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My youngest was potty trained for poo completely by 9 months. In China they have to potty train the babies early because diapers are expensive to wash and only the well off buy disposables. So they put the babies in pants with a split so they can pee and poo while you hold them over a potty or where ever. Totally green and cheaper. I saw women holding tiny babies over gutters to pee while walking down the street. It was so nice to not have to deal with poo diapers! I did let her continue to use diapers for pee though but that was only 4 a day usually since she peed when she pooped on the potty too. YOu can do it. Put them on the potty first thing in the am and give them the signal. I used to say "Ba!" and pretend to grunt a bit at first. Then after awhile she just knew when she sat on the potty to poo. Put him there after every meal and after a warm bath too. They always seem to poo after th bath rather than before.
by summer day on Mon May 05, 2008 at 09:06:10 PM PDT
I can't believe how many diapers our 2 week old has been through already. We're going to have to name a landfill in her honor. But I also can't imagine trying to hold her noodly body over a potty-- and she tends to projectile poo. So I'm wondering, is this something you start right away, or maybe when she's a little less like a slippery fish with no neck strength?
by minnmom on Tue May 06, 2008 at 04:49:27 AM PDT
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but a delicious description of those tiny little bodies - so wriggly! Love it!
by Rachel on Tue May 06, 2008 at 06:14:28 AM PDT
Wait until she is slurping some solids like about 4-6 months. Able to hold her head up a bit and not have a spine be so c-shaped. I used a teeny potty seat on the floor and held her there. If I saw her make "the face" I rushed her to the potty and sat her down. I really think it is less effort for them to go on the potty. They are using gravity and not straning agianst a diaper pressed against their bum and sitting on a hard surface. Can you imagine pooping like that while strapped in a car seat? I cant beleive I made my oldest do that once.
by summer day on Tue May 06, 2008 at 05:46:09 PM PDT
I'd love to try this in a few months. If we can do this even a couple times a day, we'd save a lot of diapers!
by minnmom on Wed May 07, 2008 at 10:57:41 AM PDT
http://www.timl.com/...
Even has cute photos of babies.
by summer day on Tue May 06, 2008 at 05:48:06 PM PDT
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