It REALLY REALLY works. My daughter turns 3 in December 09 and she is finally very happy to be potty trained. We tried toilet training in July but she was not ready. She had all the signs but did NOT want to do it. I also feel like I did not have all the tools to be a good teacher. Thank you for giving such great instructions and a method that is so do-able for both the parent and child.

I had some skeptical buying the doll, the book and the DVD. Boy oh boy am I glad I got the whole system despite my skepticism. This product has been worth every single penny. It is worth it to see the pride in my daughters face. She goes both number 1 AND 2 on the potty. Literally all done in 1 day for number 1 and day 2 for number 2. AWESOME. Great! GREAT! So rewarding for us both. I can't thank you enough.

I am so glad my friend recommended Potty Training In One Day. I vow to tell all my friends and new moms all about it.

What a FANTASTIC product.

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Ginger Allen

Monica Yagele of Fort Worth has three daughters and it's just about time for her youngest, two year old Isabella, to start potty training. "She has gone on the potty a few times already and she is showing readiness signs."

Yagele says she made a few mistakes with her first two girls, so she wanted to learn some new techniques. "I was looking for some sort of method, some literature that I could read about."

She came to an event sponsored by Metroplex Baby and Kids featuring Houston mother and entrepreneur Narmin Parpia.

Parpia took the concept "potty training in one day," which has been around for decades, and created a series of products that help parents through the process. "The first phase is the planning and preparation and this is the planning and preparation of the parent."

To get ready for the "one big day" where your child will learn to go in the potty,  mom and dad will introduce a doll. Potty Patty for girls, Potty Scotty for boys.

Yagele says "Isabella was very excited when she saw the doll, so they pulled the potty patty doll out immediately."

The Potty Patty doll also comes with training pants and a potty chair. You give the doll water and it goes potty in the potty chair. The potty training products will help teach the child that behaviors have consequences.

Parpia explains, "If your child goes on the potty what is the consequence of that and the logical consequence is that you the parent are thrilled that they did that, so you reward that."

Once your child understands the correct behavior, mom and dad should start building excitement for the big day where the child will stop wearing diapers. And on that day Yagele explains "You don't want any outside distractions, you want to minimize that and just completely focus on your child and try not to distract your child in other ways too from the potty training process."

After the big day comes, the next step is follow up.  Parpia says "That is when you the parent has to be really patient, you have to be calm and you have to persistent through it."

Parpia says most children are accident free within a week, some will take a little longer. She says "It doesn't work for everybody, but for the people that it works for, it is a great method."

It's been about a week for the Yagele's and things are going well for Isabella. "I took her diaper off and said this is it, we're done no more diapers from now on, you're a big girl now."

The training products also come with a book and DVD that will take parents about an hour to review. The whole package costs $50 dollars.

If you rather read an about the plan for potty training in one day, we have that available for you!

Paige McCoy Smith, The Not-So Perfect Parent ™ interviewed Narmin Parpia. 

Not only did they discuss How to Potty Train in One Day, they talked about how Narmin Parpia got started.

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We have found great success with this program.

My son is almost 3 and seems to have picked it up very easily. I think one thing that helped us is I put new books in the bathroom that he had never read before.

He didn't mind sitting on the potty each time because he had a new book to read. And of course he loved Scotty! So here's my question; the first 2 nights he was wet during the night. The first night he was still asleep and we had to wake him and change him.

The second night he came in to me to tell me he needed to be changed. I don't know if I need to switch him to pull-ups or see how it goes over the next few nights.

We are now on the third night after starting; we didn't give him anything to drink 2 hours before bedtime in the hope that that would help. While still in diapers he would wake up dry a lot.

The only information I can find about peeing during the night is for older children (5 or older). I don't this is a bed wetting problem in the clinical sense so any advice will be greatly appreciated!

My daughter is now 19 mos old and has been using the big toilet successfully an average of 5 times per week since age 14 mos.

Occassionally she tells me she "has a poopoo coming" and "wants to sit on the toilet" but more often she goes when I put her on the toilet after meals.

Now I really want to make the transition to fully potty trained and I want to use the one day method.

I already bought your CD and book and found them very useful.

My questions are:

1. Should I use the big toilet instead of the little potty since she is used to it?
2. About half the time, when I ask her if she wants to sit on the toilet she says "no." So I've been leaving it up to her volition so far. I'm a bit  afraid that she will feel a power struggle with the one day method.

Any advice?

Thank you so much!

Susan

ANSWER:

Hi Susan,

I think that it is great that you want to try the one day method and your questions are very good ones.

You ask about the toilet vs. the potty chair.

Generally speaking, potty chairs is more suitable for the  one day method.

The reasons are:

The one day of training takes place in a large area of the house that has a hard surface, such as the kitchen or a wood floor living room.

This gives you both plenty of "elbow" room for all the activity associated with training day.

Using a small portable potty gives you access to one of these rooms.

Your child will be making lots of practice potty trips to the potty and will learn to undress themselves, sit, dress, and empty the potty.

A small potty chair will allow your child to do all of these exercises without risk of falling off a step stool at the big potty.

 As for your second question concerning a power struggle, you are correct in your assessment of the being a possible area of struggle.

This is why the authors are very adamant that every child MUST pass all sections of the readiness test - (see article At what age should I start potty training? and How do I know if my child is read for potty training?)

The test will allow you to assess your child most accurately. The one day method relies on direct instructions giving by the parent and a cooperative toddler following direction.

If you find that your toddler is unable to cooperate, take some time for a couple of weeks and "create" opportunities for her to cooperate.

Implement your family's decided upon consequences for undesirable behavior.

After a couple weeks, re-assess with the readiness test.

Also, the best minimum age for most children is about 24 months with 30 months being ideal for the one day method.

The Padded Training Pants are the best choice for the Potty Training in One Day method.

To get more information on these products and to purchase them, you will be redirected to the Potty Scotty Website.

PADDED Potty Training Pants IDEAL for Potty Training in One Day Method PRICE: $12.95 for 3 PACK	Waterprooof Pull On Pants Prevents leaks & reduces messes PRICE: $7.95 for 2 PACK
Waterproof Covers for Training Pants PRICE: $9.95 for 2 PACK	2 in 1 Waterproof PUL Training Pants PRICE: $21.95 for 3 PACK
Night Time Training Pants SUPER Absorbent PRICE: $15.95 EACH

The Padded Training Pants are the best choice for the Potty Training in One Day method.

To get more information on these products and to purchase them, you will be redirected to the Potty Patty Website. 

PADDED Potty Training Pants by Potty Patty IDEAL for the Potty Training in One Day Method PRICE: $10.95 for 3 PACK	Waterproof Pull On Pants Prevents Leaks & Reduces Messes PRICE: $7.95 for 2 PACK
Waterproof Covers for Training Pants PRICE: $9.95 for 2 PACK	2 in 1 Waterproof PUL Training Pants PRICE: $21.95 for 3 PACK
Night Time Training Pants SUPER ABSORBENT PRICE: $15.95 EACH