Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - When Is My Child Ready to Be Toilet Trained?
Chapter 2 - Should I Choose a Potty Chair, an Adapter or Use the Toilet Seat?
Chapter 3 - How Do I Begin Toilet Training?
Cloth Options in Training Pants
Chapter 4 - What Do the Experts Say?
Chapter 5 - Help! How Can I Toilet Train My Uncooperative Child?
Chapter 6 - How Can I Toilet Train a Child Under Special Circumstances?
Chapter 7 - What If My Already-Trained Child Has Accidents?
Chapter 8 - How Can I Deal with Bed-Wetting?
Some Possible Causes for Bed-wetting
Helping Your Child, Psychologically Speaking
Drug Therapy for Helping the Bed-wetter
Thanks to Editors:
Toni Burbank, Maria Mack, Kathryn Ring, Sandra Whelan, Jeane-Marie Sohlden,
Kate Moore, Carol Lowry, Abby Herstein and Dian Schwarze
Consultants:
Karen Olness, M.D., Minneapolis Children’s Health Center
Judy Owens-Stively, M.D., Minneapolis Children’s Health Center
Peggy Osterholm, R.N., P.N.P., Wayzata Children’s Clinic
Rebecca Kajander, R.N., P.N.P., Wayzata Children’s Clinic
Burton White, Ph.D., Center for Parent Education, Newton, MA
Joan Reivich, Booth Maternity Center, Philadelphia, PA
Meg Zweiback, R.N., P.N.P, M.P.H., Oakland, CA
Daniel P. Kohen, M.D., Minneapolis Children’s Health Center
Special thanks to the parents who shared their words and feelings. Their quotes are reprinted with permission from Vicki Lansky’s Practical Parenting™ Newsletter and respondents to Vicki Lansky’s Practical Parenting column in Sesame Street Magazine Parents’ Guide.
Illustrator: Jack Lindstorm
