Potty Training In One Week

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Editorial reviews

You Magazine
‘The Delia Smith of parenting… for the many thousands who’ve tried it, Gina’s book is a Godsend’

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The Daily Telegraph
‘for an astonishing number of mothers, she has proved a saviour. "Gina babies", as they are known, are happy and they sleep’

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Synopsis
Gina Ford is the queen of routine, and one area she knows from experience that can be a big, scary hurdle for parents is potty training. The good news is that it's very easy when you know all the tips and tricks and there is no need for tantrums or endless hours spent sitting with a toddler who refuses to go potty. This clearly organised book answers all your questions and makes potty training easy, and even fun. You will quickly learn: how to know when your child is really ready; how to make potty training fun for your child; how to reward; how to deal with little accidents; why you need a potty for upstairs and for downstairs; and how to help your child get over bed-wetting. With a little know-how from one of the UK's leading parenting authors, potty training will be as easy as A, B, C.

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From the Publisher
The bestselling parenting author's one-stop guide to contented potty training

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About the Author
Gina Ford:
Gina Ford has over twenty years' experience of looking after babies and young children. She has worked as a maternity nurse all over the world for all kinds of people, from lawyers and bankers to newspaper editors, pop stars and other high-profile media personalities. She now runs a consultancy service for parents.

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Customer reviews

review by: jeffcoate date: 2008-06-16 rating:
my son was dry on the 3rd day
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.

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review by: bunnybaby date: 2008-05-21 rating:
Potty trained in one week....who is she kidding?
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.

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review by: date: 2008-05-08 rating:
A week?? More like 3 days!
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!

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review by: date: 2008-05-04 rating:
Not a one-size-fits-all book
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.


review by: crw date: 2008-04-24 rating:
much better than expected
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

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