Infant Potty Training: Our Progress at 2 Weeks Old

Our son was born in late July, and we started infant potty training as soon as we got home from the hospital, when he was 1 day old. It's been neat to get started with IPT again. My husband and I take turns taking our son to the potty. I'm amazed at the progress we've made at only 2 weeks old.


What the baby is wearing:

We have been using disposables these first few weeks. We have cloth diapers

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Exciting Changes

This blog has been sorely neglected. Of course, the thing about this blog is that the outdated posts are really quite helpful, because Infant Potty Training Techniques don't really need to be updated. However, I do have some exciting news!

I am pregnant with baby number 3! My husband and I are extremely excited about this. Now that this blog is established, I plan on thoroughly documenting

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