Early-Start Potty Training
by Linda Sonna
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Baby enabling (2008-04-11)
I started my son using a little potty when he was about 6 months old. He pooped on it every morning for about 6 months, and we were both proud. He’s started an autonomous phase and is temporarily not using it, but I can imagine in the next couple months he will reunite with the ritual of using the potty like an old friend. In the mean time, it saved me 180+ diapers from washing.

“We as a parent spend 2-3 of the first years of our child life training them to go in diapers, thus conventional potty training is that of untraining them to go in diapers and to introduce the potty.”not helpful (2008-01-16)
None of the information in this book was new or helpful information. Basically the premise is the sit them on the potty at regular intervals and set a timer. This is not a new technique. There was very little insruction to it. She just repeated her philosophy.Not a good guide (2007-11-29)
As you may have guessed, this book advocates earlier potty training than is common in Western cultures today. At least half of the material is dedicated to making that point. Much of the argumentation is very aggressive and direct, with no evidence behind it. For example, the author scares you by stating that your child is likely to have more bladder infections if not potty-trained early and doesn’t indicate where that statistics comes from, what she means by “more” or whether you can trust that point.

As far as actual potty-training advice, it’s very limited. It made me feel like I must’ve missed something because there were pages and pages of information, but what did she actually say you should do to potty train? I went back again and again and found that there was almost nothing. A handful of anecdotes was all that I could use in practice.

I started my toddler at 14 months, armed with the advice that early potty training is a good idea, then quickly found it didn’t go very well. I stepped back and waited. It took a couple of months before he was willing to use the potty after that first week. Finally, I started again. More obstacles - but no solutions from the book…

I guess the book is written from the perspective of the person who thinks that potty-training is a natural thing and all you need is dedication - it’ll just happen by itself. I am still in favor of early potty training. But now I am shopping for a book, which will teach me how to do it.

I gave the book two stars instead of one because the author doesn’t teach you anything bad or harmful. She just doesn’t help very much.Convinced me to start EC (2007-10-14)
Before my daughter was born I started looking into information about elimination communication (infant potty training). I have been too overwhelmed to start, but this book convinced me that it was time to try. This book is not a very good how-to manual, but it gives great information about the benefits of early potty training. For how-to advice I recommend the DVD Potty Whispering: The Gentle Art of Infant Potty Training. Best of luck!!I plan to start even earlier with the next one! (2007-09-17)
I just wanted to say that I LOVE your toilet training book and I’ve not

only

recommended it to all my friends, but I’ve also bought several copies to

hand out. My mother had 3 girls and 2 boys trained by 15 months each,

and I

had my own daughter trained at 17 months day AND night. (we had a bit

of a

setback when my husband had to go away for work for a couple of months,

or

else I’m sure she would have been dry by 15 months too.) Both my

sisters’

kids are fully trained at 18 months, and thanks to your books, I’ve

convinced several of my friends to start training their babies and

toddlers

right away — even one mom who didn’t train her first one ’til he was 4,

and

is now training her 13 month old!

Anyway, keep up the good work and THANK YOU for being that ONE person

who

disagrees with the rest of this miserable country. 

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