Having Trouble Potty Training? This Helped My Son So Much!

I spoke about this book in a previous post and wanted to share it with everyone. The book is well tattered at this point because we've had it for a while. We had a hard time getting my son to use the potty. A few months after he turned 3 I saw a video of one of my favorite people in the world reading this book to his kids. It was adorable, and also I wanted to find out who wrote the book so that I might find it for my son. Listening to Misha Collins read this book, my initial thought was, "This is a bit graphic for a 3 year old." lol. But after thinking about it for a while, I realized that it would be really good for him to learn these things about his own body and sensations, and that it would help him understand why he needs to go to the potty. I came to the conclusion that the Author of this book is a genius!

We received the book a day or tow before I went into the hospital where I spent the next 5 days. I had only gotten to read it to him a few dozen times before I left.... He liked it and when he likes a book he wants you to read it over and over, and over. While I was gone, my mom read the book to him. I'm sure she got to read that thing a million or more times because he seemed to really enjoy it. She said that one day he looked at her and said, "Go Potty like Joshua? I want to use the Potty like Joshua." or something to that effect. So this book really helped my son understand that he must use the potty.

After searching the title and author, I found this book on Amazon (becuase you know I like Amazon) for less than $3. There were several versions of the book. Ones for girls, ones for boys, ones with sound buttons, and ones without. The original I think is a longer version than this one, but this one was fun for him and had all the important stuff in it.

So if you are having trouble potty training, this may be the thing for you! It's always worth a try!

Here, for your entertainment, is Misha Collins reading the book to his two adorable kids.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9kNGeS804M

Fun Educational Coloring Books

You will notice that I do a lot of shopping on Amazon. These bad boys just got delivered today and I was so happy to see how great the images inside were! These are a great way to make education fun for kids. My son won't be using them right away because he's only 3, but I'll have them put away for a time when he will benefit from them the most. The "Wonders of the World" coloring book was $0.01 plus shipping. Yes that's right. One friggin penny. There are tons of Dover coloring books on Amazon for a penny. Granted the shipping is normally $3.99, but its still a good deal versus buying the things for $4-$5 plus shipping too from other sites.

The "Human Body Book" was not a penny, but still got it at a great price of $2.91 with free shipping on my order of over $35. I've perfected the 'get lots of great stuff cheap' method of using Amazon, and I'm here to tell you that people who knock Amazon are doing something wrong! If you have at least $60 just to spend on you or your child, you can buy one pricey object (or a couple) That add up to $35 you can find lots of very cheap items such as books that have the "Prime" icon next to them. The only way to get free shipping is if it ships directly from Amazon and not other companies who are selling through Amazon, and the "Prime" icon appears next to any of the Amazon direct products. Following this logic, you can get a mini library of books, coloring books, and other things for your child for $25 plus your $35 and free shipping on all! People, that's not bad!

Now, I'll admit that I tend to spend too much on there, but I'm not blowing money on things we will never use. I got Kade's Thomas Roller Coaster there for only $80 and he loves it so much!

He was so excited he couldn't be still. These things run anywhere from $150-$200 in stores so $80 was a great deal!

No, I'm not here to promote Amazon at all. I'm simply telling you all of this because I know that we all have a hard time spending money wisely, or at least I do (obviously), but my point was that there are ways to get what you need and want for less and Amazon is one of those ways. Now, not everything is cheaper on Amazon of course, but given some time to dig around you can find great ways to help teach your child, stimulate their imagination, and give them something fun to do. And also it's fun for me too. I'm not saying that you have to buy things to make your child happy, but it's nice sometimes. The real reason for this post was for the educational coloring books, and there's so much more to be found there. There are countless penny items on Amazon which are technically $4.00 because of shipping, but that's still decent compared to buying those same items off other web sites.

I'm always looking for material to add to my son's curriculum, and these two coloring books are perfect for giving a "break" during learning to color pictures. They just happen to be pictures he can still learn from.

Hope you enjoyed my rant.
Have a great Day!