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Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right
Jamie Glowacki
3.74 AVERAGE
685 reviews for:
Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right
Jamie Glowacki
3.74 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
Lots of useful advice.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Excrement
Moderate: Cursing
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
lighthearted
fast-paced
I think this book is problematic, to say the least. I haven't attempted potty training yet, but it's going to be happening soon for us, and I am looking for actual science or research-based guidance. This isn't that. This is a whole lot of anecdote and what felt like laying on "mom guilt" (but maybe I'm just sensitive to that.)
I'm adding a star because I want to believe the "potty train your kid like she's a pet" method of just letting them run wild and naked in your house for a few days will work. I'm not sure that it will, but I like the idea.
Also adding a star for the completely random announcement about 1/4 of the way through the book where the author declares that she used to be a trapeze artist and her friends bathe in their own pee. Way to sneak that one in there! Best part of the book, by far.
I'm adding a star because I want to believe the "potty train your kid like she's a pet" method of just letting them run wild and naked in your house for a few days will work. I'm not sure that it will, but I like the idea.
Also adding a star for the completely random announcement about 1/4 of the way through the book where the author declares that she used to be a trapeze artist and her friends bathe in their own pee. Way to sneak that one in there! Best part of the book, by far.
Too much fluff amid the substance. Good tips had to be mined out of preachy and judgmental prose.
When I polled my parent friends for potty training resources, 90% of them recommended this book. It seemed like a good sign, so we reserved a copy from the library. Glowacki provides clear steps and guidance for potty training your kid in a week or two. The kicker is that you got to take a week off to devote yourself to it (not doable for some parents, I'm sure!) and you got to commit, fully. I was admittedly apprehensive going into the actual potty training, but Glowacki's method worked. Our daughter was potty trained fully in a little over a week at 23 months.
I agree with others that Glowacki needed an editor. Feel free to mine the book for the important details. You can easily skip the rest.
I agree with others that Glowacki needed an editor. Feel free to mine the book for the important details. You can easily skip the rest.
This book's advice runs contrary to everything I've read online - and it actually works. I wish I had gotten it earlier for my first kid but I'm about to train my second and this time I'm confident after seeing how it works so much better than all the other advice.
informative
Some of this was problematic and/or unnecessary but her method worked for us
I feel prepared to potty train with her method- stars for this. I liked her humor, use of the word fuck and joking about having some wine and chocolate. I liked that she said read through chapter 5. If that's all you need, great. If you have issues, come back for the troubleshooting.
I did not love all of the opinions that had nothing to do with potty training (sleep, food, child development) had she shared facts from sources I'd be ok with it... but lots of judgy side comments.
ALSO just because she says to put a puppy pad in your car seat doesn't mean you should. Most carseat manufacturers say no, you can check your seat's FAQ to see if they allow it. She isn't a CPST. This recommendation is frustrating because she's giving unsafe carseat advice to parents.
I did not love all of the opinions that had nothing to do with potty training (sleep, food, child development) had she shared facts from sources I'd be ok with it... but lots of judgy side comments.
ALSO just because she says to put a puppy pad in your car seat doesn't mean you should. Most carseat manufacturers say no, you can check your seat's FAQ to see if they allow it. She isn't a CPST. This recommendation is frustrating because she's giving unsafe carseat advice to parents.