"Infant pottying" refers to a method where parents or caregivers help babies use a toilet or potty at a young age, before they can walk or talk. It is a way to teach babies to go to the bathroom without using diapers.
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Here's how to get started
with infant potty training, also known as elimination communication.
I did not
do infant potty training as described in this article, but did begin putting my daughter on the toilet occasionally at age 9 months.
There's little scientific data on toilet training in general, much less
on infant potty training.
It's best to start between birth and 4 months, according to those who've
used infant potty training.
Infant Potty Basics illustrates a method of potty training that is becoming increasingly popular.
After a week of him letting us know when he needed to go we bought him and
infant potty chair.
I didn't realize that there is an official method to
infant potty learning, but I will definitely watch for his cues.
I used to
think Infant Potty Training sounded impossible, but The Potty School made it seem very reasonable & doable.
Unless you
began infant potty training with your baby between birth and 4 months, it's probably best to wait until your child is between 18 and 24 months old.
... you might take a look at this new theory I've developed
around infant potty training rebellion.
I do not like the
term infant potty training, I think elimination communication better describes it.
As with breastfeeding, a turn
toward infant potty training would represent a leap into the past.
There is little to be critical of though, as long as you have patience and are willing to spend the time with your baby that it may take to
complete infant potty training.
If you go
into infant potty training with that in mind, then you've got your expectations set correctly.
Although I wasn't ready to let my baby run free without a diaper at all, I wanted to
give infant potty training a try.
This
means infant potty training can be hard to do if you're a working parent, particularly if you and your partner both work full time.
As I mentioned in last week's post, we've been having success
with infant potty training.
I've found and filtered everything on the topic of
infant potty training so folks don't get overwhelmed like I was.
Author Laurie Boucke's
book Infant Potty Training: A Gentle and Primeval Method Adapted to Modern Living has been endorsed by such heavyweights as pediatrician Dr. William Sears.
If you're wondering why I even plopped her on the potty at this tender age, read Monday's post about my accidental adventures
in infant potty training.
She also has a shorter book
called Infant Potty Basics: With or Without Diapers — The Natural Way.
But when we wrote our book, The Eco-nomical Baby Guide: Down - To - Earth Ways for Parents to Save Money and the Planet, I learned more
about infant potty training and found it fascinating.
We began the Elimination Communication method (EC, also known
as Infant Potty Training) with him on the day of his birth.
Book Author Laurie Boucke Last time on the Go Diaper Free Podcast I shared the first part of my interview with author Laurie Boucke, the woman whom I consider to be the absolute trailblazer in
bringing infant potty training to the Western culture back.
The Tiny Potty Training Book is a filtered compilation of all the best potty training instruction out there, plus non-coercive wisdom from my experience
teaching infant potty training for the past 5 years.
I hated that my
biggest infant potty training encouragers were the nursing staff at the local children's hospital... but that's where I lived off - and - on for the course of a year between my two kiddos» medical needs.
you are the first israeli i know who used cloth diapers and recently i was thinking of getting some myself... I am tired of the explosions up my daughter's back when sitting up while pooping... I also thought about part
time infant potty training.
In fact, we had started the potty training journey when she was just a few weeks old by
implementing infant potty training, which worked like a charm until she reached toddlerhood.
Also read about how often kids in other countries soil their clothes, the parents home and their room when they have been trained
under infant potty training or EC.
I really enjoyed speaking with Laurie about how she came
upon infant potty training and experienced learning it from and with her son.
Before you venture off full steam ahead with your
newfound infant potty knowledge, I'd love to share with you a one page resource that gives a great overview of the four most important aspects of elimination communication.
While infant potty training enthusiasts say you don't have to use the technique around the clock for it to be helpful — you can let your baby go diaper - free just during a certain time of day, for example, or only when you're at home — you're more likely to succeed if you use the technique as often as possible.