Inside: Children's books about the human body that help with potty training. This content contains affiliate links. With both my kids, there's one time when I consistently get their best, focused attention. It’s not when I’m standing in the living room reminding them we have 10 minutes before leaving for swim class. It’s not when they’ve just returned home from school, tired, and hungry for a snack. Nope, it’s always the same time everyday. Bedtime. Our bedtime always include

Sometimes your child is using the potty at home but then when returning to daycare, you hear your toddler refuses to sit on the potty.

Inside: How your voice can help with normal toddler behavior around potty training. This content contains affiliate links. I remember reading somewhere that you can qualify the dynamic of your family (and how conflicts look) with food terms like spicy or mild. Are there hot tempers rising? Or did you grow up in a quieter, mild-mannered household? It's fun to think about. (I definitely grew up in a spicy family.) But here’s the thing. Despite hearing my fairshare of yelling as

Inside: Use these 3 rules for bringing down toddler resistance to go pee in the potty or take a potty break. This content contains affiliate links. When my daughter was an infant, I saw for the first time how FAST things evolve with your child, and how you have to keep shifting what works (when it no longer works.) How to hold her comfortably in a carrier shifted as she got heavier and heavier. How to safely change her diaper shifted as her bum got wigglier and wigglier. And

Inside: How to stop the power battles with your child over going pee in the potty. This content contains affiliate links. You can muscle your way through being tired (with a needed cup of coffee). You can power your way through an intense workout (with some good music). But you can’t power battle your child over peeing in the potty. You’ll lose. I’ve heard parents at the brink of desperation try seemingly everything to get their child to just sit on the potty and pee. Everyth

Inside: What's it look like to go around with a diaper-free child? Here's a day in the life of a potty training toddler. This content contains affiliate links. When I was pregnant with my first child, I didn’t seek out everyone’s opinion on everything, but I did reach out for one particular inside peek into what to expect. Other mamas’ birth stories. I wanted to hear as many of the day in the life of what happened when their baby came. I read this book (twice) for in-depth st

Inside: Here are 5 things to consider before trying rewards in potty training your toddler. This content contains affiliate links. Once on a phone consultation call with a mom, sharing potty training issues she was having with her son, I heard her voice suddenly trail off to a whisper.. I did the thing I know the book says not to do. I gave him a gummy candy for peeing in the potty. Her voice sounded embarrassed. Like a confessional where you’re waiting to hear an I told you

Inside: Can winter be a good time to potty train your toddler? Yes! Here are 5 reasons why. This content contains affiliate links. Your toddler’s bare bum is about the sweetest sight. And envisioning that little bare bum dashing over to the potty to catch pee in the block one stage of Oh Crap Potty Training may even spark joy. What a little hero! Here’s the mystery. What about winter days? What about when it’s cold outside? How do you follow Oh Crap Potty Training, bare bums

Inside: When will potty training click for your child? Here's what potty training progress looks like. This content contains affiliate links. Will this turn out? I’m doing all this work and will it just flop? I marvel at people who seem to be naturals with baking, because that’s what runs through my mind when I bring out the measuring cups and spoons. In baking, you must be precise and you can’t measure if you did it right till you pull that cake out of the oven. But with a p

Inside: Here are easy travel tips, for being in your car or flying on a plane, with your potty training toddler. This content contains affiliate links. To the woman I met on a cross-country flight to Seattle, back when I was a traveling solo with a 26-month-old and a 6-month-old baby, I wish I could send you a heartfelt thank you. You stepped in like a skilled, knowing grandmother. And saved me that day. You held my baby while I helped my daughter navigate the unknown terrain

Inside: When is the best time to potty train your toddler? Why summer helps with potty training. This content contains affiliate links. Getting wiggles out. Getting your dose of Vitamin D (happy energy). Getting your child to pee and poop in a potty. Three things that are often easier to do in the summer. You’ve got the calendar out. If you’re thinking about when to jump into potty training your toddler, here are few reminders for potty training in the summer. Here's why summ