Acknowledgments; Introduction; The No-Cry Potty Training Solution Quick Guide; Quick Guide 1: Facts About Potty Training; Quick Guide 2: Readiness Quiz; Quick Guide 3: Pre-Potty Training; Quick Guide 4: It's Potty Time!; Quick Guide 5: Bed-Wetting; Quick Guide 6: Solving Common Toilet Training Problems; 1 Potty Training: What's It All About?; Keep Things in Perspective; When to Start; Potty Training Is Really Potty Learning; How Long Will It Take a Toddler to Learn?; It's Not All or Nothing, You Know!; How Much Will Potty Training Cost?; Helpful Facts to Know.
2 The Readiness Quiz: Is It Time for Potty Training?The Readiness Factor; The Parent's Role; The Quiz; 3 Pre-Potty Training: Getting Ready!; Identify the Act; Keep It Natural; Teaching the Vocabulary; The Value of Demonstrations; When Should You Buy a Potty Chair?; Learning to Follow Directions; Promote Your Child's Independence; Read to Your Child; Moving on from Pre-Potty Training to Active Toilet Training; 4 It's Potty Time! Setting Up; Deciding on Your Potty Training Approach; The Magic Two; Supplies You'll Need; Decide Where to Put the Potty; Tips for Toilet Training.
5 A Menu of Potty Training IdeasIntroduce the Potty; Give Wiping and Toilet Paper Lessons; Make It a Routine; Offer Choices; Make It a Game; Come with Me!; Read About the Potty; Tell Stories, Chitchat, and Sing; Make a Potty Poster; Use a Potty Doll; Tips for Your Little Boy; Be Prepared to Get to a Bathroom Quickly; Get a Jump Start to Success; Get Everyone on the Same Track; Offer a Prize; Make Hand Washing a Fun Part of the Potty Routine; Relax About Accidents; Offer Praise and Encouragement-but How Much?; One More Reminder to Be Patient; 6 Bed-Wetting; No Place for Punishment or Shame.
It Is a Natural, Biological ProcessHow Do You Know When It's Safe to Go Diaperless?; How to Help Your Child Stay Dry; When Should You Seek Help?; Don't Worry; 7 Solving Common Toilet Training Problems; Solving Any Toilet Training Problem; Setbacks and Regressing; When to Call the Doctor; 8 Common Questions and Sensible Answers; Fear of Flushing; Coordinating Two Homes for Training; Traveling with a Newly Trained Child; Fathers and Daughters in Public Restrooms; Public Restrooms; Using Portable Toilets with Your Child; Potty Training Twins, Higher Order Multiples, or Two Children Close in Age.
Potty Training Children with Special NeedsDay Care and Potty Training; Bad Language and Potty Humor; Refining Your Little Boy's Aim; Urinary Tract Infections (UTI); Handling Unwanted Advice; Playing with Poop; Constipation; Training an Active Toddler; Celebrations and Rewards; Fascination with New Bathrooms; Stalling Bedtime with Potty Visits; Frequent Potty Visits; Bladder-Stretching Exercises for Accident Control; Handling His Penis While on the Potty; Embarrassing Bathroom Questions; Wiping Lessons; Fecal Soiling (Encopresis); Motivating a Child with No Interest in Potty Training.