The Truth About Infant Potty Training
June 20th, 2009 Filed Under Baby Potty Training
Unfortunately for many forward thinking parents, infant potty training is something that is widely misunderstood in America.
Picture an adorable seven month old baby girl with squishy little thighs and a wee little dimpled baby bottom. To any onlooker, there is little difference between this baby and any other baby in America. There is however, one decided difference.
This little girl is wearing thin cotton underwear and can parade about her house in the same clothes she’s worn since her first days cooing, an easy fit since Phoebe doesn’t carry all that bulgy baggage that regularly hangs from the rears of her peers.
This little girl can sleep through the night without a diaper. At various intervals scattered throughout the day, this little girl’s mom places her on a tiny plastic potty while making the sounds that help the little girl accurately identify the usual time for her elimination.
This little girl and her mother hale from Kismet, Maryland. This renders the girls a bit unusual since it is uncommon (at least in the United States) to find families who practice the principles of infant or early childhood potty training.
For the majority of parents in the states, the idea of effectively potty training their child before they can even walk, isn’t just foreign, it’s condemned, chastised and widely misunderstood.
American parents often see infant potty training as an ensuing nightmare riddled with inevitable psychological damage for their young one. Yet early toilet training is effectively practiced throughout the rest of the civilized world.
Here in America, things are different. The majority of doctors and psychologists in the United States agree that children aren’t ready to begin potty training until 2 at the earliest. Some even suggest that it is best to not potty train the child at all. Children should instead be allowed to train themselves sometime between 4 and 5, whenever they find it most appropriate!
Yes, children could learn to read this way as well, but what’s best for their budding brains?
The idea behind early potty training is that children are never too young to learn. By introducing the concept of elimination at an early age, parents can show their children that using the restroom is just another natural part of their day. By starting early, parents teach their child while they are still in the midst of their most impressionable stage. As your infant gets older, they will grow increasingly comfortable in their diaper and more firmly fixed in their ways.
Months will pass and the difficulty will only increase. Once a child develops language and experience, they are able to compound the difficulty. Perhaps someday the majority will catch on to the trend. In the meantime, there’s certainly no harm in being an early adopter.
Start early, finish strong.
Author: Sean Platt
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