Personalised toilet training book with step stool

What happens in your child and the Tiny Toilet Steps

1. Your child notices the toilet is very tall.
2. A step stool and little seat make a cosy setup.
3. Your child practises climbing, sitting and waiting.
4. A small accident brings a calm clean-up and a kind reset.
5. Your child finishes the routine with handwashing and a proud smile.

How the first page could read

In your child’s bathroom, the toilet looked enormous. “That is a very high mountain,” said your child, peering up at it. Then along came a small step stool with two steady feet, and a little seat that fitted neatly on top. “Perhaps,” thought your child, “this mountain has steps.”

Your child’s name, look and little details replace these words, and the whole story is written for their age.

Why this story works

For a child who is still small beside a full-sized toilet, this story makes the practical setup part of the adventure. Your child sees the step stool, smaller seat, trousers, toilet paper, flush and handwashing as simple, repeatable parts of a familiar routine. The story does not rush the moment or make a successful wee the only ending worth celebrating. Instead, it gives room for waiting, trying, missing and cleaning up calmly. Parents can use the same words from the story while helping their child climb up, sit safely and wash their hands afterwards. The gentle humour keeps the bathroom feeling ordinary rather than daunting.

Reading it together

• Read the climbing-and-sitting pages beside the bathroom, so your child can point to each item in their own setup.
• Use the story’s calm clean-up moment after an accident, keeping your words short and matter-of-fact.
• Let your child choose a small routine job, such as fetching the step stool or turning on the tap for handwashing.

Suggested art style: Storybook watercolour

Soft watercolour gives the familiar bathroom and home routine a calm, warm feel without making it seem too busy. A sidekick idea: a tiny, towel-caped soap bubble. You can pick any of the four styles and change the details in the form.