I recently wrote a post myself about the history of potty training based on
Diaper Free Before 3: http://www.eco-novice.com/2011/01/brief-history-of-potty-training-part-1.html
If you haven't heard of the book
diaper free before 3 yet I highly encourage getting it and reading it.
Read «
Diaper Free Before Three» this book talks in - depth about this early introduction to the toilet.
Not exact matches
When my baby was born, we began observing him during
diaper -
free time to get to know his elimination patterns and the signals he gave off right
before he peed or pood.
I say «disposable
diapers» because cloth
diaper pails are full of cloth
diapers that have been rinsed
free of any bodily waste
before being placed in the pail.
With my first, we waited about two weeks after we were home from the hospital, and had used up the baby shower gifts and «
free» hospital
diapers before switching to cloth
diapers full time.
Was your little dry more than not
before you made the plunge to go
diaper free at night?
My tricks run the gamut from what you can do
before your trip to make traveling with
diapers easier (think order them online and have them shipped to your destination) to how you can make in - flight
diaper changes a little more pleasant (think aisle seats,
free disposable changing pads and a plastic baggie filled with
diaper changing essentials) to what to do immediately when you get to your destination (think set up a changing station asap).
Before you know it, she'll be
diaper -
free and you'll be
free of the hassle of changing those
diapers.
For those commenters who were asking about books to read on early (er) potty learning (i.e., not potty learning from birth, usually called Elimination Communication, but earlier than is usually done today in North America and Britain) I recommend Jill M. Lekovic's «
Diaper -
Free Before 3»: http://www.diaperfreebefore3.com/excerpt.html She can be a little intimidating (if I remember correctly her chapter on «later» potty learning covers starting after 6 - 9 months, which could freak many people out, I know), but her methods are gentle, respectful (of child and parent) and quite Montessori in many respects (going back to Hedra's comments above).
i read
diaper free baby
before my baby was born.
If you'd like to start earlier, when your child is still a baby, there's infant potty training and pediatrician Jill M. Lekovic's
Diaper -
Free Before 3 program, based on the book of the same name.
Lynn said: «I loved the book «
Diaper -
Free Before Three» for more Potty Training Tips.
Plus, there is no need to remove soiled inserts
before washing, toss the Thirsties One - Size Pocket
Diaper in the washing machine and the insert will agitate
free during the wash cycle.
I will warn you this method pretty much took me all day because I had to wash the
diapers (prior to stripping), then do the dawn wash, 2 hot water washes, and 2 more rinses
before they were completely suds
free.
Some cloth
diaper moms recommend adding vinegar and baking soda to a detergent -
free wash cycle (3 cups vinegar, 1/2 - cup baking soda) to help fight stains and odors, but check the care labels on your
diapers before you do this.
I didn't start
before my child could walk, but I started letting him go
diaper -
free at night when he was 18 months old and could walk to the potty but could not pull down his own clothes and
diaper.
With my first, we did not do EC, but I let him go
diaper -
free most of the summer
before he turned two.
It's no longer «
diaper -
free before 3»... now you can stop using
diapers like 1/2 of the world... by about 12 - 18 months old!
By the way, had I heard about Elimination Communication (EC)(
diaper -
free)
before, I would've taken this option just like how I have chosen to breastfeed my child.
Wipe — I usually wipe off any solids from the used cloth
diapers before putting them in our Ubbi cloth
diaper pail that keeps our nursery
free of any
diapering smells!
Make sure that the
diapers are well rinsed until they are completely soap
free before you take them out to be dry.