I didn't find this very encouraging. The wording was unimpressive and the only draw was the baby Ernie.

Can't say enough.. this book along with the ELMO potty DVD is great for beginning to potty train.

This is a great little book that has enough pages that my child was able to remain interested in it long enough so that he would sit on the potty for a few minutes.

I think this is a good aid to potty training.

I've purchased a lot of potty books and this one is just ok. My daughter enjoys the pictures. There's not much to read (which can be good), but the phrasing is a little...I'm not sure of the right word, maybe just different. I kind of throw in my own words on each page and my daughter seems to enjoy my version.

My daughter has two other potty books she likes better: Tinkle, Tinkle, Little Tot and The Potty Book for Girls. Hope my review helps.

This book is a must along with Elmo's potty video. They work together and my 2 year old loves them both.

My daughter loves Ernie. I got her this book and she loves sitting on the potty reading it over and over. Now she doesn't want to stop reading it even when she gets done going potty!

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Ok book but could be more detailed-my grandson has very good comprehension and seemed bored with the book very quickly.

This book has helped to get my son interested in potty training. It makes it easy to add your own words to personalize to your style of training.

My daughter loves this book and reads it quite frequently. She still hasn't shown much interest in the potty though.

Baby Ernie is cute but this book was too short and simplistic for our 2-year-old. Hardly any text. It didn't offer much information. It's more like a baby's book, and babies don't need to learn about using potties! I've seen MUCH better books out there on potty-training.

My son is off diaper after reading this book several times. It is one of the help if the kid loves Sesame Street.

My very big boy thought he was too big to read the book, at first. Then he started agreeing with what the book was talking about. He has been trying to be a big boy for everything, except the potty. Now with the help of the book and Potty Power...he's got it!

Very cute book. I did have to change the words to fit into what we were teaching our little one to call his body's fuctions.

There are other books that are better for potty training. But it is a nice companion to the Elmo potty training DVD. At the end of the DVD they have an interactive version of this book when you place the DVD into your computer. So you might want to combine them during the training process.

This is a fun book for toddlers with recognizable and lovable characters. It keeps their attention span as it is short and to the point.

This is a cute book about Ernie growing up from a baby to a big boy. It's best feature is talking about leaving toys/playtime to run to the potty. My 2 1/2 year old son had it memorized by about the 3rd reading and requests this book often. This is not an in-depth potty training book for kids but rather an "easy read" to help motivate your child to use the potty chair.

Great educational tool for toddlers. Nice pictures and colorful to keep attention. Good seller.

The story in this book is lame. My son likes the pictures but that is about it. Also, It has a picture of Ernie wrapped up in toilet paper. It does say Don't use too much Ernie, but my son liked the idea of that picture and now does the same with the toilet paper. I have seen many better books for potty training.

This book is really cute. My son hasn't really been very interested in it, though. So, it hasn't been much use to us. Just a personality thing, though.

This wold be a great product for a child who is early 2's, not past 2 1/2. It is too short/basic to appeal to an older or later potty trainer.

This is a great book for your little guy's first time being introduced to the potty idea.

This book is short and straight to the point. It helped as a reminder or refresher book as my son had occasional "accidents" because he did not want to stop playing. The book reminds children that they are big now and that they can stop playing to go "potty" and that their toys will be there when they get back. The book is not too long or overwhelming which keeps it simple.

This wold be a great product for a child who is early 2's, not past 2 1/2. It is too short/basic to appeal to an older or later potty trainer.

Any book in the Sesame Street series has been a huge hit with my twins. The colors are vibrant and the characters are easily recognized in baby form. My boys LOVE these books.

Daughter was into this for a week and wanted to be like baby Ernie but it was a fastly passing stage.

This book is way to imature for a child that is old enough to be learning to use the potty. It is a good book if you want to start exposing your child at around 12 months, but does not speak to the level of a 2.5 year old.

We are still in the midst of potty training. My little boy likes the book but it doesn't really seem to inspire him to want to use the potty. Very cute though and entertaining. Probably a good book for a child who's in the very early stages of potty training.

I guess it all depends on whether your little one is a Sesame Street fan...if yes, then this book is perfect as little Ernie is too cute, and kids will relate to his using the potty.

Funny illustrations. My 23 month old takes this book to bed and potty with him. He isn't potty trained yet, but the book is definately a hit!

My son does like this book. I purchased it for him when he was about 18 months old and 9 months later, he still enjoys reading it. My biggest problem with the book is on one page he gets toliet paper all over himself and the bathroom. My son thinks he should copy the book.

Our 3 1/2-year-old grandson has shown little interest in the potty or books. In looking for a positive way to inspire him, I bought this book, even though on the surface I would have hoped he'd outgrown board books (mommy doesn't read to him to build up his attention span). Because it features Ernie, however, he instantly loved it, and will listen to it while sitting on the potty. While it does not give much info, it is fine for generating that essential ingredient--enthusiasm. The only reason I didn't give it a 5-star rating is that the potty chair doesn't have a boy deflector--weird choice on the part of the editors for a boy Muppet--they must not have ever cleaned spray off the floor and walls of the bathroom! As both someone who's trained 2 grown boys (both at 3+; most boys take longer to start, and my [gentle] suggestion is to just wait to start instead of setting them up for failure) and as a teacher of young children, I recommend this book if your child is on the younger side or a Sesame Street fan who is struggling with this milestone. For a more in-depth discussion, I love (my sons loved) the Mr. Rogers book, but I haven't looked for it lately--might be at your local library if not on Amazon.

