Adventures in Potty Training

Source: Early-Childhood-Education-Degrees.com

2014 Potty Training Camps Are Coming to a Close with New York City

Potty training camps are awesome for the family who likes to take potty training to an extra level by mixing in a little bit of fun.

Our potty camps are only two hours long. Enough for the child to absorb the information and also learn the practical.

You have a choice between attending 3 days or 5 days. The Potty Whisperer makes an appearance at all camps. Check out our last camp for 2014 in New York.

Our camps, hosted in a home setting in every town immerse your child in learning all about potty training through arts/crafts, movement and hands on activities.


These camps are appropriate for children ages 2-6.
 While your campers are enjoying organized and free play activities in our multi-purpose room with our friendly camp counselors, you can be relaxing close by in a café or shop. Each activity is centered on the week's theme. The theme is announced 30 days before the camp and it is listed on our camp page.

All camps will include the following:


- lots and lots of potty breaks

- snack time

- art

- games

- crafts and music time based on that weeks' theme 


- 30 minutes of movement (ex: parachute time, dance, obstacle courses, etc.) 


- Story time and snack 


- Camp T-Shirt 


- Admission to our play space before and after camp. 

Book your child now for:

NY - Long Island

October 5th - 9th 2014

NY - Long Island

October 19th - 23rd 2014

NY - Manhattan 

October 26th - 30th 2014

3 Common Potty-Training Problems

by Adriana Vermillion, The Potty Whisperer™

As a parent it can be frustrating to find yourself in the middle of potty training only to run in the same problem over and over!

By reading what is common and what is not you may soon realize how normal your potty training toddler may be.

• A bowel movement is most likely to make its way out and your child asks for a diaper. Soon after you agreed to put that diaper on you noticed your child is hiding or standing in a special place to let go.  Surprise! Your child is physically; yet not emotionally ready to be potty trained. Instead of considering this a failure or abnormal, encourage your child to walk to the bathroom and dump the stool where it should go in the first place. Soon your child will understand that it's ok to let the poop go in its proper place. If you would like to take it one step further ask your child to have the bowel movement in the bathroom while wearing a diaper and soon, say good-bye to the diaper and sit your child on the potty.

• Your child poops or pees right after he gets off the toilet. What an experience right? Well again... this is normal especially in the early stages of potty training due to the muscle control and relaxation which takes time to control them. If this happens often be prepared with extra towels and wipes, practice makes best, don't give up!

• Regressing, the word most parents don't want to know about! Stress can send anyone to a comfort zone; just think of that box of chocolate you may have hidden in your show closet. Children going trough any levels of stress tend to reboot back to an earlier level of development or milestone crossed, and especially if the stress is recent. Give it time and it will pass. Since stressor can come from just about anything new I suggest you don't go back to diapers, but instead take a more relaxed approach and if possible identify what is going on in your child's life. Reduce the stress and help your child have more successes, it will all pass and before you know it you crossed one more stressor off your list.

Adriana Vermillion is the Founder and CEO of P.O.T.T."Y" Generation®, The Potty Whisperer™, a Lead Trainer and Parenting Coach with over sixteen years of experience in potty training special needs children and coaching parents. Adriana is a freelance writer, author and a frequent motivational speaker available for your event at www.adrianavermillion.com