Is Your Child Ready for Potty Training?
As babies turn into toddlers, parents may begin looking forward to one of the biggest transitions of all of childhood -- moving out of diapers and into toilet training. Here's a bit of advice and help to get you started.
Toilet training is complex and challenging, both for you, as a parent, and for your child. There is plenty of help and advice out there, however, to get you off to a great start and put you on a road toward success.
Make a Plan
- Take the Potty Training Readiness Quiz
- Potty Training: Get Ready, Get Set, Go!
- Quick Facts About Potty Training
- Potty Training Toddlers
- Eight Tips for Toilet Training on the Go
Keep a Sense of Humor
- Potty Training Pirates
- Potty Training Update: Not So Much (Family.com blog)
- Potty Training Update: My Kid's a Genius! (Family.com blog)
- Potty Training Thoughts for the Weary (Family.com blog)
Potty Training Books
- "The Everything Potty Training Book" from Adams Media
- "The Potty Trainer" by D. Preston Smith
- "The No-Cry Potty Training Solution" by Elizabeth Pantley
- "Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day" by Teri Crane
Books for Kids
- "I Want My Potty" by Tony Ross
- "Everyone Poops" by Taro Gomi
Good luck!




