Say Goodbye to Diapers. For Real This Time.
You've Basically Tried It All
By the time families call Jess, they've usually already tried it themselves, more than once.
Choose Your Potty Training Path
Virtual Potty Training Coaching
Assessment, a customized plan, daily check-ins while you train, and unlimited email and text support for three weeks. Hourly troubleshooting is available too if you only need help with one sticking point.
In-Home Potty Training Intensive
Jess comes to you for one, two, three or five days, working directly with your child in 6 to 7 hour sessions and teaching you and your caregivers the method. The five day package is built for regression, resistance, neurodivergent kids, and stool withholding.
Behavioral Consulting / Parent Coaching
Add on to any in-home package. A customized plan to shift behavioral and power struggles at home, based on what Jess observes during training, plus three follow-up virtual coaching sessions.
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Get a Custom QuoteHow the Magic Happens
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Reach out
Send an inquiry through the contact form with a bit about your child and your situation.
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Assessment call
A phone or video call to check readiness (yours and your child's) and talk through what is going on.
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Custom plan
Jess builds a potty training plan tailored to your child, not a one size fits all script.
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Training days
In-home or virtual sessions where Jess works directly with your child and teaches you and any caregivers the method.
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Ongoing support
Three weeks of follow-up help by phone, video, email, or text while the habit fully sets in.
No Magic Wand. No One Size Fits All.
Jess started out with a three day method she learned from her mother and her mother's mentor, who wrote a book on potty training in three days. That is still the foundation. Full time potty training has taught her the rest: there is no set method, no set timeline, and no magic wand.
Finding your child's potty switch
The first job is a safe, secure, fun environment where Jess can build a real bond with your child. That connection is what lets her get to the root of the potty struggle instead of pushing through it. The goal is a child who feels an autonomous hold over the process, not one who complies.
Readiness goes both ways
Every package starts with an assessment of your child's readiness and yours. This will not work without every parent and caregiver able to commit fully. It takes diligence, patience, and some genuinely frustrating moments. Jess would rather say that plainly up front than have you find out on day two.
Think of it as bootcamp
A few intensive days is where your child learns all the steps and picks up the skills. It is not a promise of zero accidents by day three. Shifting their mindset into a new normal usually takes a few more weeks, and follow through from you and your caregivers is what carries it.
When it takes longer
Some children are trained in as little as a day and a half. It typically takes longer if your child is over three, has been trained and regressed, or is neurodivergent. If your child does not take to the method, Jess re-evaluates and talks you through how to pivot rather than repeating something that is not working.
Jess brings 25+ years of working with children and 20+ years of potty training experience to reading what is actually going on with yours. Every child is different, so which package fits gets decided together on your assessment call.
Real Talk From Real Families
She was patient, encouraging, and consistent throughout the process, helping him build confidence and develop good habits.Erica
Jess came in with visuals, positivity, and a love for what she does that made the process run seamlessly in our household.Jennifer K.
Jess has a real knack for working with kids and making an intense few days feel fun.Michelle G.
By day 5, he was a potty champ!Angela E., New Jersey
My twins are now confident "big kids" and happily going to PreK this fall in underwear, no more pull ups.Summer, Brooklyn
Your entire family will be doing the potty dance soon enough.Kim W., Long Island, NY
Truly a master of this very special craft, we feel beyond lucky to have found her.Danielle H.
We cannot say enough amazing things about Jess!Mara W.
He gained confidence, felt seen, and heard.Rachel S.
Practically Perfect Potty Training somehow made it happen for us.Heather K.
If I could give Jess a million stars, I would.Paige M.
Jessica is a true gem and miracle worker!Galit W.
Your Potty Training Fairy Godmother
Jessica Summer Thompson is a potty training and child behavior specialist with over two decades of caregiving, behavioral consulting, parent coaching, and potty training experience. Working with children runs in her family: her mother ran a childcare center for over twenty-five years, and Jess spent nearly five of them as her assistant, which is where she first learned to potty train.
