Top 10 Reasons To Potty Train Your Infant

1. It can save you tons of money! Disposable diapers cost parents about $1,000 a year until you potty train your child. Nowadays, that means you could spend three or four grand on diapering you baby's bottom! With IPT, you don't have to buy diapers, wipes, or new clothes because of all the diaper blowouts.

2. You have a lot less laundry! When you start from day one, you'll notice extremely quick

Great Expectations

Remember reading Charles Dickens' classic, Great Expectations? Well, that's today's theme. Don't worry, there's no pop quiz at the end.

Infant potty training is about expectations. When we as parents expect that our kids will potty train by the time they're three, you know when they potty train? When they're three. When we expect that they can't understand the word "no" until age two, they

What To Expect When You're Infant Potty Training Your 9-12 Month Old

Welcome to installment 4 of our What To Expect When You're Infant Potty Training Series!

Overview

Nine to twelve months is such a cool age. I love this stage. Your babbling baby is crawling around and trying to take those first steps. It's an exhilarating time. If you've been doing baby sign language, your baby will definitely be using some signs consistently. My babies always master "more"

What To Expect When Infant Potty Training Your 6-9 Month Old

Welcome to episode 3 of our What To Expect When You're Infant Potty Training series! Check out episode 1 and episode 2 if you haven't already. (NOTE: I am in no way affiliated with Heidi Murkoff and her What to Expect Series.)

Overview

Today we're talking about your 6-9 month old baby. It's such a cute age. With this cuteness comes challenges to Infant Potty Training, but there are also some

What To Expect When Infant Potty Training Your 3-6 Month Old

In our continuing series, shamelessly ripped off from the What To Expect When You're Expecting book series, we're going to talk today about What to Expect when Infant Potty Training your 3-6 month old. Each stage becomes easier in some ways, and more challenging in others.

Overview

3-6 months is a great age. You're finally getting on a semi-regular sleep schedule. You're somewhat out of the "

What To Expect When Infant Potty Training A Newborn

Today is the start in a series of posts in what you should expect when you're doing Infant Potty Training (IPT) at the various stages of your baby's development. There are different challenges at different ages, so I thought this would be a useful way to break it down into simple stages. We'll start today with newborns. When I say newborn, I'm referring to babies ages 0-3 months.

Overview:

Indoctrinating Your Kids

There are lots of different parenting philosophies out there. But one of the most pervasive ones in this day and age (and in my mind the most dangerous one) is that we shouldn't "indoctrinate" our kids. When people use the word "indoctrinate" they mean teach your kids traditional values, like don't have sex before marriage, or don't do drugs. But perhaps the worst thing you can do, to these

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In Defense of Spanking

So, even though I practice infant potty training, I'm a Conservative gal. Lots of folks who practice IPT are very anti-spanking, and that just doesn't jive with me. Maybe it has something to do with being raised in the South. If one of us kids got out of line, we got a swift swat on the rear, and you know what? We quit misbehaving. Bill Cosby does a great bit about his parenting experiences with

Does Infant Potty Training Cause Any Harm?

I think one reason why some parents are afraid to try infant potty training is because they are afraid IPT might have some sort of adverse side effects. Some might worry that babies who are trained from birth might exhibit pottying problems down the road, like wetting the bed, or withholding poop.

We're parents. We worry. We look around and see what other parents are doing, and we're pretty much

Shopping List For Infant Potty Training

Infant potty training is cheap. You really don't *have* to buy any products. But as with anything, there are some tools of the trade that make infant potty training much easier, and so I thought I'd make a list of the things that are smart buys for those of you who are just starting out in your IPT adventure:




1. A Baby Bjorn Little Potty is a must have. Do yourself a favor and buy one.

Baby Sign Language

So at 13 months, my little girl doesn't say many words. She can say mama, her brother's name, dada, papa, and dog, but that's about it. And most of the time, she's not really consistent. And that's why I love baby sign language.

She's cutting her molars right now, which every parent knows is an intense teething marathon. This means she's frequently fussy, and if she didn't know some sign

Infant Potty Training At 13 Months

My little girl is now 13 months old, and as I said in a previous post we're working on independence. She has very few misses unless we're not consistent. But she's also been very dependent on us to realize she needs to go and to take her to the potty. But lately she has been better about being clear with her actions, and being more independent. She'll go into the bathroom sometimes when she needs

Sometimes Babies Give Weird Signals

I know I've talked before about how a baby signals you when she needs to go to the bathroom. She might turn red, or start grunting, or if you've taught her sign language, she might even start signing that she needs the potty.

But every baby is different, and sometimes, babies just start doing things that are downright weird. For example, I have noticed that when my daughter crawls under our

IPT During The Stomach Virus

There is definitely a time when disposable diapers have an excellent function: when your family has the stomach virus. My daughter (now 1) got it first, and so we decided to put her in a diaper since we figured she'd get diarrhea. Unbelievably, throughout the whole cycle, she didn't have a single accident. The diapers were a great ease to my mind though, which is important. (Side note: if you are

Infant Potty Training: Sometimes, a bit frustrating

Lest I mislead anyone, there are times when infant potty training is less convenient than traditionally diapering a baby. Well, maybe.Take last night for example. We went out to eat with some friends, and our girl kept acting like she needed to poop, but wouldn't. I took her to the restaurant's bathroom, and she pooped a tiny bit. Normally that means she needs to do a lot more, but for some

The Journey To Independence

As I mentioned in my last post, the thing we're going to be working on now, since we basically have our girl potty trained is to become independent. Of course, until she's a bit older she'll need help with things like wiping and dressing, but I really want to encourage more independence. I just bought a book called "We Help Mommy" at a consignment store last night, and as I was flipping through

Infant Potty Training At Age One Year

It's so hard to believe, but my darling daughter is turning one in a few days. If you're wondering what infant potty training looks like at one, then this blog is for you!Misses: We have about 2 pee misses a week, but sometimes more if she happens to be teething. Last week we had a bit of a missy week with her waking up and peeing before we got her out of the bed. Poo misses are extremely rare,

Whoops-a Daisy

Ah misses. They're bound to happen. And when you're a perfectionist, you find them annoying or even frustrating. I know I've written about this before on here, but misses are bound to happen, you will be annoyed, and it's only how you deal with that annoyance/frustration that will determine if you a) quit IPT altogether, b) becoming increasingly weary with IPT and eventually give up, or c) put it

Great Expectations

Infant potty training might seem far out or bizarre to some people (despite the fact that worldwide, it's actually more common than waiting until 2 years or older to potty train). Because it's so uncommon here in America, many of us who delve into IPT have low expectations. After all, there are very few books on the subject, and how can we really know something like this really works when we've

An Idea...

Hey all you readers! I have been considering hosting a chat or doing a podcast of some sort where people could call/write in and I could answer your questions. I know that sometimes you're left with questions, and this might be a way to communicate more effectively. Would anyone be interested in this? Please let me know what you think!

Keepin' It Short and Sweet

Infant potty training is a bit of a balancing act. You want your baby to stay clean and dry, so you'll take them to the potty often (maybe sometimes a little too often), but you also don't want your entire day consumed with potty visits. You also don't want your baby to hate the potty. So, how do you achieve this balance?When my husband saw the title of today's blog, he joked that I was letting

Progress at 10 Months

It's hard to believe, but our daughter is now 10 months old. I know when I was researching infant potty training / elimination communication, I wanted to know how quick the progress would be. When would a baby who does this be potty trained? I got so frustrated when I would read things like "every baby is different" or "it depends on how you define 'potty-trained.'" So, at 10 months old, here is