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  • Little Looster Potty Training Step Stool

    Reviewer's Name: 
    thebusymom

    The Little Looster potty step stool is a potty training essential in our house! It never needs to be moved around the bathroom (like other potty stools and boosters).

    Rating: 
    6 - Highly recommend
    Product Link: 
    Little Looster Booster Potty Step Stool

  • Potty Training 101

    Parents anticipate potty training as the milestone that will take us from diaper duty to a modicum of freedom. We know we will still have clean up little spills, wipe bums and do laundry twice a day until the little gaffer gets the hang of things; yet we clamor towards that small light at the end of the diaper genie that seems to signify a tiny morsel of freedom.

  • How Can I Interest My 3-year-old Son in Potty Training

    QUESTION

    My son just turned three. I know that the average for boys to be potty trained is 38 months and we aren't there yet, but how do I get him to want to use the potty?

  • Potty Training with Cloth Diapers

    Potty training is something that every child will encounter. When cloth diapering the transition to regular underwear is a bit more natural.

  • Cloth Diapers Problems

    Cloth diapering is not without problems. Stains, repelling liquid, and diaper stink are issues that a cloth diapering household will likely encounter at least once.

  • Let's Get This Potty Started!

    An important developmental step for every child is potty training. Most children begin using
    the toilet as toddlers, usually between 18 months and 3 years old.

  • "Grosser Than Gross"

    Before I had my first child, one of my biggest fears was taking him to the bathroom at a sporting event. While other men worried about midnight feedings and dropping a baby on his head, I fretted over a trip to one of the satellite offices of Germ Industries.

  • Should I Punish My Child for Potty Accidents?

    QUESTION

    Dear Dr. Laura,
    My daughter is about to turn three. She has been potty trained for several months, but lately she has started going through phases of having "accidents" fairly regularly. She will pee or poop wherever she feels like it a few times a day. We are very frustrated by this, because we know she knows how to recognize her need and use the potty.

  • Daughter Plays with Feces

    QUESTION

    Hi Dr. Laura,
    My daughter is two. One half of a twin, which is a boy.

  • Getting Toilet Training Back on Track

    QUESTION

    Dear Dr. Laura,
    Help! My four-year-old little girl has been potty trained since the week prior to her turning three. Never an accident up until a few months ago. Now, she is wetting her pants daily. Sometimes emptying her entire bladder, sometimes, just enough to wet her underwear.

  • Getting Toilet Training Back on Track

    QUESTION

    Dear Dr. Laura,
    Help! My four-year-old little girl has been potty trained since the week prior to her turning three. Never an accident up until a few months ago. Now, she is wetting her pants daily. Sometimes emptying her entire bladder, sometimes, just enough to wet her underwear.

  • Cloth Diapers Problems

    Cloth diapering is not without problems. Stains, repelling liquid, and diaper stink are issues that a cloth diapering household will likely encounter at least once.

  • Toilet Training Advice

    I believe that the best advice on toilet training is that if the child is ready, it happens very easily. If not, a power struggle often ensues, since you can lead a child to the potty but you can't make him go. And we all know that no one wins a parent-child power struggle.

  • Potty Training with Cloth Diapers

    Potty training is something that every child will encounter. When cloth diapering the transition to regular underwear is a bit more natural.

  • Cloth Training Pants

    When you were pregnant, one of your many decisions was whether you would use cloth diapers or disposable diapers. Now that your child is no longer a baby, the cloth versus disposable decision comes into play again -- this time over training pants. A third alternative is to simply go directly to underwear.

  • Toilet Teaching: The True/False Quiz

    For many parents potty training or toilet teaching, as it is now termed, is a challenging and sometimes frustrating parental responsibility. You are ready for your child to be out of diapers, but you wonder, is she?

  • Getting Ready for Potty Training

    by Alan Greene, MD, FAAP

    Most children are ready to tackle the challenge of potty use somewhere between age 2 and shortly after their third birthday, with boys generally at the latter end of this range. Letting you know when their diapers are dirty is an early sign of readiness. When they start to let you know just before they need to go, it is time to begin. Here are some suggestions for easing the transition from diaper to potty:

  • How Can I Interest My 3-year-old Son in Potty Training

    QUESTION

    My son just turned three. I know that the average for boys to be potty trained is 38 months and we aren't there yet, but how do I get him to want to use the potty?

  • Tips for Potty Training

    She wears pull-ups, enjoys sitting on the toilet, and gets very excited when she urinates. The problem is she has been doing this for months. She has not made the transition to going to the toilet and using it when she has to go.

  • Potty Training 101

    Parents anticipate potty training as the milestone that will take us from diaper duty to a modicum of freedom. We know we will still have clean up little spills, wipe bums and do laundry twice a day until the little gaffer gets the hang of things; yet we clamor towards that small light at the end of the diaper genie that seems to signify a tiny morsel of freedom.