Diaper-Free Before 3: The Healthier Way to Toilet Train and Help Your Child Out of Diapers Sooner
by Jill M. Lekovic
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Author: Jill M. LekovicBrand: Jill M. Lekovic, M.D.
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-04-25
ISBN: 0307237095
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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Book Review: You can use this method earlier too - I started at 3 months.
Summary: 5 Stars
I read Infant Potty Training by Boucke and this book before my baby was born. When my baby was born, I was unsure which approach I would take. I could see they had very different approaches, Boucke recommending starting at birth, and Lekovic recommending starting at 6 months. However, it quickly became apparent that Boucke's method was not for me. My daughter gave me no signs when she peed, and very little when she pooped, making it very frustrating to tell when she was voiding. She also hated to be bare-bottomed for any length of time. I felt that to use Boucke's method, I'd basically have to live in the bathroom. I found Lekovic's method much more compatible with modern western living.
I actually started Lekovic's method at 3 months, putting my baby on the potty for a few minutes after naps (fully clothed), 3 months earlier than she recommends in the book. When my baby started solids at 6 months, her stools became much more solid and she hated the feel of them in her diaper. After a few poops in the diaper, she started holding it for the potty. Now at 7 months she is pooping exclusively in the potty. The solidification of her poop was the first major step in her training, and I'm glad I had introduced her to the potty before I started solids.
I don't consider Lekovic's method to be "elimination communication" because the baby doesn't need to cue you. You just need to offer the potty at predictable times, and praise your baby when they go in the potty. I consider it "training" because the potty time is initiated by the parent. I also don't consider this to be a "diaper-free" method because my baby is always in diapers, except for potty time and diaper changes. If you want to do diaper-free elimination communication, I recommend Boucke's book. This is a way to do infant potty training without those things.
I really enjoyed the history of potty training in the west that's included in the book. It could give more detail about the "how" of training, but so could Boucke's book. I actually found the "how" in this book to be clearer than Boucke's book. The table on page 78 of the overview of the plan pretty much sums it up.
Two things that she recommends I don't agree with: she doesn't recommend cloth diapers (I think either work fine; I've used both), and not to nurse your baby to sleep (I may let up on this after 12 months, but it's a wonderful way to put a baby to sleep and we both enjoy it). These are minor drawbacks though; the bulk of the book is excellent.
EDIT: Now at 10 months, I am weaning my baby off being nursed to sleep. It has not only helped with nighttime dryness, as Lekovic suggested, but it also helps my baby sleep easier and better not to be dependent on a nipple to get to sleep. I am using "The No-Cry Sleep Solution" as a guide, which is an excellent book.
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Summary of Diaper-Free Before 3: The Healthier Way to Toilet Train and Help Your Child Out of Diapers Sooner
Conventional wisdom tells parents that they should delay potty training to toddler age, and only after seeing signs of readiness. But is that really the best way?In Diaper-Free Before 3, Dr. Jill Lekovic presents the new case that early training--beginning as early as nine months olds--is most natural, healthy, and beneficial for your child, based on medical evidence. By incoporating the potty into your child's routine early on, toilet training becomes far less stressful for both parent and child. Dr. Lekovic's method, which she has used successfully with her own kids and recommends to patients, helps children become better aware of their body's signals, boosts confidence, and decreases the risk of urinary health problems.
The guide includes informative chapters on bedwetting, accidents, and adapting the method for day care, special-needs children, and older toddlers. Offering a technique that really works and turns toilet training into a positive experience, Diaper-Free Before 3 is sure to become a new parenting classic.
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