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Potty Training Your Baby: A Practical Guide for Easier Toilet Training

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I did elimination communication (EC) with my son from birth but we got to a point where I felt he needed some motivation to use the potty on his own. I feel this book is a good companion to those who practice EC, as it had some good ideas and talked about somethings I haven't read or seen discussed in the EC community. For example, with EC we are taught that babies have sphincter control from birth or shortly thereafter, but no one ever talks about the fact that it takes time to develop FULL control, or that at a certain age they start pushing their pee out instead of just letting it out (although I can attest, my son pushed his out very early, but just not as much as he did later). With EC you don't use praise, but using praise in a certain way can aid potty training. Overall I feel the philosophies in the book are congruent with EC principles. They do recommend starting around 9 months (for EC it's any time), so this might be a helpful book for someone wanting to start with an older baby or get their EC'ed baby potty-trained. It's an easy read.

My son is 23 months and this book had helped me understand him a little better and I started potty-training him 12 days ago and he is making really good progress.

There are few ideas in this book. With so many books available on Potty Training, this one isn't worth the money.