Hi!

Never wrote before, ordered your e-book in March. I had originally thought about potty training by son in November/December 2006, but with a 10 day trip to London, thought not the best thing to start–being in a strange city and country, not knowing where potties are–decided to wait til we returned home in January. I mentioned to my son we needed to start potty training. He informed me he was not big enough and he wanted to wait til he was 3. (He was very verbal around 18 months). I heard what he said, caught a tad off guard, but agreed.

So ordered your book in March, he turned 3 in March and one day after his birthday, we did 3 day potty training. I will admit I did not follow your advice to the letter. I pulled what I needed/wanted and low and behold my son was potty trained in 3 days. Real underwear, real toilets, waking us up sometimes at 2a. or 5a. for help to tinkle.

I was estactic I discovered your e-book and was grateful I believed the ad I read which lead me to order your book. I am grateful I spent the money for this book, your method(s) versus waisting money on various books, pullups or padded underwear, little potties or other useless items.

So I must admit I was surprised when you are recommending Peter Potty for boys.

Personally I would not want some plastic thing in my bathrooms. We have a padded seat ring to make our big potties more his size for when he prefers or needs to sit. We also taught him to aim for the water at all times. Does he make it every time? No, but we also teach him to clean up after himself.
He loves being responsible, loves to help around the house, loves to be working on projects. So cleaning up around the toilet after he uses, is good and good for him.

I personally think anyone with boys should do the same. Someday they will have to leave the house–college, first apartments, etc. They should know how to cook, do laundry, pay bills and clean a bathroom.

So instead of paying $39.95 (on sale) for Peter Potty, show the big men and the little men in your life where the cleaning cloths are & have them contribute to the household chores. Someday they will appreciate it and so will the women in their lives.

Just my opinion. Again, I followed your advice and it worked wonderfully. We are done & trained.

I think if you stick with the advice you write, kids do not need any “seperate” potties/urnals.

Sincerely,
Adele

Hi Lora,

Just a quick note to let you know how we are getting on. I think we have cracked it! Ethan, my 2 and a half year old, is now officially toilet trained, day and night! We followed your advice and apart from a couple of wee accidents at the start Ethan is doing so well. He is doing both 1’s and 2’s in the toilet and has been dry for a number of nights now.

I didn’t really even know how to go about starting the training and when i saw your website i thought yea right, toilet trained in three days, not a chance!, but Ethan proved me wrong, he has taken to it like a duck to water and I just want to thank you for your advice.

The only thing is my wee baby is not my wee baby any more, he is my wee man, my husband and i will have to get started on baby number 2 now!!

Thanks again Lora, I will keep your advice in mind if hopefully i ever need it again.

Amanda

Hi Lora

I am not sure why the email was received blank on your end. Cyber error I guess. Anyway my original questions are irrelevant now.

Today I completed the three day potty training on my 26 month old son. I want to thank you so much for your help through your ebook. It was a hard and tiring 3 days especially the first day but my son definitely knows when he needs to go potty and he is able to tell me before he goes. He even has been waking up dry after bed time and nap time. He still needs lots of practice though because he sometimes pee without letting me know he has to go. He is also still holding his pee and especially his bowel movements until he has no choice but to let it go. He gets really scared when he has to make a bowel movement, he is scared to do it in the potty and he is scared to do it in his underwear. It is also difficult getting him to sit on the potty after a nap when I know he needs to go and also before nap. I will keep at it for the rest of the week because he has made tremendous improvement over the last three days.

I have to tell you that I am nervous to take him out to church and other public places without pull-ups. I am nervous that he will have an accident or he may tell me right before he needs to go and I will not have time to get him to the washroom. Are you sure that I can take him out in just underwear?? Maybe I should start praying now that it will indeed work

I will definitely refer friends to your site and although he is not totally comfortable with the change, I think I do have bragging rights. Thank you.

Linda Griffith

Lora,

Good Morning. THANK YOU so much for another copy of your book. That was very gracious of you and I truly appreciate it! People are amazed that Sara is potty trained already and especially can’t believe that she is potty trained at nap time and at night. I will recommend, and have recommended, this book to any mom who is going to start potty training. Thanks again.

God Bless,

Jen Reese

I just wanted to follow-up and let you know that my son is now officially a “big boy.” The sticker chart worked great. His stools were already soft (I was worried about that at first, but it wasn’t the problem). He loved the chart, and I actually made three lines with five squares on each one so he
would have the chance to earn 3 rewards to get him used to going without crying and to make a good habit out of it. He only needs 2 more stickers to finish out his 3rd line. He has really enjoyed going to Wal-Mart to pick out his “present.” Going to the bathroom is really a non-issue now. He can still be a very stubborn child, and you may be able to recognize that he has to go - but he’ll tell you no if you ask him. It has to be his idea - even if it’s only 30 seconds later!! He’s had a couple of overnight accidents, but we’re not the greatest at holding off on drinks in the evenings, and a couple of times we forgot to have him go before going to bed. However, he has actually woken up in the middle of the night to tell us he needs to go - which is great. He was also able to “hold it” for about 5 minutes while at the circus last weekend because he had to wait until he got off the elephant ride to be able to run to the bathroom. He’s doing wonderfully, and other than that 1st day, it really was a pretty easy process. I’m so proud of him, and I remind him nearly everyday. Now, we’re looking forward to his baby sister’s arrival in a few weeks!

I think this program worked great. A lot of it had to do with the timing. I definitely think the child AND the parent(s) have to be “ready” and willing to make the commitment. I plan to use it with my next child, and I would recommend it (and actually already have) to anyone else working on potty training!

Thanks so much. Becky

Becky Kindel, BBA