The No-Cry Potty Training Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers: Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers

I've had years of experience working with young children and seeing the frustration they and their parents went though during the potty-training phase. When it was time to potty train my son, I was understandably nervous. Elizabeth Pantley's book simplified things in such a way that I knew right away what methods I felt would work for my son and for me and he was potty-trained within a week by 2.5 years old. There was absolutely no fuss, no crying, no stress and he enjoyed it as much as I did. I have encouraged all my friends to use the book and thus far, none of the 30 families that followed her methods had any difficulty with the process. I believe that all children will eventually be potty-trained but the book ensures that it will be a smooth and easy transition from diapers to underwear! I feel that anyone who has difficulty taking the information and applying it to their situation is just looking for an easy fix and these methods do take time and effort but so does all good parenting! I rarely review books and will only do so if I feel that it is a true treasure that needs to be shared with other parents and this book is one of them! I always give a copy to friends when their child is close to the age of showing readiness. Elizabeth Pantley is a genius in that she takes her personal experience and years of research as well as the personal experiences of others and puts it all together in a hands-on, user-friendly book that anyone can use and be successful with as long as they are willing to apply the information! This book, along with her other books, are a requirement for every home library!

I bought this book about 2 weeks ago because I was becoming extremely frustrated with potty training. After desperately combing through the various chapters for ideas on what to do, I immediately went out and bought stickers to use on our new "Potty training calendar," as suggested by Pantley. I also changed my whole outlook and attitude toward the process and I've seen immediate results. I feel less stressed and my son has benefited from this change. It's amazing!! As early as the next day, my son, as well as myself and my husband were more enthusiatic about each potty experience and the stickers worked wonders. I wish I would have bought this book sooner. I highly recommend this book for parents to use in the early stages of potty training. I shared an idea from the book with my boss last week and she came back to me this morning amazed that it worked.

This book worked for us. I love the quiz to assess where we are in being ready to potty train. It got me to look at some of my son's developmental stages in a whole new light. Over time we followed some of Elizabeth Pantley's suggestions as we moved towards complete potty training. When my son was ready, he moved to dry underwear in a couple of weeks. Without the patience gained from this book, we would have struggled with potty training for months or years. It's great to have a book that validated us a parents and validated our child as a complex human being.

I bought this book just as i was starting to potty train my 2 1/2 year old son. I loved this book and the great advise. I think the kind and gentle ways to approach potty training helped keep stress levels at a minimum and reminded me that I should enjoy this process too. My son loved all the pictures of the kids going potty and it helped him see that lots of other kids his age were doing this too. He is an only child so this was very helpful for us. We are now 2 weeks into potty training and my son has had 2 accidnets and is completely diaper free... even at night.

The No-Cry Potty Training Solution book is just amazing!! If you are a parent who is starting the process of potty training, OR going to be starting the potty training in the future, you will NEED this book. I have read a couple of books about potty training, that had some ideas here and there, but this book has ALL of the ideas and assistance in one very easy to understand book. During my potty training of my daughter, I had some stress and no patience. After reading this book I realized that I needed to control my patience, and once I did and had the correct tools it did not take long at all for my daughter to succeed, and with few accidents. Elizabeth Pantley gives you creative ideas to help along the potty process, my favorite (and my daughters) was a box of wrapped little presents (i.e., play dough, crayons, coloring book) and whenever my daughter used the potty she got a gift. She loved that positive reinforcement!! Another great thing in the book is a quiz about Potty Readiness that you can take from the beginning to see where your child is on the potty training. From a mother of 2 with 1 successful potty trained daughter, and a son who will be starting within the next year, I highly recommend The No-Cry Potty Solution book from Elizabeth Pantley to all the moms and dads who are getting ready to start the potty training and even for the expecting moms to have something GOOD to look forward too. Mother of 2