The New Potty (A Golden Look-Look Book) by Gina Mayer

The New Potty (A Golden Look-Look Book) Reviews

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  Gore

  It was a great education for children or children who have baby siblings starting to use the potty, but I was taken aback when they had the potty at the dining table. Um? Have you heard to never **** where you eat?! Then I realized she hadn't used the potty yet. She was just getting used to sitting on the potty. I'm still startled by it, not gonna lie. It might be a stretch, but the book can also give parents helpful tips on how to start their babies to use the potty, but I wouldn't have the potty put anywhere BUT the restroom because the baby might think it can be used anywhere. Technically, it can, but it shouldn't. The baby sister also played with her dolls using the potty pre-before using the potty, but I'd be firm with her that after she uses the potty, the doll can't use it anymore, or perhaps get the doll its own made-up potty like, I don't know, a stepping stool or something? It's not going to be fun for anyone when that doll's butt sinks into the used potty. :P
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  Heather

  Got this book before we potty-trained Lily.
  
  Overall, I liked it, but since Lily was the one potty-training, I didn't really care for Little Critter's attitude towards his sister in the book, even though it made sense for a big brother.
  
  (He mentions how she smells funny, acts superior when she cries because she's scared of the new potty, and talks about how she is still annoying sometimes at the end even though she's a big girl now).
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  Sarah

  
  I like some of the Little Critter books. However, this one had some rather questionable behaviors when it came to Mama Critter allowing Sister Critter to use here potty everywhere. It's not a book I'd read to kids for a realistic portrayal when it comes to teaching them bathroom etiquette.
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  Meredith

  Little Critter’s younger sister learns to use the potty.
  
  My child was highly amused that Little Critter’s sister was encouraged to sit on the potty while doing everyday activities when her parents first bought it for her.
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  Katelyn

  Good for big siblings to read when their little sibling is starting potty training.
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  Shelby Rollenhagen

  Great to read when you are potty training!
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  Suzanne Lorraine Kunz Williams

  I love how everyone in this story is so calm. Potty-training can sometimes be stressful. But staying calm definitely helps any situation. I love how big brother joins in the teaching as well.
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  AveryNJakeO

  We love Little Critter books, which is why I generously gave this an extra star. It's a cute companion book for actual potty training books, but is definitely more on the story/entertainment side of the spectrum than a book for learning about the potty. I also found it a bit odd that the authors sort of bash the progress the little sister makes, directly following a success. (It's written from the perspective of the big brother who is already toilet trained.) For example, the little sister uses the potty successfully and the text points out that the Mom was happy so she hugged the girl while she was still on the potty. In the same line it makes an issue about the big brother not doing that (basically, he didn't think it needed celebrating). The end of the book does something similar where the text says the sister is a big girl now for using the potty. Then the brother turns around and calls her a baby still. I think this might be a little confusing to a toddler learning to train. Still...a cute little book, but not one for inspiring confidence in the toilet training process.
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  jacky

  A neighbor gave us a critter book and Natalie loves it. So, when I saw this at the library, I had to encourage her to find it so we could take it out. We aren't potty training yet, but we read about the potty when the opportunity arises. She asks for this book all the time now. I'm sure it is because of the critters, and not the potty, but I'm sure it is helping her have a little initial understanding of the potty. I like how this book can be used to teach a toddler about the potty as well as to help a little older child understand about potty training a younger sibling.
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  Kimberly

  Of all the potty training books, this is my favorite. Probably just because it was Mary's favorite book for a long time, so I have cozy memories attached to it.
  
  I also like that it is written from the older brothers prospective.
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  Dolly

  This is a great book to introduce potty training - we've read it with our girls several times. I love
  Mercer Mayer's Little Critters.
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  Jami

  The perennial favorite Mercer Mayer delivers once again an enjoyable book this time timely in the sense my littlest one is in potty training. We've read this book many many times as she sits on the 'critter potty'.
  
  ...it's working!
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  Kim

  This book, along with "once upon a potty" and "everyone poops" is a great tool to teach basic potty training concepts and I have read this book to countless children in my years as nanny.
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  Cesar

  The big brother certainly doesn't like the little sister! She peed on the bathroom floor!! Funny book.
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  foo4luv

  This is the only book I purchased on this topic when my daughter was that age. Very cute and funny without grossing out my poor adult self.
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  Jaime

  We love all the little critter books!
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  Pinky

  Little Sister learns to use the potty.
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  Kim

  Another in the marathon of new books at Grandma's house. Not requested as often as some others, but had a few re-reads.
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  Elizabeth

  Who doesn't like potty training shenanigans...
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  Carrie

  Cute. My LO loves it!
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  Austin Wright

  The New Potty (1992; with Gina Mayer)
  
  Enjoyable illustrations with little nuances (like spiders and grasshoppers) to make the story more interesting. Recommended.
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  Shell

  Mercer Mayer. What more can you say? :)