It can be quite tricky to get the balance right between giving praise and making a big deal out of it.

The Gentle Potty Training Book by Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Sequential acquisition of toilet-training skills: A descriptive study of gender and age differences in normal children. Since no two children are alike, other available methods for potty training will not work for every child. To minimize accidents, the best approach is to monitor to your child’s fluid intake, and add some well-timed potty sits to your child’s schedule.Once your child seems to get the hang of things, stop practice runs and replace them with gentle reminders.

The Gentle Potty Training Book: The calmer, easier approach

Elizabeth Pantley has published her own guide to toilet training, The No-Cry Potty Training Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers. Instead I potty train at a time where I trust that they can understand the physical sensations of needing to go to the potty, and I trust that they will try to get there. Our sewer systems weren’t designed to handle that material, and it can damage your home sewer system and the public sewer system. Nor have I run across any studies suggesting that potty training of any kind–infant or otherwise–improves the parent-child relationship. The first step in Gently Potty Training is to get your toddler used to the idea of using the potty, emphasizing how everyone uses it.

By the end of the study, approximately one-third of families had eliminated diapers altogether, and the use of training pants and underwear increased by 200-300%. Make sure your child drinks plenty of fluids (at least four cups a day) and consumes plenty of fiber (Sears et al 2002). According to the American Association of Pediatricians, potty training is the time in a child's life when they are most vulnerable to abuse. Encourage your child to sit on the potty after meals, because digesting food often leads to an urge to do a poo. I was provided the featured product free of charge to facilitate my review, but all opinions are 100% mine.