I bought this for my 2 year old daughter. She enjoyed the story very much. She even related to Ernie when the book mentioned that Ernie was a 'big boy' now and used the potty.

was bought as a gift for a 3 yr old. Cute book.

This book is very short and not as instructive as I had hoped. My son likes it, but, it hasn't gotten the message through.

I found this book motivating and useful in potty training. It was well worth the pennies spent on it.

This book requires a good amount of parental embellishment to fill in all the blanks the books leaves re: learning to use the "potty." It has great potential, but doesn't quite go far enough (it is very short). I give it 3 stars because it's Sesame so most kids will like seeing the characters & it's a good jumping off point anyway. Like most of these books, it stresses use of a separate potty chair rather than a potty insert on the adult toilet (see the Dora the Explorer Potty book with flushing sound button for a good alternative).

I thought my grand son would not like this gentle reminder to go to the potty. But, he made us read it to him over and over!

This book is not too bad, if you are just looking for something for your little one to read that is in the "toilet-learing" theme. However, this book doesn't really give much help in that direction, and has one problem (according to me). The page with Ernie wrapped up in toilet paper just doesn't seem to me to be helpful, and I wish my son had never seen it. He's always been fascinated with the roll of paper in the bathroom, and now here is Ernie smiling at him with paper strewn all over. Not a great message, but we talk about this not being the thing to do, so it isn't too bad, either. (The text on that page says, "Don't use too much [paper], Ernie". The book isn't advocating that behavior, but the picture is not a helpful one.)

I would recommend "Sesame Beginnings: Potty Time!" over this book.

Our now 18 month old son has had this for a few months now, and it has been a favorite of his. He started asking for Ernie every night before bed. We aren't really using it for potty training- we might start trying that in a few months- but it's a great introduction for little ones. It is very short and simple, and he loves the pictures (I think because they're photos and not illustrated?). I figure it can't hurt to get him familiar with the idea of using the potty, and it's a super quick read. Even if it's not effective for training, it is good for entertainment, and the pictures are great!

We also have another Sesame Steet potty book "Potty Time!", and he loves that too. It's a little longer than this one, and they get to flush at the end!

Our son LOVES this book. It is short with large simple pictures and it has quickly become a favorite. He is 20 months and we are just trying ot get him used to the idea of a potty. Other books that are meant to accomplish the same thing are so long and complicated he seems to get bored half way through. We love this short little book!

I was disappointed in the story of the book. The book is very short and I felt that when my daughter and I read it, there was not much room for discussion. Ernie makes the transition from diapers to underwear seem a bit too easy. Other books do a better job highlighting that it takes practice and time. Ernie never has an accident or doesn't even seem to object to not wearing a diaper. My daughter doesn't seem to understand why all of a sudden we are trying to potty train her because things seem to be just fine to her!

This book was pretty good at keeping my twin boys entertained while on the potty.

My son likes this because he likes Ernie, of course. But out of the 4 or 5 potty books he has, this is the least useful as a teaching tool. I would highly recommend Once Upon a Potty as well as Karen Katz' A Potty for Me.

I got the feeling my son (2.5 yrs) could relate to Baby Ernie. The book addresses the subject of 'using the potty' rather succinctly and in terms that 2 year olds (and probably also 3 year olds) can relate to. The image of the baby crawling around with diapers works well, especially if there is a little sibling. I very much liked how it stressed that Ernie stops playing when he has to go pee/poo - this is usually our problem!
Have fun!

While we are in the very, very early stages of potty training my son still loves this book and his Elmo book about being Big enough for a bed. These are great books for toddlers.

My daughter loved this book, she liked that it was Ernie a character she knew, the only downside was she took the book everywhere including the bath tub so now the book is dry again but swollen. LOL!!!

Just begining to introduce potty training to my 2yo and she LOVES this book! From reading and looking at the pictures, she has finally made the association between diapers = baby and potty = big girl. This made a big difference in her desire to go to the potty!

This key devellopmental stage happens all by itself -- sometimes.
More likely, you will need to give Jr. a few helpful hints and gentle
nudges in the right direction -- and this book is a great learning aide.

Based on the age of most toddlers learning potty training, this book was a dissapointment. It's great that it's Sesame Street and the pictures are simple and colorful, but it's only a few pages. My son (22 months) is just started to get engaged in the concept, and about 4 pages later the books done. This book would be more appropriate for an infant in simplicity if the theme wasn't for potty training aged readers.

My son has had this book for a year and he still loves me to read it to him. Or he loves to read it to me, as he has memorised the whole thing. He even repeats some of the lines when he goes to the toilet: "Not too much toilet paper!" As with most of the Sesame Street books, it's wonderful.