A review by idgetfay
Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right by Jamie Glowacki

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.