Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day: Proven Secrets of the Potty Pro » (Bargain)

Teri Crane is known as the Potty Pro to the thousands of parents, teachers, and child care providers who have gone through her potty-training boot camp. She lives in Avon Lake, Ohio, with her husband and son.

Finally...a fun, easy-to-use guide to potty training any child in just ONE DAY

Just think, from the time babies are born until they are toilet trained, they use an average of 4,000 diapers! Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day is the helpful guide you've been waiting for to get your child out of diapers and turn the potentially terrifying process of toilet training into an effective and enjoyable bonding experience with your child.

Teri guides parents to the successful one-day potty training of their child by teaching them how to:

• Look for the signs that your child is ready to be potty trained
• Make the potty connection by using a potty-training doll
• Create incentive through consistent positive reinforcement
• Use charts, quizzes, and checklists to help with every step of potty training
• Know when it's time to bring in a potty pinch hitter
• Complete your potty training — no more accidents

Once Teri teaches you her techniques, she shares her secret — potty parties! She has carefully designed twelve imaginative themes for parties, such as a seriously silly circus, a cartoon character carnival, or a magic carpet express, and supplies parents with everything they will need. Teri has proven that a potty party day engages a child in potty training in a way that no other method has before — by speaking a toddler's language. A party may translate to fun, games, cake, candy, presents, and prizes to a child, but with Teri's expertise, parents can use it as a tool to motivate their child to want to go to the bathroom — and to keep on going.That's why it works in just one day!

Library Journal

The key to potty training, according to Crane, a lecturer for a promotion company, is the fun One-Day Potty-Training Party. For those who think that the concept seems too good to be true, note that the single day does not include preparation. Crane explains that the program must be followed as she spells it out, or it will not work. Of course, the child must be ready for the big day, which parents can determine using a quiz. The party day requires complete focus and the enthusiasm of a cheerleading squad. More than 100 pages are devoted to descriptions of 12 possible themes for the day, including decorations, food, activities, and prizes. First, the child teaches a doll to use the potty. After the child spends much of the afternoon using the potty, a celebration is held in which all diapers are tossed out. The text is dotted with trivia, quotes, and tips called "Grandma Says" and "Experts Say." In addition to the party plan, Crane shares the same practical information that can be found in other toilet-training books. The idea of one-day potty training with a doll dates to 1974 and has been endorsed by Dr. Phil. Desperate parents will want this book, but others may find it impractical. Purchase as demand warrants.-Janet Clapp, Athens-Clarke Cty. Lib., Athens, GA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.