Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33718 in DVD
• Published on: 2007-09
• Released on: 2007-09-04
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 30 minutes

Features

• ISBN13: 9780764193620
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Short, Fun, and Effective DVD
My daughter loved the The Potty Book for Girls. After two weeks of potty training, she was 90% consistent with pee in her potty, but poop was still scary to her. She looked frightened and didn't seem to know if she could do poop in the potty too. She requested a diaper or ran away instead. This was stressful for everyone.

I thought the corresponding DVD might help Maya along in the #2 department. We watched what Maya calls her "Hannah" movie (the name of the main character) on a Sunday afternoon. Within two hours, she had gone poop in the potty for the very first time. I credit the Hannah video for helping her take that last step. Since then, Maya has pooped in the potty four more times and is just so proud of each one. She insists that we go get Daddy so that he can see her poop too.

If your daughter likes the Hannah book, I think she will also like the video. It is short (about 15 minutes), which some may think is a low value for the money, but I think it is a good length for a young child's attention span (Our daughter is 2 years and 4 months). It basically retells the book's same story but with animated versions of Hannah and her family. It also has a fun song that my daughter likes to sing: "Bye-bye poop" set to the tune of "Bye-bye love."

However, I think the thing that was most effective was that the video actually pictured poop in the potty after Hannah went. So many videos talk about poop, but they don't show it there. I think that seeing the poop in Hannah's potty showed Maya that it was really okay to poop in the potty.

Another good thing is that the video, like the book, is very positive and affirming. It doesn't shame accidents, it encourages children to be proud of when they do pee or poop in the potty, and it clearly shows that it is okay to go potty when you are ready--providing a nice tranisiton from diapers to potty.

Maya requests seeing Hannah at least once most days. Though a short video, I think that it's well worth the money. For any parent who has chased around a scared and confused child who has pooped in his/her underpants and doesn't know what to do, this is truly worth it. Though Maya's pride in her poop may seem bizarre to some, I am happy that she feels proud of what she could accomplish. As a side note, Maya started trying to dress herself two days after she became successful with poop. I know that many of these steps are developmental anyway, but I figure that anything that helps support that natural process in a positive way is definitely worth it.

A final factor may be that Maya is in a complete pink obsession mode. I think it helps that Hannah loves pink too. Being able to see another girl like her succeed at using the potty makes it all the easier. This morning, Maya woke up and told me, "I know how to use the potty." That this was her first, happy thought this morning makes me glad. Thank you, Hannah!

Too Cool.
My daughter and I loved it. People said it was short but I tought it was just right. Good music for kids fun story.

It encourages diapers
The video is very short. Somewhat a 70's or early 80's style. It shows the girl getting her diaper changed often and how "happy" she is about it. The video is extremely short so don't expect a "movie". It's just 2 songs. I plan to resell mine -- it made my daughter and my neighbor's daughter go *back* into diapers. I was mortified how this video makes diapers look so "cool".