Sesame Street - Elmo's Potty Time

I think my child found it more entertaining then actually learning something about how to use the 'potty'. You never see Elmo on the potty just singing and talking about it.

Did I miss something with this DVD? Everyone seems to love it, but I was disappointed by it. I rented it to help my 2 year old daughter with potty training. She likes Elmo so I thought she would find this entertaining and educational. However, she got bored of it halfway through and wanted to watch something else. I got bored of it too. I found myself asking "Come on, Elmo, when are you going to show us how to actually USE the potty?!" There's a lot of singing and dancing about growing up and doing things for yourself, and there are shots of the potty but when it comes to crunch time, when at the end of the video Baby Bear's Little Sister goes, she does it behind closed doors. There are no scenes of her actually sitting on the potty. There are no scenes of her wiping or washing her hands afterwards. She just opens the door, says that she went, and everyone is happy. What's the value in that, really? I want my kid to see exactly how it's done. If they're going to shy away from showing kids the nitty gritty, then this is not a subject they should have tackled. It seems it's just one big long introduction on how great it is to grow up and a little bit peppered throughout on actually using the potty. Not recommended.

I first saw my great niece watching this, and noticed that her parents had no trouble at all making her understand the big picture when potty training. Remembering back on my own children's nightmare ordeal when potty training, I suggested my own daughter give it a try with my granddaughter...1st, she loved the dvd, and second, when used right in conjunction with potty training time, things just seemed to click, and she knew what she was to do at 2 and a half. It took about 1 full month before there were no accidents, and the dvd just kept reinforcing the concept. I thought it was great.

We absolutely LOVED this video. My two year old wakes up from his nap, wants to sit on the potty, and wants to watch Elmo's Potty Time. The Elmo's World videos bored him, but he LOVED this one because it had a narrative story that interested him--- GOING POTTY ON THE POTTY! And that is what he is interested in learning to do right now.

The songs are cute, the sets are realistic, and I disagree with the Mom who said the clips in between the Elmo parts were boring--- they have great songs that go with them--- much better than the clips that often go with the less-high quality Elmo's World videos. We liked this WAYYYYY better than any of the Elmo's World stuff.

My 2 year old loves this video. She's actually sitting on the potty now. Which is a major break through considering she has a severe language delay. I don't know if it's because of this video or Potty Power though. The combination of the 2 seems to work pretty good. I figure if I'm consistent in working with her, and all she watches on t.v. is kids and Elmo going potty. She'll get it eventually.