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CharismaticVic · 04/09/2020 14:17

I've just read an article on a certain red top (not the S*n as I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole) and in it parents of 9 month old baby who they trained to stop wearing nappies at 2 weeks.

I've read the article and it seems they watched the child for cues and then placed her on the potty (it was a tupperware box first apparently) when it looked like she needed to go. It says the husband only needed to do this for 1 day before they knew when the baby would need the potty.

I just don't get the mechanics of it... how do they go out? Does the baby who is 9 months now really 'tell' them that she needs the potty or do they just stare at her all day. I'm not having a go and the parents ingenuity at not having to be dependent on nappies and it being better for the environment but I don't think the theory/practice is as easy as they are letting on.

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Howzaboutye · 04/09/2020 16:26

Yep we did it. Wees on the loo each morning from 6 months. Dry overnight very early on.
If you had to handwash cloth nappies I bet everyone would do it a heck of alot sooner.

If the baby is carried in a sling then they dont wee while in it. So take them out, hold over potty, make your sign/ noise. And hey presto baby learns when to go. They aren't stupid!

Polkasquare · 04/09/2020 16:55

Nappies as we know them haven't been around very long at all! This must have been standard practise for most people.

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