Anyone else started with the potty?

Hey, we have! I started offering my little one the potty at about 4 months just here and there. Now we offer at every nappy change and after being in containers / after being out the house for a while / after waking up from naps. He's got on really well with it. We had a spell where we caught every poo for a few weeks too and I find clean up so much nicer for both him and me. Even if it's not successful 100% of the time. (I find wees harder to catch, the signs are less obvious) I think it's just getting him used to the idea of a potty so that when it comes to actual potty training I'm hoping it'll be easier. Glad it's gone well for you too so far ☺️

I'm curious about this 🤔 can your little one sit up completely unaided to do this? My girls same age but can't sit up unaided yet so don't know if could try?

Noo they don't actually need to sit up independently, I just support him in the potty. Lots of squatting/kneeling! 😂 There's a book called The Diaper Free Baby by Christine Gross-Loh that I'd recommend if you're curious about elimination communication and she talks about how you can start them from birth. Babies naturally don't want to make themselves dirty as it's to prevent infection and so on. She also explains that this is why babies tend to have a wee the second the nappy is opened on the changing mat. They're kinda waiting for us to let them go. But yeh so she explains that we almost train them to go in the nappy for a few years and then when traditional potty training starts they have to unlearn all of that. So instead it just makes sense to me to do it sooner.

Lots of other cultures still do it this way because nappies can be expensive and stuff. And there's a bit of a factor that nappy companies make money when a kid stays in nappies 2 or 3 years instead of 1 or 1 and a half years. 💸 Plus this is probably how our parents were trained, at a bit of a younger age as cloth nappies can be quite a faff to clean, especially then. And disposable ones didn't exist when they were little.

I was actually thinking of trying to introduce this as I’ve noticed my LO now only goes for a poo when she’s sat up. Wee I think might be a bit harder but if I can tackle the when you go for a poo you use the potty maybe the weeing will just follow. She’s not quite crawling just pretty much dragging herself backwards everywhere but I don’t think it will be long as I thought maybe getting her used to the idea before hand might make it a bit easier. I mentioned it to a couple of family members and told me it’s too soon. If I can get halfway there before the new baby arrives that would be amazing 😅

@Sibs I'd fully recommend trying it, I literally bought a potty for like £5 and thought even if it is too early for my bub he will make use of it later down the line. So I just thought there's nothing really to lose by giving it a try 😊 When you think about things like that with your little girl. Imagine if we had to go to the toilet laying down. It must be so strange for them sometimes but they don't obviously have much control unless we offer it. Also congratulations on your pregnancy ☺️ x

@Dani do you happen to recommend a certain potty. my babes currently 4 mts i’m looking to start soon but i hear some pottys work better for younger ones than others

We use the bambino mio one, started at about 7mo, but he’s small for his age. Fits him really well ☺️