The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Potty Training Problems

Making potty time happy for toddlers and parents.

It?s one of the first rites of passage in life. Somewhere around the age of 26 months?more or less?toddlers are introduced to the potty. In The Pocket Idiot?s Guide to Potty Training Problems, Alison D. Schonwald, also known as ?The Poop Doctor? of Boston?s Children?s Hospital, addresses the needs of parents and their reluctant toddlers in a warm, reassuring manner that will calm nerves and ease tension for both the baby and parents.
? Includes tips on making the bathroom kid-friendly
? Explains what factors can confuse toddlers and keep them from succeeding at toilet training
? Helps parents design a step-by-step plan, use praise, and find incentives that work

Alison D. Schonwald, M.D., FAAP, is an attending physician in the Developmental Medicine Center of Children?s Hospital in Boston. She is also an instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has written and contributed to dozens of publications, abstracts, and presentations and has been interviewed on potty training and other toddler issues on CNN and in The Boston Globe and The Washington Post.
George G. Sheldon is a full-time writer based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and this is his nineteenth book.