Baby Potty Training – 5 Reasons To Try Potty Training Your Baby Early

Most kids are potty trained at the age of 2 or a little later. Although this is the most common way to potty train a child, there is another option available. Baby potty training, although it may be harder to implement for some families, has its own benefits. This article will discuss 5 reasons to try potty training your baby early.

1. Encourages Baby-Bonding: Even without scientific study on the matter, supporters of this method are claiming that infant potty training has the potential to bring you closer to your baby. Since it is necessary to be very in tune to your baby’s needs and signals, it creates a kind of communication between you and your baby that wouldn’t normally be there.

2. Less Irritation: An increase in crying and fussing that many children experience has been linked to possible diaper irritation. Naturally, by using less diapers with this technique, these common rashes can be decreased or even avoided.

3. Increases Independence: Some believe that by going without diapers, your baby will begin to increase their independence as you encourage them to crawl. This could not happen if they were using diapers as they are very dependant on you for this.

4. Lessen Diaper Waste: Disposable diapers create a substantial amount of waste that ends up in our landfills. While cloth diapers can help decrease this problem, it can create its own problems as it takes quite a bit of energy in order to launder them. It can help the environment considerably as well as your pocket book by choosing baby potty training.

5. Completely Natural: In both Africa and Asia mothers carry un-diapered infants around. By doing this they become accustomed to reading their baby’s signs and avoid being soiled by holding their child away from their bodies before they go to the bathroom. This won’t work for most modern families however, but the same principles apply. Learning your child’s cues will allow you to try this form of potty training.

This article looked at 5 reasons to potty train your baby early. Not using diapers can encourage baby bonding, be more comfortable to the child, increase their independence and reduce diaper waste all at the same time and has been considered more natural.

This method is not a well documented one and is greatly debated, however if you are considering giving it a try you probably have more questions…

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