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A review by ashvaughn
Oh Crap! Potty Training, Volume 1: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right by Jamie Glowacki
2.0
I have a freshly two-year-old and this book was recommended to me as I begin thinking about potty training. This was REALLY hard to get through. Maybe I should have physically read it vS listening to the audible, that probably would’ve made for a better experience. I felt like I was listening to my great aunt tell me about how to make her world famous pie but throughout it all, and after each step, she had to remind me she’s the best and knows what she’s talking about because of all the other people she’s helped make pies, include snide remarks and comments about how I’m probably not listening and I need to go back to other places to read but also I need to wait until future chapter to hear more. It was so brutal and very repetitive with the snide remarks and reminders throughout. There were many times I wanted to give up on the book and just google her methods but I was afraid of missing something important so I stuck it out. I now think I would be okay if I just read a blog post or pamphlet with the steps spelled out.
Another frustrating thing was that it seems a lot of the “advice” is written from a “best case scenario” standpoint like every time she gave the script or line of what to say to a toddler to get them in line. I’m not sure about the development of other two year olds but mine is not going to respond “okay mommy” and listen to every line of reasoning or understand and oblige. Like another reader mentioned, other advice seemed unrealistic or privileged. Like, the daycare portion. In essence, it’s okay to piss off your daycare to get them in line and if they’re not on board, simply get a new one! Yikes.
Because of my daughter’s daycare policy, I’m going to hold off on starting for a couple of months to preserve my sanity, but I will take the author’s advice and take what applies here and ignore what does not.
Another frustrating thing was that it seems a lot of the “advice” is written from a “best case scenario” standpoint like every time she gave the script or line of what to say to a toddler to get them in line. I’m not sure about the development of other two year olds but mine is not going to respond “okay mommy” and listen to every line of reasoning or understand and oblige. Like another reader mentioned, other advice seemed unrealistic or privileged. Like, the daycare portion. In essence, it’s okay to piss off your daycare to get them in line and if they’re not on board, simply get a new one! Yikes.
Because of my daughter’s daycare policy, I’m going to hold off on starting for a couple of months to preserve my sanity, but I will take the author’s advice and take what applies here and ignore what does not.