he has to go so we can help him pull his pants down did not interest him. At the same time, he had not much luck pulling them down on his own. That lead eventually to frustration on both sides and eventually we gave up after a couple of months. Then I got this book. While I kind of knew right away which personality type was my son before I even took the quiz at the beginning, and a lot of advices were "common sense" which I already figured out on my own, it still helped a lot. Having read the appropriate chapters for my son's personality, I was able to sort out things I should or should not do and most importantly, stick with it other than wonder if this is really right for him. 3 months after a failed 1st attempt, we tried again, and this time, he's doing much better. It helps that now he can pull down and pull up his pants on his own, too so he can do a lot by himself and feels that he's in charge. Listening to your friend's or family advice is nice, but their child personality might be totally different than yours. Things that encourage other children may work in the opposite way for your child. If you have an 'angel' type of child, maybe generic approaches described in other books will be good for you, but one size rarely fits all.
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