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Parenting Guide to Toilet Training
by Parenting Magazine Editors
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Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1 (April 03 2001)
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Introduction
Your child hits a certain magical age and suddenly visions start filling your head: You see yourself taking a short road trip without a diaper bag. You look in the closet and there seems to be two cubic feet of extra space (no diapers!).



Book Description

A Relaxed, Effective Approach to Toilet Training-Just In Time.

With its expert advice, lively style, and straightforward approach, PARENTING magazine has made itself the resource for informed parents. Now, readers of the magazine welcome the same mix of key facts, calm reassurance, and proven advice in the PARENTING books. This addition to the series offers a well-planned and stress-free guide to toilet training:

Reading the Readiness Signs: When and how children develop bladder and bowel control, Recognizing your child's cues, Why waiting is better than rushing

Getting Started: Letting your child take the lead, Equipment essentials, from potty to underpants, Bathroom language that you're comfortable with-and that your child will understand

Finding the right approach: Establishing rituals, The importance of role modeling and praise, All about wiping and washing

Dealing with Setbacks and Frustrations: Keeping your cool when accidents happen, The differences between training boys and girls, Strategies if your child resists

The Stages of Potty Practice: Encouraging regular habits, Giving your growing child more independence, When to switch to underpants, Using public toilets

Staying Dry at Night: Tips from experts and parents, Helping the chronic sleep-wetter break the habit, When to seek help

Includes an original, illustrated children's story in the back of the book.

About the Author

Anne Krueger

As a former editor-in-chief of Parenting magazine Anne Krueger, has a special interest in family, health, and home/design issues. Krueger has written for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, InStyle, Martha Stewart Living, Health, AARP Magazine, Alternative Medicine, Good Housekeeping, This Old House, McCall's, People, Working Woman, American Health, Parenting, and a wide variety of targeted custom publications.

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Parenting Magazine Editors

Parenting magazine is the reality-tested resource for raising happy and healthy kids. Each issue is filled with honest advice, strategies, and tips from other moms and experts who are parents too. Plus, you'll get age-specific child-development guidance as well as health and safety info..

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