18 Best potty training books and videos

Mar 08, 2013 11:00 AM by Michelle Maffei

Posted in Parenting / Age by Age / Preschoolers

Read potty training books with your child

Books featuring your tot's favorite characters will keep her engaged while mastering the art of potty training. Pick up books like:

First Look & Find: Elmo's Potty Book
Dora's Potty Book by Melissa Torres
Berenstain Baby Bears My Potty and I by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Potty training books with sounds make mastering this new skill less mysterious and a bit more fun, such as:

Elmo's Potty Time Play-a-Song Book
It's Potty Time for Girls by Ron Berry
Flush The Potty by Ken Wilson-Max

Not all tots potty train their bowels at the same time as their urine, so look for books that address the topic of number two, such as:

Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi
Where's the Poop? by Julie Markes
It Hurts When I Poop! A Story for Children Who Are Scared to Use the Potty by Howard J., M.D. Bennett

Opt for gender-specific potty training books

When it comes to going number two, both boys and girls may sport the same technique, but to help your potty training kiddo really grasp the concept of how to go number one, opt for books especially geared toward your boy or girl, such as:

The Potty Book for Boys by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Once Upon a Potty - Girl by Alona Frankel
My Big Boy Potty by Joanna Cole

Study books for parents on toilet training

Before you can help your child grasp the concept of potty training, it's important to learn the best way to help them, so check out books like:

The Magic Bowl Parent's Guide: Potty Training Made Easy by Dr. Baruch Kushnir, a child psychologist and potty training expert, featuring different motivating rewards and treats to give your potty training child
Superbaby: 12 Ways to Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years by Dr. Jenn Berman, a marriage, family and child therapist, offering guidelines and tips to help you raise a happy and healthy toddler, including potty training strategies
Toilet Training in Less Than a Day by Nathan Azrin offers tips and techniques to have your child potty trained in less than four hours for the average kid.

Let your child watch potty training videos

Using narration, songs, stories and kids your youngsters can identify with, potty training videos can help tykes grasp the concept of how it's done with videos such as:

Expert tips

Before you begin, note that "children must be ready both emotionally and physically for potty training to be a success," explains KellyAnn Bonnell, M.A., director of the Unitarian Universalist Early Education Cooperative Preschool. "There is no ideal age. Wait until your child begins to show interest in the process. That will be sometime between 24 and 36 months. When your child is ready it shouldn't take more than a couple of days."

Exposing your youngster to the 18 best potty training books and videos before you attempt toilet training may put little ones at ease, so stock up now — you may soon have yourself a potty trained tot!

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I am about to start potty training my daughter. Thanks so much for this guide!

My son is almost three (next month). We have his potty chair for his sencod birthday and just had it out. Mainly we just wanted it to be used in order to get there. We have tried a few times to go around him, but we did not push him to do it. He began regularly about a month ago, once we are not pushing him to use it. I think it's important for kids to do things on their own time line, do your son if he is ready. I know that diapers expensive and a pain, but it is better to show your child that you respect his growth and development. He will find out soon enough he Stress.Wenn go but we have a little celebration in the bathroom. He is so proud of yourself as well. He raises his arms and shouts: I went potty all by myself! That's what goes potty, building his self-esteem (and using the toilet). Oh, and incidentally, he pees sitting down. Father and son are uncircumcised, so that the way they go. Nothing wrong with it, and they never leave the seat!