She moved to NYC in 2004 and earned her B.A. in Writing and Literature from Columbia University. From 2004 to 2016 she worked as a nanny, household manager, parent coach and tutor, caring for children from infancy through the pre-teen years, with special needs children as her niche. She launched Practically Perfect Potty Training in 2022.
Fun fact: when she's not potty training, Jess freelance writes and professionally pet sits around the world.
Packages & Pricing
Every package starts with a pre potty training consultation and assessment, and a customized potty training plan built around your child.
Virtual
Virtual Potty Training Package
$500
- Consultation and assessment by phone or video
- Customized potty training plan
- One daily check-in by phone or video during training
- Unlimited email and text support for three weeks
- 4 hours of calls included
Hourly Troubleshooting
$140/hour
- Virtual consulting billed by the hour
- For families who need help with one specific sticking point
- No package commitment
In-Home
In-home sessions run 6 to 7 hours each. Jess works directly with your child and teaches you and any caregivers the method.
Package I
1 day in-home, 2 days virtual
$1,500
- One 6 to 7 hour in-home session
- Daily check-in by phone or video on days 2 and 3
- Email and text support for three weeks
Package II
2 days in-home, 1 day virtual
$2,250
- Two 6 to 7 hour in-home sessions
- One check-in by phone or video on day 3
- Email and text support for three weeks
Package III
3 days in-home
$3,000
- Three 6 to 7 hour in-home sessions
- Email and text support for three weeks
Package IV
5 days in-home
$4,350
Built for children who were trained and regressed, older children who are resisting, neurodivergent children, and children dealing with stool withholding or constipation.
- Five 6 to 7 hour in-home sessions
- Email and text support for three weeks
Add On & Good to Know
Behavioral Consulting & Parent Coaching
$500
- Adds on to any in-home package
- A customized plan to shift behavioral and power struggles at home, based on what Jess observes during potty training
- Three follow-up virtual coaching sessions
Travel & Additional Fees
- Commutes over an hour from Bushwick, in or out of NYC, incur a daily commute fee.
- For travel outside NYC, you cover the travel fare from Brooklyn to your home (train, bus, rideshare, flight or rental car) plus either the daily commute fee or lodging if you are more than 1 hour 45 minutes away. The total depends on your location.
- Overnight sessions incur an overnight fee.
- Weekend work, when requested and available, incurs a weekend fee.
Custom & Funded Options
- Customizable packages are available for stays longer than five days, multiple children, and live-in training.
- For families with a self-direction budget through the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities, Jess accepts payment from OPWDD brokers and fiscal intermediaries.
Frequently Asked Questions
There is no universal timeline. Some kids are trained in as little as a day and a half. Others, especially children who are neurodivergent, have regressed, or have significant potty anxiety, take longer. During your assessment call, we will talk through your child's specific situation and figure out which package and timeline makes sense.
Yes. Working with neurodivergent and special needs children is one of Jess's core specialties, built on over 20 years of experience with kids who have autism, ADHD/ADD, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, speech and cognitive delays, and more. The method is never one size fits all, it is built around your child.
Regression happens, and it does not mean training failed. Every package includes weeks of virtual follow-up support so we can troubleshoot together, and if a full reset is needed, that is exactly the kind of situation the in-home packages are built to handle.
Both. Virtual coaching is available anywhere, and in-home sessions are offered in and around NYC (commute fees apply outside about an hour from Bushwick). We will figure out together which format fits your family best.
Yes. Jess takes in-home bookings outside NYC. You cover the travel fare from Brooklyn to your home, whether that is train, bus, rideshare, flight or rental car, plus either the daily commute fee or lodging if you are more than 1 hour 45 minutes away. The total depends on where you are, so get in touch with your location and dates and she will put a number together. Overnight sessions and weekend work each carry their own fee. If travel does not make sense for your family, virtual coaching covers the same method from anywhere.
That is actually a lot of who Jess works with. Many families come to her after other methods, including ABA and popular potty training books, have not worked. The goal is to find what actually works for your child, not repeat what has already failed.
Ready to Kiss Diapers Goodbye?
Tell me a bit about your child and your situation. I will follow up to schedule your assessment call.