About to Start Potty Training

My girls were no problem potty training. But my son is autistic and we were told he probably wouldn't potty train until he was 10 or older. That was not an option. My husband was diagnosed with cancer Dec. 2005 and had to use a hospital bed and potty chair after his surgery. After my husband no longer needed the chair, I put it in my sons' bedroom. Within 2 months he was completely potty trained. Put the potty where they're comfortable. It may not be where you want it, but it won't be like that forever

I have had success with "My Big Girl Potty" by Joanna Cole and "Uh Oh! Gotta Go!" by Bob McGrath (Bob from Sesame Street) and my girls really like the illustrations.

I bought a DVD for my niece. It was called "Potty Time With Bear" from Bear In The Big Blue House. I dont think she ever really watched it much, but my nephew did and he's doing great with potty training right now.

I bought a great book its called "You can go to the Potty" by William Sears, M.D It has great notes for parents and Caregivers. My son loves to sit with me while I read the book.

Good Luck

If she likes Elmo, he has a Elmo's Potty Time DVD. My kids love it. Although my son only started to like it after he was interested in using the potty. Don't push it, you'll have a lot of messes to clean up. They also have a bunch of books for them. I put the potty seat in front of the TV for 1 whole day, and made him sit there all day. He got it that day, he was 3 y/o, but he was just then ready. Good Luck!

The Elmo potty video is wonderful and really keep heir interest. another option, if you dont want to buy one, you can find a lot of short potty videos on youtube.

My suggestion is to read how to potty train in 24 hours. You can google it on the computer, it really works, from M..