The 3 Day potty Training Method

The 3 day potty training method and Intensive toilet training methods have become increasingly popular due to the demands of modern living and parent's time. Often, parents have to "schedule" time to take care of teaching this essential skill to their toddler. The benefits of using an intensive method far outweigh the drawbacks in trying to "let it take care of itself" and responsible parenthood requires taking the time.

I used Carol Cline's 3 day potty training method and found it simple to understand, implement and very useful. It was a successful method for us and I wrote the following article as a guide for parents who are considering using this method. It is simply a quick overview of what the book covers, chapter by chapter, so you can have an idea of what kind of content is in the book before you buy.

The book describes how to potty train in 3 days. It is 136 pages long and can easily be read in a few hours. I would imagine that the book is engagingly read by all parents about to embark on toilet training toddlers. However, Carol Cline intersperses the methodology with an historical overview of the process and general advice, gained from experience, of what to expect from your toddler during this time and also what you may experience yourself.

Chapter 1: The first chapter debunks the modern myth that children can toilet train themselves and that the later parents leave it to toilet train their children, the easier it will be. Children are potty trained later in the USA and Canada than in most of the world. She promotes a potty training method that is child centred and caring; but one that is also consistent and achieves results. Her belief is that potty training is a mutual achievement between the child and the parent and will deepen the relationship between them. This premise is carried throughout the book.

Chapter 2: This chapter sets out what is the best age to start potty training and includes guidelines for potty training toddlers aged between 18-24 months old with specific advice for parents who are trying to potty train older children.

Chapter 3: The key to successful potty training is knowing when your child is ready. This chapter goes into detail on the potty training readiness signs so you will know when the best time to start potty training your child is.

Chapter 4: Believe it or not, you need to prepare yourself first and then prepare your child. This chapter takes you through the necessity of relaxing through the process, how to handle your own expectations, what you should expect using the method, what to do and what not to do.

Chapter 5: This chapter takes you from your own expectations and the "adult mind" into the mind of your child so you can prepare them for their journey ahead. It explains the sequence of how children learn which helps you know what's going on. It also details what you can do beforehand to make the learning process easier e.g. taking "no-pressure" potty breaks before you actually start training so your child starts to become familiar with the process.

Chapter 6 and 7: These chapters take you step-by-step through what you need to have done before you start your "potty training in 3 days method" from clearing your schedule to the best foods to buy at the supermarket.

Chapter 8: This is the heart of the book. The pre-potty training "work" in the preceding chapters is not onerous and if the advice in them is followed, you will have done a lot of preparation that will reap rewards on your potty training days. The method is not set in stone but can be adapted to suit your family situation and needs. However, it does emphasise the need to be persistent, consistent, patient, loving and staying positive. It is a method that works with your child and treats them kindly throughout the process. It is a child centered approach that refocuses the adult mind into thinking of the world of a child. One of the best things about this method is that Carol Cline describes a very simple tool to encourage your toddler to use the potty that avoids the perennial "no".

The chapter also includes advice about night time potty training and observations and insights from other parents who have used the method. I found the chapter very, very useful - not least because of the methodology itself. It walks you through what you should expect, how you may feel, what to do if it goes badly and even what to do if it goes well!

Chapter 9: This chapter is a surprise inclusion. For those of us who are a little "rusty" on biology 101, this is the chapter to read! It is a basic biology lesson on our bodily functions. It then gives advice and guidance on how to ensure children adopt a healthy urination and bowel movement pattern.

Chapter 10: This is the chapter where Carol Cline leads you past thinking in terms of just potty training at home. It details how to approach potty training with your child's entire development and social situation in mind. As such it extends to teaching your child how to wipe their bum (with a novel system that won't block your plumbing with toilet paper) and how to wash their hands. At the end of the chapter, you won't be thinking about your child as a potty training toddler but as a "big kid" able to handle himself at kindergarten and pre-school.

