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ris_stitches's review against another edition
3.0
I will admit that I didn't read this whole book. I absolutely hated the tone of it, I was put off from the first ten pages. I also think it was pretty poorly written and I didn't like the "written for moms" aspect of it. That said, her advice (for daytime) is pretty solid and has worked well for my 2.5 year old. I think we waited until the right time with my daughter. We probably could have done it earlier but I'm glad we waited until she was naturally holding it on her own. I also think she is batshit crazy for recommending waking your kid up to pee in the middle of the night. We work for how long to get our kids to sleep through and then you want me to go wake them up? Hell no! Maybe if you have a kid that struggles with bedwetting but for a toddler? Bleh. No. We need our sleep.
cozyfantasyfaetay's review against another edition
5.0
A quick, easy, must read for anyone hoping to stay sane while teaching their kid to use the potty. Highly recommend
dvanhuysen's review against another edition
3.0
5 stars for her potty training method
1 star for how condescending and passive she can be towards parenting styles etc.
1 star for how condescending and passive she can be towards parenting styles etc.
casslynee's review against another edition
funny
informative
medium-paced
4.5
We'll see how this actually works IN REAL LIFE, but I have been getting anxious about potty training (my daughter is 20 months old) and planning to do it around her second birthday. This alleviated a lot of stress (although I'm still a bit terrified) and was filled with a lot of helpful information.
thepancreas11's review against another edition
4.0
Under most circumstances, the conversational--borderline confrontational?--tone would be pretty off-putting, but this is a battle, and Jamie Glowacki is my Henry V (so...once more OUT of the breach, dear friends?). Seriously, even a month ago, I shuddered to think of the transition out of diapers. Even a month ago, I started to sweat at the sight of the training potty. Even a month ago, I would have waited for cues, hoping that my toddler would up and train himself for no explicable reason. Am I ready? Maybe not. But am I all jacked up and eager to get this thing done? You betcha. It's like I'm about to play that nondescript game in that sport I played in high school, and she's my ornery, politically incorrect coach telling me to "Nut up" or some other highly offensive phrase. It shouldn't work, but it does.
Normally, I'm not a fan of repetition. If I feel like I haven't gotten enough out of a certain section of a book, I'll just re-read it. Maybe I'll fold a couple page corners down for the things I find important. But here, the repetition builds a sort of mantra. Every time I read them, I say them over again: "Do not over prompt," "Stay calm but firm," "No undies, no problem." The repetition of certain sentiments as they are sprinkled through the various troubleshooting chapters gets my mind churning in the right direction.
A lot of the criticism I read about the book was that it's misogynistic, that it directs almost all of it's rhetoric at moms. I suppose part of that is the author being a single mother (or at least that's what I gathered from certain things she wrote). A part of it, however, is that men have earned the reputation. I must confess, I did not seek out this book; my wife did. I think that we should hold men to a better standard, but I understand why the book has the tone it does.
Normally, I'm not a fan of repetition. If I feel like I haven't gotten enough out of a certain section of a book, I'll just re-read it. Maybe I'll fold a couple page corners down for the things I find important. But here, the repetition builds a sort of mantra. Every time I read them, I say them over again: "Do not over prompt," "Stay calm but firm," "No undies, no problem." The repetition of certain sentiments as they are sprinkled through the various troubleshooting chapters gets my mind churning in the right direction.
A lot of the criticism I read about the book was that it's misogynistic, that it directs almost all of it's rhetoric at moms. I suppose part of that is the author being a single mother (or at least that's what I gathered from certain things she wrote). A part of it, however, is that men have earned the reputation. I must confess, I did not seek out this book; my wife did. I think that we should hold men to a better standard, but I understand why the book has the tone it does.
abbywdan's review against another edition
5.0
I think this might be the toddler bible?
My kid will be 2 very very very soon, and we had a window of time, before a move, before the holidays and travel, before I have ANOTHER KID (send help), when it seemed like we could get away with potty training. And guess what? WE DID. With the help—nay, full, militant guidance—of Oh Crap!. Is it perfect? No. Is my kid perfectly potty trained? No. (See above re: that move: a new house, a new routine, a new day care sitch, a Whole New World [don’t you dare close your eyes].) But is potty usage GENERALLY a drama-free experience for us, on average? Absolutely. And, bonus, nary a sticker was distributed nor a piece of candy consumed in the quest to achieve this milestone, so I cannot recommend the Oh Crap! method enough. There is no try, there is only do.
My kid will be 2 very very very soon, and we had a window of time, before a move, before the holidays and travel, before I have ANOTHER KID (send help), when it seemed like we could get away with potty training. And guess what? WE DID. With the help—nay, full, militant guidance—of Oh Crap!. Is it perfect? No. Is my kid perfectly potty trained? No. (See above re: that move: a new house, a new routine, a new day care sitch, a Whole New World [don’t you dare close your eyes].) But is potty usage GENERALLY a drama-free experience for us, on average? Absolutely. And, bonus, nary a sticker was distributed nor a piece of candy consumed in the quest to achieve this milestone, so I cannot recommend the Oh Crap! method enough. There is no try, there is only do.
jiggsnotkaren's review against another edition
4.0
I agree with other reviewers that the methodology seems to work and that she did have me thinking long and hard about a lot of potty training myths (as she calls them) but that the book is poorly organized, edited, and researched and that there's a lot of (unfounded) personal opinion thrown in with sexist and snarky comments and assumptions. Still giving 4 stars because I think the method is good and that is, after all, why I'm reading a book on potty training.
idgetfay's review against another edition
3.0
I wanted to mark that I’ve read the book, but I haven’t actually tried the method. I’ll update my review when I give it a shot. As of right now I felt like the book was very no-nonsense and practical. The method makes sense to me and there are a lot of tips and tricks as well as troubleshooting. As someone who hasn’t dived in yet I wish there was a better overview of the method… in a lot of areas the book was really repetitive and yet I’m still not totally sure what day one of potty training is supposed to look like. But I suppose some of that will come from just diving in and will be different with each kid. The author does sprinkle in a lot of her personal opinions on different areas of parenting… sometimes it’s relevant, sometimes it isn’t. It can be a bit off-putting. And personally her views on night training seemed a little extreme. I don’t know of anyone who has actively woken up in the night, woken their toddler and helped them pee. Overall I’m intrigued by the method and it seems to make sense. I like that it’s not based on rewards, which has always seemed silly to me. I’ll give it a shot and see what happens.
emtuft's review against another edition
3.0
While the method was fabulous, this book was not. It was a bit condescending in tone and not as simple and straightforward as it could’ve been. It didn’t make me feel good/excited/prepared about potty training, just made me feel bad about not having my 2.5 year old potty trained already. Honestly the chapters with the summaries at the end and chapter 5 with the method were all I really needed and used.