Toilet Training. Vicki Lansky

      Table of Contents

       Title Page

       Acknowledgments

       Introduction

       Chapter 1 - When Is My Child Ready to Be Toilet Trained?

      

       What Are the Basics?

       Chapter 2 - Should I Choose a Potty Chair, an Adapter or Use the Toilet Seat?

       Potty Chairs

       Sit on It!

       Footstools for Solid Footing

       Direct Use of the Toilet

       Hygiene

       Chapter 3 - How Do I Begin Toilet Training?

       Bowel Control

       Belated Bowel Control

       VERY Belated Bowel Control

       Daytime Bladder Control

       For Boys Only

       Dress for Success

       Cloth Options in Training Pants

       Nighttime Bladder Control

       Chapter 4 - What Do the Experts Say?

       Using Rewards

       Beyond Rewards

       Chapter 5 - Help! How Can I Toilet Train My Uncooperative Child?

       Physical Complications

       Emotional Complications

       Chapter 6 - How Can I Toilet Train a Child Under Special Circumstances?

       The New-Baby Syndrome

       Working Parents

       Daycare Dynamics

       Traveling During Training

       Car Conveniences

       Toilet Training Twins

       Separation from a Parent

       Chapter 7 - What If My Already-Trained Child Has Accidents?

       Accidents

       Regression

       Chapter 8 - How Can I Deal with Bed-Wetting?

       Some Possible Causes for Bed-wetting

       Helping Your Child, Psychologically Speaking

       Practically Speaking

       Going by the Book

       The Battle of the Bedsheets

       Helpful Signaling Devices

       Drug Therapy for Helping the Bed-wetter

       One Last Therapy

       Index

       About the Author

       Copyright Page

      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