Chapter 11: If you are about to start potty training a boy, a girl or twins this chapter will prove invaluable. It dismisses some of the myths and re-inforces the belief that every child is an individual. It deals with some typical obstacles and how to get past them in a positive way. If potty training has not worked for you in the past, or if you have a particularly stubborn child, then Carol Cline provides some very good adaptations to the method to cope with this situation. From the child's perspective, Carol Cline again puts you in their shoes and deals with some common fears your child may have and how to deal with them. I found the part on incentives and rewards particularly useful and it is something that I have put into practice in other areas of my parenting.

Chapter 12: Parents of children with Autism, Asperger's and Down Syndrome face particular challenges in trying to potty train. The chapter deals with these issues and covers area such as language issues, sensory problems, the stress of learning a new skill and visual aids to potty training. It also includes some observations and advice from parents who have been through and are going through a similar situation.

Chapter 13: This covers in a little more detail the "bumps in the road" and how to respond to them in a positive way.

Chapter 14: It may be that you feel that your child may have a medical problem and this chapter points you in the right direction on how to recognise it and what to do about it.

Chapter 15: "Out in the world" is the title of this chapter and this is where you will spend most of your time with your potty training toddler! It covers everything from going to the mall and on long haul flights; what to bring and suggestions for how to explain to your toddler about "special situations". Like any parent, I found planning trips and outings more stressful than I would like in the beginning and Carol Cline puts it into perspective so you can emerge from a trip to the mall having enjoyed yourself rather than making potty training the centre of your world.

In order to gain the most from the book, I would suggest purchasing it a month before you plan to potty train. You will have the time to read the book a few times and really absorb the methodology. This makes it easier to "get ahead" on the practical stuff like clearing your schedule and getting everything organised.

Tudor navy

From Wikipedia, the free reference book

The Tudor naval force carrack Henry Grace à Dieu (dispatched 1514) as delineated in the 1546 Anthony Roll

The Tudor naval force was the war fleet of the Kingdom of England under the decision Tudor administration 1485-1603. The period included essential and basic changes that prompted the station of a lasting war fleet and established the frameworks for the future Royal Navy.

Substance

1 Henry VII

2 Henry VIII

3 Edward and Mary

4 Elizabeth I

4.1 Technological advances

5 Notes

6 Legacy

7 See additionally

8 Further perusin

Henry VII

Henry VII merits a huge offer of credit in the foundation of a standing naval force. Despite the fact that there is no confirmation for a cognizant change of arrangement, Henry soon left on a project of building boats bigger than up to this time. He additionally put resources into dockyards, and dispatched the most seasoned surviving dry dock in 1495 at Portsmouth,[1] with Sweepstake the first ship manufactured there.

Henry VIII

Henry VIII inherited a power of nearly 15 boats, and proceeded with extension in "extraordinary boats" (e.g., the Mary Rose), with cannon shooting through gunports in the sides of a ship, a thought taken from Portuguese and Spanish shipbuilding; base (counting Trinity House) and offices apace in desire of war with France. In 1512 Sir Edward Howard assumed control as Lord Admiral, and assaulted on 10 August, with uncertain results notwithstanding a significant slugging match between the English Regent and the French Cordelière bringing about the obliteration of both. Extra battle in 1513 brought about the demise of Sir Edward, and his sibling Thomas Howard took his spot. In 1514 the 1,500-ton carrack Henry Grace à Dieu was dispatched, the first English two-decker and one of the most punctual warships furnished with gunports and overwhelming bronze guns. Henry additionally appointed the Anthony Roll (now in the Pepys Library), a review of his war fleet as it was around 1546, from which comes a significant part of the pictorial proof for his boats.

Henry VIII launched the throwing of cannon in England. By the late Elizabethan age (see the Aldernay wreck overview) English iron laborers utilizing impact heaters created the system of creating cast iron cannons which, while not as sturdy as the predominating bronze guns, they were much less expensive and empowered England to arm its war fleet all the more effectively.

