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Rating : - Catchy tunes, Good Concepts, Is helpful
When I first got this when my child was 2.5, she wasn't interested at all. I wish I had tried a little harder to make it a routine. I tried again a few months after that and she protested (threw a huge fit) but I got her to watch it partly that time promising her that afterwards she could watch her favorite scooby do dvd. From then on, we got into the habit that when she wakes up, we play it before she can watch anything else and she is now watching the full video, singing songs with them, engaging in the quiz, and outside the video I can see her gradually adopt the concepts and slogans. She wants to be a big kid now and wants to wear her dora underwear that grandma bought her and wants to go to the bathroom a lot! This didn't happen over night nor after the first two viewings so patience was a must for me.

I stuck with showing this video to her only because I saw the potential in it, otherwise I probably would not have been motivated to keep trying to get her to watch it. Often in the beginning she didn't watch but bits and pieces of it while she played with coloring or drawing. I think the kids and catchy tunes finally got to her.

About the video, it has fantastic songs and the children are adorable.

*They play a baby or big kid game where you name the action and who it goes to

*There is a song that points out that they already can do lots of things by themselves and they can add one more thing to that list to learn how to be the big kid that they are which is pottying.

*They explain why babies wore diapers and what big kids do differently.

*There is another song that is *no more diapers for me* and it is sure cute. It has kids throwing their diapers away, putting them in their drawers, using the potty, waving bye bye to them, and shaking their head when they say No (this age loves that haha!)

*They explain what a potty is for in the kid's terms and involves them in a game to say where a potty can be found in.

*It gives them ideas what to do on the potty until something happens - cute catchy song

*tells them how to wipe by showing it on a stuffed bear and wash hands - both cute catchy songs (my daughter often says she must wash her hands because that is what the big kids do on potty power)

*Lastly, there is a play that involves a princess, king, queen, and jester. The princess didn't want to use the potty but ends up using it in the end. During this play, underwear is introduced. At first, my daughter wasn't interested in this at all, but after 5 or so viewings, she is now watching it more. You can bet when she finally started watching it she demanded underwear! She wouldn't take them off for bedtime but I did convince her to let me put a diaper on under them hehe.

*There is another section to choose that gives some tips for the parent during the potty training period. Some of the tips were a helpful reminder to me.