The Baby Pottying Guide: A multimedia guide to baby pottying from birth to 18 months

This practical, evidence-based guide by Rebecca Mottram of Little Bunny Bear includes detailed explanations, images, videos and links to research evidence that will support you to potty your baby from birth to 18 months / potty training. Based on attachment parenting principles and rooted in the science of child development, this guide will teach you how to practise Elimination Communication (baby pottying) in Rebecca's down-to-earth, flexible style that suits any type of family circumstances – part-time, full-time and with or without also using nappies.

This guide is for parents, caregivers and other people involved in looking after your baby. It covers all the essentials including:

• What is baby pottying
• When and how to start – a step by step guide
• How to learn, interpret and respond to your baby’s signals
• How to potty part-time, when out and about and at night-time
• How to overcome common problems
• How to prepare your baby for independence from nappies

Presented via descriptions, videos and images, this guide is perfect for busy parents who don’t have time or inclination to read a whole book and instead need the essential information in an easy to access format.

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Learning potty independence, also known as potty training is a complex skill for a child to master. Part of the reason that so many parents and carers struggle with potty training is because we don’t routinely give our children opportunities to develop the necessary skills (e.g. knowing when they need to wee or poo, communicating this to a caregiver and doing it in something other than a nappy).

Babies are born with a strong, natural instinct not to soil themselves and they show signs when they need to eliminate. Just like when your baby is hungry, tired or just needs a cuddle, you can learn to recognise when your baby needs to eliminate and you can use this knowledge to help them to use a potty instead of a nappy. (This is where the term Elimination Communication comes from.) Baby Pottying is a natural extension of the other caring responsibilities we have as parents and by starting them on this journey earlier, you can give your child a gentle and more natural journey towards independence from nappies that follows their natural developmental arc.

As parents, we teach our children from birth that a bath is for bathing, a high chair is for eating and a car seat is for travelling; these are everyday activities that everybody accepts are necessary. Teaching them that a potty or a toilet is where wee and poo goes is just the same and this guide will help give you the tools you need to do this in a way that makes sense for your family.

*About The Author*
Rebecca Mottram is a qualified Children's Nurse and potty training specialist based in the UK. She practised baby pottying, with both her own children from birth and through her interviews, blogs, videos, support groups, workshops and private coaching sessions she empowers parents all over the world to do the same.