Infant Potty Training- A Gentle and Primeval Method Adapted to

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Infants Can Use the Potty
Imagine my surprise when my one month old baby began using the potty for elminating! I had read about it and didn't really expect it to work. Now, my daughter is 18 months and using the potty regularly. She is in panties during the day but has a diaper at night. That is remarkably different from my first daughter who was in diapers until well after 2 years old. Boucke has some fabulous ideas and tips. She has first hand experience and is knowledgeable too. To get a fuller perspective on infant pottying, I recommend getting a variety of different books on the topic.

Very practical and comprehensive...
After reading another book on the subject of infant potty training, I was looking for something more practical and "How-to." I found what I was looking for in this book. Though there are many pages, it is an easy read. I read it fairly quickly and began implementing its suggestions even before I was done reading. Our daughter is nine months old now, and we have been "potty training" her since she was two and a half months. She has been learning to control the necessary muscles more and more over the course of time. This is an amazing concept: Instead of just ignoring the bodily functions and then suddenly, at around 2 or 3 years old, trying to teach the baby to control them and develop those muscles, we are helping her as she grows. If the baby can tell her mother or father that she is hungry or tired or upset or happy, couldn't he communicate the urge to go? Of course the baby may not understand the whole picture like we do, but he knows he feels something. We thought, "Hey let's try it and see how it goes." We are thrilled that we did. Sometimes, like on car rides or during certain circumstances, we cannot fully be aware of our daughter's pottying needs. That's ok. As much as possible, we have learned to communicate with each other and take her to pee or poo as often as we can. Some days, especially the older she gets, we hardly miss one pee. Other days, we miss a bunch. In the meantime, she is in cloth diapers, and at night we do use a natural disposable. However, when she got up this morning, she was DRY! At nine months, her little muscles are learning to be controled. I say all this to hopefully convey that this method works, and it is not a new idea. It is a very reasonable, practical, healthier, and common sense way of dealing with an issue that is inevitable. What do you think they did before diapers? What do you think others do in countries where they do not have diapers readily available? We felt closer to our daughter after beginning to work with her on potty training. We felt that we were meeting a need for her and with her that we were not meeting before. Plus it is really nice to have the pee, and especially the poo, go into the toilet instead of the diaper and all over the diaper covered area. I highly recommend this book. It is worth the effort to read and see if this is a method you would like to bring home to your family. I believe you will see that it is not as difficult or unachievable as you may think.

A Good Book on Diaper-Free Babies, Possibly Not the Best
Infant potty training is the practice of helping a child to gradually potty train over a period of one to three years, by helping her eliminate in a toilet or pot from a very early age. This book gives a complete, thorough, and in most respects realistic account of how to do this. The emphasis on remaining relaxed and free of expectations for the baby runs throughout the book. This book also takes a look at infant pottying in many cultures, revealing the wide variety of practices that exist around the world. For example, the Western parent learns that while some societies begin infant pottying at birth, others wait until three months, and still others do not see potty-independent children until three years. I am giving the book four stars instead of five, though, for several reasons. First of all, despite the attention the author gives to other cultures' practices of infant toileting, her attitude towards the success and gentleness of these practices seems to be a little naive. I lived in a country where this was practiced and there are a lot of accidents. Second of all, I felt that since most people will probably want to use at least cloth diapers as "backup", this book overlooks that possibility, and this puts undue pressure on the parents to avoid accidents. Modern sanitary standards are a good thing and although not using diapers has its benefits, using a cloth diaper with pins is not going to harm the baby and it will do wonder for your nerves and carpet. As more people try to potty-train gradually, I think this option deserves more attention. Finally, I must agree with the negative reviews that suggest that peeing in one's sink, while acceptable in an emergency, is not really ideal. I think this will put off people who have higher standards in sanitation. We never used the sink, ourselves, and I should note that none of the traditional societies described in the book seem to, either. Overall, this is a good book, but I would like to see her new book and the improvements on it.

Review
Interesting book with some good ideas - babies in developing countries don't wear nappies yet they're not continually wet and dirty so how do they do it. There are some good tips and some ideas to try but possibly not a method for anyone who isn't fully committed to spending their lives observing their baby and prepared for a LOT of accidents along the way. Overall verdict: a good read with some ideas about how to integrate potty training into a day to day routine of a baby and so make it easier when you potty train 'properly' but not a particularly realistic way of living life with a baby (at least, not in my world)

fantastic book covering everything you need to know!
This book covers all the topics related to infant potty training, and gives information for every and anything you would come across, by far my favorite book on the method! I first read this book when I was pregnant, and it was this book that made me decide to give it a try. I'd never seen or knew anyone who practiced this, but this book gave me the resources I needed to feel confident enough to try it! It covers how to hold the baby in many positions - and with pictures which I found essential! It went over signals and cues with great detail, including the different stages babies go through and how those signals and patterns change. Knowing what to expect really helped me make it through all the different stages my baby went through. It really is all about communicating with the baby, and what a fantastic journey this has been for our family. This book aslo has testimonials and stories from around the world and in the US, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading. Every child is different, even in the same family, and its great to see the many ways this method can be adapted for each child! It can be done with or without diapers, part-time or full-time, with support from your family or without. Just having the option to respond to this need, and teach a baby that a diaper isn't the only place to go has been a very positive part of bonding with my baby. Thank you Laurie for writing such a comprehensive book for people who have never heard of the method to learn all they can! The DVD Potty Whispering is also a fantastic additional resource, I highly recommend it as well as this great book!