The time has come — my little guy has done his first wee-wees on the potty.  It involved some persuasion (we showed him pictures of his little friend Quin, Courtney’s son, proudly using the potty), and we read to him the little book that was also read endlessly to his big sister: Alona Frankel’s Once Upon a Potty.

Ms. Frankel wrote and illustrated the first copy of the book for her son Michael in 1975, the year in which I was most probably being potty trained myself.  (My mum used to say that I really potty-trained myself; I don’t remember a thing though).  After writing the book, all of Ms. Frankel’s friends wanted copies for their own children.  A girl’s version was written, the books were published by a local publisher who took them to a book fair, and before long ‘Once Upon a Potty’ was selling in numerous countries.

Once Upon a Potty is a very sweet book with wonderfully simple illustrations which, in a very natural way, tell the story of a little boy (or girl) whose grandma brings him a potty.  The book sweetly discusses the body of the child (it’s just like everybody else’s!), the purpose of the potty (For flowers?  A hat?), and the fact that the whole process may very well take a LOT of patience.  But patience perseveres and before long we can wave the wee-wee and poo-poo goodbye…

I don’t think there’s a better potty training book around!  Available from our Babyccino Bookshops.

xxx Esther