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Potty Training In One Week

Author: Gina Ford
Publisher: Vermilion
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

34 reviews
Sales Rank: 143

Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5.3 x 0.7

ISBN: 0091912733
EAN: 9780091912734
ASIN: 0091912733

Publication Date: April 6, 2006
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Condition: Brand new book dispatched from stock in the UK

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Customer Reviews: Read 29 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

my son was dry on the 3rd day June 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

i found this book a huge help. my son only had acsident on the 1st two day. i know this was down to my son not the book but it helped my make a start.

1 out of 5 stars

Potty trained in one week....who is she kidding? May 21, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

You can't fault her style or clarity, but this book should come with a sanity warning. The programme probably does work but (and this is a big but) your child has to be ready and predisposed to the Gina Ford technique. We had followed a lot of her advice in Contented Baby etc and so were pretty positive about it, but, ended up having to abandon the Gina Ford way of potty training because of the tantrums and tears (and not just the baby's). To be fair, the book makes it clear you can potty-train in one week...but only if your child is ready. And there's lots of good advice on familiarising your child with what will happen and sensible comments on how parents need to prepare themselves too. But nothing really your health visitor couldn't tell you or which you couldn't get off the net. And I think there's another caveat. Your child has to have the "right" personality. My son is very wilful and we abandoned the Gina Ford technique on our third attempt. Her answer would probably be "well, then he isn't ready," but at nearly 3 he should be (our health visitor agrees and, believe me I have devoted weeks to it pretty much full time). All following the Gina Ford method has achieved (apart from making us feel bad)is a power struggle and we are now having to back-track and try to undo some of the damage. No doubt it works well for some, but they're probably the kids who would be easy to potty train in any case.

5 out of 5 stars

A week?? More like 3 days! May 8, 2008
This book is a little miracle. Following the advice in this book, my son was going to his potty without any prompting by the end of the first day. In three days, he was more or less fully trained and has had very few accidents since he came out of nappies. I was so worried about potty training and was expecting it to be a complete nightmare, but it turned out to be really easy - in large part due to this book. If you are thinking of buying this book, my advice is don't hesitate - you won't regret it. I certainly didn't!

2 out of 5 stars

Not a one-size-fits-all book May 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I followed this for both my children. It worked for one but not for the other. The preparation for potty training sections are good, to help you get your litte one used to sitting on the potty a certain times of day before the nappies come off for good and you go for it. But there is no advice whatsoever on how to handle poo accidents and how help a child who is not freaked out by number two's but who is never able to manage them on the potty.

4 out of 5 stars

much better than expected April 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I tried much of the techniques with my 27 month son - and while it was more than a week he is doing pretty well - as she said if you and your child is ready it will work - if not it won't! Agree about style - if it doesn't work its is somehow your fault but if you ignore that lots of useful ideas and good points - like the idea of a cushion for car seat - also using a chart for you to see how the child is doing - didn't try the star chart as my son is too young in my view crw