Sesame Street - Elmo's Potty Time

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Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 08/22/2006

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3 out of 5 stars

I'll be kind and call it mediocre September 18, 2006
83 out of 134 found this review helpful

We bought this video at the tale end of our potty training experience. My son had been "almost potty trained" for months and months and we were down to crunch time - 4 weeks to get him seriously trained so he could start preschool. I thought this video would be the push he needed.

I think this video bored him. He watched it for maybe 10 minutes and then went outside to play in his sandbox.

I was hoping for something of an "Elmo's World" format... I really don't know what Elmo's World does potty time would be like, but that's what I was hoping for. This is NOT Elmo's World, even though it has Elmo.

This video has a lot of filler that IMO tends to become boring after a while and not have any impact on encouraging your kid to use the potty. A segment on how toilet paper is made, a segment where various bathroom fixtures turn on and off on their own... etc. Stuff that is kind of entertaining but not useful. I think it would be better to focus just on using the potty here, maybe show more puppets going as someone suggested.

Two things I really didn't like about this video were the "dirty diaper blues" segment where they show a bunch of kids running around in diapers and then looking unhappy, presumably because they are wet... then at the end, one girl actually runs inside the house to use the toilet. Every single kid is in disposable diapers. As a cloth diapering mom, I would like to have seen at least a nod towards cloth diapering.

The other thing I didn't like was when they had kids giving other words for "pee" or "poop"... one boy says "I call it DOOKIE!" with a big grin. Maybe I am just getting OLD (I am 29) but I do NOT think children should be using the word dookie and I can't imagine anyone using that to toilet train. Dookie is a word that I first heard in 5th grade and it was one of those words that isn't exactly a swear word but still gets a rise out of adults. I mean, I don't think Green Day named their album "Dookie" because it is a family-friendly word. Anyway, I guess I am an adult now because it sure got a rise out of me. Yeah, yeah, I know our kids can and will hear words we don't want them to hear - I'll even confess my son picked up at least one choice word from me - but I like to think of Sesame Street as being a "place" we don't have to worry about our kids hearing such things. Just my opinion.

One thing I did like about this video was when the baby bear (not Baby Bear but Baby Bear's baby sister Curly- yeah, I can't figure that logic out either) goes and hides under a table because she had to poop and Gina came along and convinced Curly it was OK to come inside and use the potty. This was a favorite caper of my son's for some time... he would go outside and stand behind the bushes or in a certain spot of the yard and we KNEW it was because he had to poop. FRUSTRATING!!! I liked seeing a video give a nod to this quirk - none of the others we have seen did this.

All in all, I can't say I reccomend this video. It was mildly entertaining (oddly enough now that my son is trained he watches is over and over, go figure) and mildly informative/encouraging, but I don't think it has any merits over any other videos we have seen - chances are you can get a few from your local library, which is what we did before buying this.

If this video has any merit at all, I think it may be in getting a younger child interesting in the process - not getting an almost-trained child to wrap things up. My son is 2y10m... maybe at 2 this would have been more useful but I really don't know. Turns out what we needed to do was lay down the law and say no more diapers and after 3 days with a few accidents, he was trained. Your milage may very.

5 out of 5 stars

Funny and Helpful April 12, 2007
49 out of 51 found this review helpful

We decided to let my 21 month old daughter watch this prior to hard core potty training so that she would become at ease with the subject. It has certainly helped.

I was really surprised to read some of the bad reviews. For one, Elmo's Dad does NOT sound like Chef from Southpark. And if he was voiced by Issac Hayes, that would have been great too! His voice brings back fond memories of School House Rock (think "I'm Just A Bill"). If it was intentional, it was genious as his character felt nostalgic to me even though I had never seen him before. Next, there is a segment in which kids yell out what they call poop and pee. It's funny. One of the reviewers was offended but I feel that if my daughter sees big kids and Elmo speaking so comfortably about poop and pee, then it minimizes the stigma and will make her more comfortable about it all. I think that being uptight about poop and pee makes you, well...constipated. And that is counter-productive.

OK, so, the songs are cute. My daughter sings and dances. The language is very clear and comprehensive with subtle side jokes for parents. My daughter gets the message. And it is very very supportive and encouraging which makes me happy. Oh, and Grover is in it, which also makes me happy.

I recommend this Elmo film. We have watched it daily for two weeks and I am not tired of it. Neither is my daughter. She went from pulling her potty apart in play to actually sitting on her potty (clothed). She has also told me that she is almost ready to try to use it. So, we're happy.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent for Potty Training August 30, 2006
21 out of 22 found this review helpful

My 3 1/2 year old daughter had no interest in using the potty and we tried everything. I purchased this video and it arrived at my house on a Saturday morning. After watching the video my daughter announced that she wanted to put underwear on and she then used the potty for the first time that same day!!! She's been in underwear during the day every day since then and uses the potty consistently.

I highly recommend this video to any parent having a hard time with potty training. Kids can relate to the characters they know and they make it easy for kids to understand.

The best $[...] I spent by far!

2 out of 5 stars

It's just okay September 2, 2006
14 out of 19 found this review helpful

My toddler watches this video over and over... because it has Elmo. But I am disappointed with the actual potty training content. We only see baby Elmo sitting on the potty briefly, and while other puppets talk about using the potty, none of them actually do it on camera. I'm not sure why; they're puppets, for gosh sakes! How could anyone be offended by puppets on the potty? This may be a great video for a very young, beginning potty trainer. But for a child who has already started the process (and perhaps used the potty a few times), segments like the one about what words different people use for "wee wee" and "woo woo," is entertaining for the toddler but a waste of time in terms of learning to use the potty. For a slightly older or more advanced potty trainer, I would instead suggest the "It's Potty Time!" video, which actually shows kids doing things like sitting on the potty, how to wipe, etc. This video is a nice Elmo video, but it didn't teach my toddler anything about using the potty that he hadn't already learned, and didn't seem to inspire him to actually use the potty. It has become a source of entertainment, which is great (it never hurts to have another Sesame Street video) but it is not the teaching tool I hoped it would be.

5 out of 5 stars

LIGHTEN UP, PARENTS! October 25, 2006
13 out of 13 found this review helpful

I am a 25 year old mother of a 17 month old boy and we absolutely LOVE this video! We are in the very early stages of potty training, and since my son adores all Sesame Street characters, I thought this would be a good supplement to the training that his father and I give him. I have to say that most parents are right to say that there is not a lot of actual "potty footage," but I think that this video is more of a tool to encourage toddlers instead of a graphic "how-to" guide--isn't that our job? The content presented here is highly positive words from Muppets that apparently potty like pros. They discuss wearing diapers, listening to your body, having accidents, and of course, wiping, flushing and washing up. There are segments that do not relate directly to using the potty, but the moral of those clips, I think, is that "it takes time, but you can do anything with practice." I also really appreciate the fact that Elmo's dad is the parent in the show that talks about training with his son--I like to see daddies taking part in important milestones like this. As for terms used to describe "what you put in the potty," if you don't like them, teach your kids what YOU want them to say. Unfortunately for all of you that cringe at a less than proper word being uttered in front of your child, you might as well get used to the idea--if you plan on letting your child spend any time with other kids, they are going to hear a lot worse than the word "dookie." Your influence will ultimately reign supreme. So parents, if you would like a fun and unintimidating supplement to go along with your adventures in potty training, this is a great choice.

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