Infant Potty Training: A Gentle and Primeval Method Adapted to Modern Living
by Laurie Boucke
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Author: Laurie BouckeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-30
ISBN: 1888580305
Number of pages: 380
Publisher: White-Boucke Publishing
Book Reviews of Infant Potty Training: A Gentle and Primeval Method Adapted to Modern Living
Book Review: Very practical and comprehensive...
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Summary of Infant Potty Training: A Gentle and Primeval Method Adapted to Modern Living
The foremost and most comprehensive resource on infant toilet training including guidelines, medical and anthropological reports, testimonials, history, philosophy, cross-cultural research, and photos from around the world.This is the third edition, now with 81 photos (including 66 in full color) and up-to-date medical research. For this elaborate and exquisite tome, the author has scoured the world for proof that her infant potty method really works, with or without diapers . . . and to the ultimate benefit of babies, parents and environment.
The book contains guidelines all ages (newborn, early-starters & late-starters); 100+ baby signals; 35+ tips for late-starters; tips for working with twins and other multiples; part-time pottying; sign language; commentary by pediatricians, MDs and psychologists; anthropological reports; testimonials; myths; and cross-cultural research on the practice which is also known as elimination communication.
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