Toddler Potty Training & Discipline: The 7 Day Dirty Diaper Freedom Guide. The Stress Free Parenting Strategies To Raise The Happiest Toddler Around - Guilt Free!

By FAYE PALMER

Introducing How You Can Get To Dirty Diaper Freedom In Just 7 Days & The Blueprint To Guilt-Free Toddler Discipline & Raising The Happiest Toddler Around!

 

Do you want to finally be free from dirty diapers?

Do you want a practical blueprint for compassionate & guilt-free parenting?

Do you want a proven system for both effective Potty Training & Positive Parenting?
 
Luckily, potty training doesn't need to be as hard as you think.
 
In fact, in just a few days, your child could be out of their diapers and onto the toilet….meaning no more 'messy' experiences for you!
 
The reason we say 7 days is because we don't want to give you just the basics but want to make sure the process is complete & you know EXACTLY what to do no matter what situation your Toddler throws at you! (Hopefully not literally…)
 
Then once that is sorted, we can move on to our guilt-free, positive parenting blueprint.
 
Not only will this highlight the difference between discipline & harmful shouting, but it will outline how to turn every situation into an opportunity for growth for your child and end the harmful cycle of negative behavior followed by a punishment that nobody enjoys!
 
On top of that, we give you a complete overview of common myths & misunderstandings around the Potty Training phase, as well as how to actually make your child fall in love with learning & wanting to change their behavior instead of being trapped in the punishment cycle.

 

Here's to raising the happiest Toddler around!
 
A preview of what's inside…

• Exactly How To Know When Your Child Is Ready To Be Potty Trained- Including Recommend Ages To Start!
• 3 Things To Explain To Your Daycare Provider To Get Them On Board With Your Potty Training Mission
• How To Find Your Own 'Discipline Philosophy' As Parents & Effectively Implement The Messages You Want To Send To Your Children
• The Truth On Just How Important The First Few Years Are In Your Child's Development (Including Brain Development!)
• 3 'Tantrum Emergency' Tips That You Can Use To Transform The Tantrum Into The Ideal Opportunity For Insight, Change & Growth
• The 7 Step Plan For Potty Training Your Child In Just A Few Days (And Then How To Make It Stick In 1 WEEK Or Less!)
• Why 'Old School' Discipline Methods Tend To Do More Harm Than Good & Can Actually Create Long Term Issues Between You And Your Child…
• 3 Simple, Yet Wildly Effective, Tips For Staying Calm During Times Of 'Potty Crisis.'
• Exact Steps You Can Take Whenever Your Child Shows Signs Of 'Regressing' On Either Potty Training Or Behavior Changes
• What To Do At Nighttime When Toilet Time Arises…
• How To Develop Effective Communication With Your Son / Daughter To Make The Discipline More Effective
• The 10 Most FAQs Around Potty Training ANSWERED!
• Bonus- The 'Misbehavior Blueprint'- Exactly What To Do When Your Chosen Discipline Methods Aren't Working & How To Change This

...And, SO Much More!

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Syed Publishing Co
• Release date: Jan 29, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393551133

Book preview

Introduction

Are you ready to take a deep dive into parenting? It does not have to be a sink or swim approach. Many parents feel at a loss for realistic parenting ideas. Others may think they have all the answers, but fall short when their offspring do not seem to fit the profile handed down from their parents and friends. Parenting can be exhausting, challenging and rewarding, all rolled into one adventure. A real life adventure.

This book, with its deep dive approach, will unpack many genuine ideas and guidelines to happy, healthy parenting. What qualifications do you think you need to be a parent? Teaching, nursing, a touch of psychology and some sports coaching will all find their way into your list of parenting skills. There is no ‘one size fits all’ to being a parent. A book like this will open your eyes to different perspectives offered in the parenting niche.

There is no wide road, with a supersonic car, to get to your destination. It really doesn’t matter what walk of life you come from or your educational background. Your qualifications, your age, and your experience in life will contribute to your parenting skills. However, navigating the unexpected twists and turns on this parenting journey may bring you some surprises. In my experience, parenting is challenging. There is no simple formula to follow. The greatest difficulty comes with trying to manage individual characters and personalities. Children have different strengths and weaknesses. They grow and develop at different rates. Children are not built to fit a common mold. It really comes down to experience and being open to trying new ideas. Every parent will find themselves having to ‘circle back’ on their journey and try other tactics. This book is full of practical and thoroughly researched ideas on parenting for just that kind of situation. If at first you don’t succeed then you can try again.

