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Your Guide to the Infant Potty Method
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Your Guide to the Infant Potty Method

The infant potty method is a gentle, communication-based way to respond to your baby's elimination needs. It's all about watching for your baby's natural cues for peeing or pooping and offering them a potty at just the right moment. This practice, often called elimination communication, isn't about rigid training but about creating a responsive dialogue that builds body awareness right from the start. What Is the Infant Potty Method? The idea of putting a tiny baby on a potty might sound a little strange at first, but it's a practice that has been completely normal in many cultures for centuries....

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