Potty (Leslie Patricelli Board Books) Kindle Edition

Honestly I'm VERY upset and disappointed. I bought this book blindly because it had such great reviews. It's nothing more than maybe okay. It's not put together well at all. It doesn't explain the animals pottying as well as it should have. Honestly I just feel like it was grunts and pictures. It should have been more. My son LOVES books even if they aren't good books but he HATES this one. He's not picky AT ALL too! Plus I wasn't expecting it to be so big and heavy. It's not a brick or anything, but it's the same thickness and weight as my hard back chapter book, but is actually a little bigger than my chapter book. It's crazy. I TRULY hate and do not reccomend this book at all. I can't believe I wasted the money honestly. I should have found another or saved up for a better one.

This book shows (so you can decide if it matches your needs):- A gender-less baby character (12 months to 24 months max)- Child using a toddler potty (not the regular toilet)- A naked baby with privates cleverly covered; one image of a bare butt (see pic)- A dog and cat going potty outside and in cat box- No actual poop or pee- Baby running with toilet paper in celebration at the end (see pic)The story, in a nutshell [I say he, but baby could easily be a girl]:Baby has to go potty and wonders where he should go (in diaper or somewhere else). He asks where the animals go to the potty and sees where. He decides to try going on his toddler potty. You see a sequence of the steps (remove diaper, sit, read book, wait, wait more) before he succeeds ("Tinkle, tinkle, toot... I did it!"). He celebrates with his parents. Last page spread just depicts all kinds of underwear, presumably to help your little one can get excited about wearing them (boy and girl styles shown).Verdict:The book is adorable and I love the art. This book has short, simple sentences and clearly target the younger potty training crowd (definitely for under 2, though older toddlers may still enjoy). I'll working on potty training soon (hopefully around 18 months) so I really appreciate a young character. I don't see my son relating as well to preschool age book characters. We are reading this now, ahead of time to familiarize him with the concepts and he loves this one. I wish the baby in the book asked where his parents go potty and not just the pets. Though parents are easier to make a direct relation to, the plot does allow conversations about everyone/thing having a place where they go potty, and baby's place is on the little potty. Since we have dogs, that may help.I'll be reviewing every potty training book I can get my hands on in the near future as I find the ones I like best so stay tuned!Was this review helpful for you? If so, please click the "Yes" button below. If not, feel free to let me know why and I'll do my best to improve it. :)

When I first read this book I was like "what"????? This is ridiculous I don't even want to read this to my kid! Imagine it reading like this "see baby, see baby need to potty, see baby go potty."But seriously my 18 month old daughter was like "ok, read it again, 1 more time, um ok let's do it..."I literally think Leslie Patricelli is a secret potty training genius - I credit this book with my babies early potty training.Just read this to your kid and get out of their way...

Gosh, considering what a HUGE milestone it is for a child to learn to use the potty (both for the child AND his/her parents!), it's no wonder it's such an emotional process (both for the child AND his/her parents!) as well. It's actually the first activity a child learns that only he/she can do that no one else can do FOR them! Have to admit that I can't recall going through the training process with my own sons - it was just TOO long ago! - but I was babysitting our oldest grandson fulltime when he was going through it so it's fresh in my mind, and I will never forget the first time he succeeded in pooping. His eyes widened at that little "plop" sound, and I exclaimed "AIDEN! I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!!!", to which he replied, "I'M SO PROUD OF YOU TOO, GRANDMA!" Sometimes you just want to wrap yourself up in their cuteness, don't you?I missed out - oh darn ;-) - on most of the process with our middle grandson since my daughter-in-law became a stay-at-home mom as he was almost ready to begin, and now it's coming time for the youngest grandson to start. I truly love everything about this darling little board book - not only the cute illustrations (author/illustrator Leslie Patricelli does such a super job capturing the baby's expressions!), VERY simple words that a 2 year old can relate to, and the nice thick pages on this 7" x 7" book (perfect for a youngster to hold while waiting for something to happen on the pot), but ALSO how terrifically it reflects the growing awareness a child must have before he/she is ready to begin the process. Being able in his/her mind to connect the physical sensation with how to respond, decide what he/she wants to do (go in the diaper or on the potty?), get there, take the diaper off, sit and stay there long enough to finish - for a youngster, that requires a LOT of memory/concentration, and being able to combine physical/cognitive skills. The final pages do a super job of positive reinforcement - from his own sense of accomplishment, to his parents praise, to the reward at the end... "UNDIES!"It's so sad to think that - according to the American Academy of Pediatrics - more abuse occurs during toilet training than at an other stage of development, with parents'/caretakers' expectations sometimes exceeding a child's abilities/understanding, mistaking a child's imperfect attempts for acts of willful disobedience. Wow - when you talk about early opportunities to BUILD a child's self-esteem, to REWARD each progressive positive step, to cement the bonds of trust between child/parent by treating relapses as not a failure, but part of the learning process, just as with any skill we develop! Not all kids are ready at the same time, and trying to force it too early is going to backfire in terms of stressing a child out and prolonging the process. Yes, it's a stressful (and usually messy!) period, but positive reinforcement and patience - whether you're a child or an adult - always gets better results than negative reinforcement and exhibited/sensed frustration. This is such a simple yet excellent little book to give to some little person in your life to help "psyche themselves up" for independently managing one of their daily bodily functions!

This book is pretty great. It not only teaches potty training but also the thought process of choosing to go on the potty. The story is of a little child who feels like they need to go and debates whether to go on the potty. This done by thinking where the dog and cat go, etc. finally deciding to go, then sitting on the potty for a bit and getting excited about going on the potty and celebrating with mom and dad. It's a very relatable story that will help your child learn to choose the potty over his/her diaper. The book is a hard book made with good materials.

My toddler (18 months) loves this book and takes it to her own potty to sit and read! She's not yet learning to use the potty rather than nappies but this is great for getting her ready. She learnt to say 'undies' from this book and that makes her laugh :-)I do change the word 'diaper' to 'nappy' when I read it and the first line ('I have to go potty') makes me cringe at the grammar so change to 'I have to go to the toilet / potty' or 'I need a wee'.

It is a fun little book and my little one love looking through it and imitating different funny facial expressions. I do read 'nappy' instead of the American 'diaper'. Did she got immediately potty trained after reading the book? The answer is a no. We are starting it slowly and the book is just one of the things that would help.

I bought the american version by accident. I believe there is an english version that's much less cringe worthy (got to go potty anyone?). I change out the american words (go potty, diaper) when I read it.

This has been a great tool to introduce potty training. It's nice that it's not really gender specific. An it makes my toddler laugh an laugh. The first day we got the potty she sat on it an demanded this book to be read over an over to her. She did do a wee in the potty! She loves it.

Not that impressed with this book. I've had to buy others as this one did little to help with potty training.