‘Start with the end in mind,’ is one of the principles of parenting I read in Stephen Covey’s book on the 7 Habits of Effective Families. It is easy, as a parent, to feel you're floundering in a sea of diapers and discipline problems. Goal setting is a very important part of raising a family. I wish I had that simple principle in mind when I first started parenting. Books of all kinds are a great asset, but knowing what your goals are, is a very helpful principle to put in place. Through reading different publications, articles and parenting websites I have been struck by how much valuable information is available. The novice parent wants to devour every scrap of information. There are never enough hours in the day when you start out with your new baby. Finding a book that offers practical ideas, and is well researched, really helps sharpen parenting skills.

Kahlil Gibran, in the Prophet, uses a powerful analogy to bows and arrows to show a parent’s role in preparing their children for life. He says:

You are the bows from which your children, as living arrows, are sent forth.

How does this analogy resonate with parenting?

A bow needs to be flexible to create the ability for the arrow to fly forward towards the target. In the same way parenting styles need flexibility, and an added amount of strength to stand firm in the face of adversity. Parents will find in the pages of this book strengthening and encouraging messages. Positive guidelines to assist the bow.

The string of the bow must be strong and stretch to give added power to the flight of the arrow. There are times in your parenting journey when that string will seem stretched to its utmost capacity. The string, representing your parenting principles, needs to be able to hold fast and keep strong to ensure that arrow travels towards its target.

The aim must be accurate to enable the arrow to find its way, straight and true, on its flight path. This is where having parenting goals, and knowing what your aim is, will count the most. The arrow will fly in the direction you aim for and having that end in mind will always help you find the true path for your arrow to follow.

The arrows, the offspring your children, need feathers to guide the arrow through the air. The feathers or fletching are not just random decorations they are carefully chosen wing feathers needed for guiding the arrow on its flight path. Your parenting styles are those feathers you choose to attach to that arrow. They help to send the arrow flying through the air destined to make its mark and reach the target. Turkey feathers are reputed to be the best. In the production of the arrow the feathers are carefully chosen by sorting them into left- or right-wing groups. If the arrows are not sorted into their specific groups they bend in opposite curves. Feathers from the same wing side will fly in a straight and true flight path. If an arrow should spin or be disrupted in its path the feathers help to stabilize it in flight and make the arrow fly more accurately. Parents who choose sound complimentary parenting skills will feather their arrows and help them fly confidently.

There is an archer, the overall guide of our universe. In the circle of life, the archer uses the bow, the parents to propel the arrows, the children in a purposeful manner. This is the nature versus nurture component of parenting. Nature gives our children gifts from the universal origins of nature, and parenting nurtures those gifts, to help children be the best they can be.

Parenting should not be a hit or miss affair. This book, filled with expert advice and tried and tested values, will help to stabilize the bows and guide the arrows in the right direction. There is an air of urgency for this parenting era of our lives. The urgency is brought about by the essence of time. Time is the thief that can come in the night and rob us of our joy. The most effective parenting window is in the early years of child development. If you get the recipe right during those impressionable years, the role of a parent becomes easier.

Benjamin Franklin said:

Never leave ‘till tomorrow what you can do today.

Those words ring true when you think about parenting. The months and years fly by as your child grows and reaches all sorts of developmental milestones. A parenting book, that challenges the way parents spend time with their children and the purpose behind their parenting strategy, is a valuable guidebook. This book aims to be the very book you turn to in times of need. No parent wants to be like the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. Totally at a loss for what to do and where to go he ends up muttering about having no time and disappears down a rabbit hole. Alice follows him into a world of chaos and confusion. The expression ‘down a rabbit hole’ refers to exactly that kind of experience. Parenting does not need to be a ‘rabbit hole’ journey. The window of opportunity for parenting is brief, so make the most of this valuable time.

This book aims to highlight some of the most important aspects of parenting and raising incredible children. The stakes are high and the road to success may take twists and turns, but with some practical guidelines parenting skills may become more manageable. This book calls parents to find out about positive parenting through guilt free discipline. Getting to know toddlers and how to communicate with them is a big step towards implementing your parenting boundaries and achieving your goals.