At last, the boss consequence of the war with France was a choice to keep the 30 boats dynamic amid peacetime. This involved the foundation of various shore offices, and the contracting of extra directors; an illustrious shipwright shows up in 1538. By 1540 the war fleet comprised of 45 boats, and in 1545 Lord Lisle had a power of 80 boats battling a French energy of 130 endeavoring to attack England in conjunction with the Battle of the Solent (where the Mary Rose sank). In that year an update built a "lord's glory's gathering of his marine", a first formal association containing seven officers, each responsible for a particular region, directed by "Lieutenant" or Vice-Admiral Thomas Clere. At the point when war was not close by the Navy was basically involved in pursuing privateer

Edward and Mary

Edward VI and Mary I added minimal new to their father's naval force. Despite the fact that the war fleet was included in the maneuverings after the passing of Henry VIII, it was incapable. Mary kept up the building program, the naval force performed acceptably if not extraordinarily (it didn't keep the loss of Calais) in the war with France of 1557 to 1559. Be that as it may, the marriage of Mary I and Philip II prompted exchange with Spain, permitting English shipwrights to analyze and adjust current Spanish ship outline to the needs of the English Navy as English ports were soon gone to by both Spanish warships and galleons. This would later demonstrate pivotal to the development and improvement of the race-fabricated vessel and the Elizabethan Navy that would triumph against the Spanish Armada amid the war between Protestant England and Catholic Spain.

Elizabeth I

While Henry VIII had propelled the Royal Navy, his successors King Edward VI and Queen Mary I had disregarded it and it was minimal more than an arrangement of waterfront safeguard. Elizabeth made maritime quality a high priority.[2] She gambled war with Spain by supporting the "Ocean Dogs, for example, John Hawkins and Francis Drake, who went after the Spanish dealer boats convey gold and silver from the New World.

An armada survey on Elizabeth I's promotion in 1559 demonstrated the war fleet to comprise of 39 boats, and there were arrangements to fabricate an alternate 30, to be gathered into five classes (an anticipating of the rating framework). Elizabeth kept the naval force at a steady use for the following 20 years, and kept up a consistent development rate.

By the 1580s, strains with Spain had arrived at the breaking point, exacerbated by Elizabeth's backing for the privateering undertakings of Hawkins, Drake, and others, and topped by the Cadiz attack of 1587, in which Drake pulverized many Spanish ships. In 1588, Philip II of Spain propelled the Spanish Armada against England, yet after a running fight enduring over a week, the Armada was scattered and limped home. These popular fights were early activities in the long and excessive Anglo-Spanish War of 1585–1604.

Innovative advances

The Navy yards were pioneers in specialized advancement, and the commanders concocted new strategies. Parker (1996) contends that the full-fixed boat was one of the best mechanical advances of the century and for all time changed maritime fighting. In 1573 English shipwrights presented outlines, initially showed in the Dreadnought, that permitted the boats to cruise quicker and move better and allowed heavier guns.[3] Whereas before warships had attempted to think about one another so that troopers could board the adversary ship, now they remained off and discharged broadsides that would sink the foe vessel.[4] When Spain at last chose to attack and prevail over England it was a disaster. Unrivaled English boats and seamanship thwarted the attack and prompted the annihilation of the Spanish Armada in 1588, denoting the high purpose of Elizabeth's rule. Actually, the Armada fizzled in light of the fact that Spain's over-complex methodology obliged coordination between the intrusion armada and the Spanish armed force on shore. However the poor configuration of the Spanish cannons implied they were much slower in reloading in a short proximity fight, permitting the English to take control. Spain regardless France had stronger armadas, however England was getting up.[5]

Notes

Arthur Nelson, The Tudor war fleet: the boats, men and association, 1485-1603 (2001) p. 36

Julian S. Corbett, Drake and the Tudor Navy, With a History of the Rise of England as a Maritime Power (2 vol 1898) online

Geoffrey Parker, "The "Man of war" Revolution of Tudor England," Mariner's Mirror, Aug 1996, Vol. 82 Issue 3, pp 269-300

Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker, The Spanish Armada (1999) p 140

Geoffrey Parker, "Why the Armada Failed," History Today, May 1988, Vol. 38 Issue 5, pp 26-

Legacy

Paramount however this period was, it speaks to a soon-lost high point. After 1601 the proficiency of the Navy declined progressively, while debasement developed until acquired under control a request of 1618.