Derek Haas the screenwriter for the movie “WANTED” with ANGELINA JOLIE and feature writer for Men’s Health Magazine (Sept. issue with DAVID BECKHAM on the cover) recommends Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day: Proven Secrets of the Potty Pro by Teri Crane.

My husband picked us up a copy after reading the article. IT REALLY WORKS!!

Everyone is talking about throwing a “potty party” to potty train a child. I was so desperate, I was willing to do anything. Her book outlines 10 themed parties. What kid doesn’t love to play and pretend? All my mommy friends have successfully potty trained their kids with her book too.

Honestly, when I first learned of this book, I thought NO WAY! Maybe this would work on a little boy, but NOT a BOSSY, 2-1/2 year old girl. NO WAY! Guess what? It REALLY WORKED!!! Teri Crane SAVED MY SANITY!!! Her book was easy to read, funny and extremely helpful. I can’t thank Teri enough. I would HIGHLY recommend this book to EVERY parent. It will save you much grief and frustration. Potty training shouldn’t be difficult, we as parents make it difficult because we don’t know what to do. Teri teaches you. Buy the book, it’s the best money you will ever spend.

Most amazingly, I had some questions, so I called the author, and she CALLED ME BACK!!

To me it makes sense to put the kid back into diapers for travel – you never know how far you’re going to be at any given time from a bathroom, and kids aren’t always great about holding it in. Better to use a diaper than risk having to clean up a “code brown” in the middle of a crowded airport!

I was still partially in diapers until my third birthday (I told my parents I would stop when I was three and they held me to it!) and had no confusion issues, so I guess that’s something that depends on the kid.

Meaghan – we all get caught up in our own experiences and we DO judge the world by what we have seen and done. In light of what you just said, your comment was totally understandable. Pals?

After reading all the comments, I would like to apologize for being judgmental. I have not potty trained a boy, I have 2 girls, nor have I had to travel extensively like Melissa has. I just think that it’s important once you do potty train to stick with it and not confuse the child by letting them wear diapers sometimes except for overnights that’s a different story. So again I’m sorry for my statement that she was lazy. As parents we should be bringing each other up and not down. I just thought that since he was right next to the toilet and said he was about to go she just could have popped him right on the bowl. I should have left my comment as such.

I am a mother and I DO understand that children train at different rates. However, Mason is ALREADY potty trained and I feel by letting him use diapers when traveling will just confuse him and he will regress back into using them. If he was not already trained I would not have even commented. I don’t think she is a bad mom. I don’t even know her. It’s just my opinion. Last time I checked we were ALL allowed to have one.

I just don’t see why Melissa didn’t sit Mason on the toilet and have him go that way? I don’t see the big deal about him not being potty trained completely at 2 1/2, especially since Melissa’s already got the ball rolling-it’s not like she isn’t trying. But if they were in the bathroom, Mason’s in the middle of being potty trained, and he let her know he had to go, why did she let him go in his diaper? Seems confusing and counterproductive to me.

Marla,
Yeah, I was shocked when my Mom potty-trained my first one. But because it worked so well with him that by the time he was 8-months, he was doing #2 in the potty-bowl and graduated to the toilet around 11-month-old (with the toilet seat for kids)that she tried again with my younger one. Also, knowing their schedule (when they have to go) helps a great deal. With my younger one, I just wait for about 10mins after he finishes breakfast and puts him on the toilet. But again, patience is the key here. The first week of putting them on the potty-bowl you will probably see nothing. It’s just the idea of having to sit down and be still. With the younger one, he would scoot around in his potty-bowl in the family room but we were fine with that. Now that he sits on the toilet, he plays with the toilet paper. But I find that training them at a younger age is much, much, much easier. Believe me, it’s nice to go out knowing that you wont have to change a poopy diaper.

with as many people that go through an airport everyday and on an airplane I can’t imagine how many germs are there.

Just a side note on the 2.5 year old BOY and potty time. They absolutly LOVE flushing the toilet and he could be in a stage of “needing” to go potty when he really dosen’t and just wants to flush…

cee, will you rent out your mother to potty train my boys? 6 months. wow!