Find out how to turn obstacles into opportunities. Learn how to practice patience and understanding and keep clam when you feel you want to explode. There are times when professional help is your best option, and this book will give you guidance as to when and how you should seek professional help. There is a whole section devoted to potty training. The first real step your toddler takes to independence is learning how to use the potty. You get to ditch diapers forever and have a little being who can use the bathroom successfully.

Really, at the end of the day as they say, you want a happy motivated child. Raising a happy well-adjusted child is the most satisfying part of parenting. Getting there may seem daunting as the media exposes parents to so many dangers along the parenting journey. Being able to utilize the well-researched resources of a parenting book, filled with all the most relevant topics, is a great help. The importance of early childhood development can never be over emphasized.

Early childhood development takes place at a rapid rate in the first five years of a child’s life. Physical, cognitive, social, and language skills are all aspects of child development parents can be actively involved in. Children need nurturing and support from their parents to reach their developmental milestones.

This ancient Chinese proverb gives wisdom to the underlying truth behind parenting.

‘I hear and I forget,

I see and I remember,

I do and I understand.’

Another literal translation from the ancient Chinese saying ends with ‘knowing is not as good as acting, true learning continues until it is put into action.’

The parent who is prepared to get into the pages of this book and put the advice into action is the one who will gain the most. Parenting styles need to be flexible but some elements of parenting never change. Giving love, security and support in our modern world are key elements. Putting them into practice with the help of tried and trusted methods and guidance help parents lighten the load on their parenting journey. Take this opportunity to get into the pages of this book and enjoy the challenge of active parenting as you ‘do and understand.’

I

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TODDLERS

1

Getting to Know More About Your Toddler

Knowledge is power. Information liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

said Kofi Annan who was secretary general of the United Nations and co-winner of a Nobel Peace Prize.

What knowledge should you have to power you up and set you off to a good start in the early stages of parenting? Getting into the head of a toddler is a challenging thought. Knowing all about the first few years of your toddler’s life may seem overwhelming. The toddler years are probably the most exhausting. It is hard to imagine that a tiny tot can actually derail a family, but it can happen. The first chapter of this book should help you, as parents, to get a deeper understanding of the little person you have brought into this world. Raising a toddler does not have to be an emotional rollercoaster ride.

Let’s start by looking at what you bring to the party. Imagine you were planning to start a business venture. You may frown at the thought. What do business and parenting have in common? Well actually there are many aspects of running a business that could relate to raising your family. Think of yourself for the moment as the manager. You would have strategies in place and more importantly you would need to know about your product.

Richard Branson said:

A big business starts small.

He probably wasn’t thinking about raising a family, but through the eyes of this chapter you can adapt some valuable business ideas and put them into practice through useful parenting skills. Getting to know your toddler, the small component of this venture, is going to be a great help. Getting to know yourself will be an advantage too. How do you fit into the parenting business model?

A good place to start is with a S.W.O.T analysis.

S - strengths

W- weaknesses

O - opportunities

T - threats.

Have a real look at your family structure and with other family members take some time to be objective and see how you measure up.

Strengths would be your knowledge about parenting. You may have had parenting experience already. Perhaps you have had training in the field of education or child development. Did you come from an awesome family? Do you have great role models to follow? Are you an avid reader of parenting books? Do you have the time to spend being a great parent and do you feel you have the means to provide well for your family? You have probably found many strengths in the parenting niche.

Weaknesses nobody likes to focus on their weak areas, but this is a good way to watch out for pitfalls and close the gaps you may think are weak areas. Are you a first-time parent and feeling less confident than you should with little experience? Perhaps your own childhood was rather shaky, and you fear making the same mistakes or overcompensating because you want to do better? Do you feel you don’t have enough time to put into the business of raising a family? Weakness can become strength with the right tools and knowledge to help you.

Opportunities are abundant. Raising a family is filled with an incredible number of opportunities. Relationships to build with your children. Educational paths to follow and family activities and events to enjoy. You have the opportunity to build character, and develop and nurture little people as they grow into bigger people.

Reviews for Toddler Potty Training & Discipline

[Ed Fahy · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Stress Free Parenting Strategies!

I used to assume that potty training was going to be a mess and take a long time. I decided to give this book a chance and I am so glad that I did! It helped me be more patient with my child as we started the process. I saw how much it really helped her feel better about herself. She was always afraid of accidents after she went because she didn't believe she could finish. This has been one of the best things for both of us so far!