Sorry to all those doubters. It does indeed work. My 3 year old daughter spent far less time in diapers than any of the other babies I've known.
Babies make certain faces or stiffen when they need to go. We got a little training potty and held her over and 95% of the time (when we caught it) she went. We had periodic poopy diapers, but they were few and far between.
It isn't about the baby controlling their bowels. it is about the subtle signals they give when they are ABOUT to void their bowels. Though later on she was able to hold it until we got her to the potty.
We weren't religious about it. Probably could've done it more, but it was much nicer for her and for us than using diapers exclusively. We also put her in diapers between poops/pees. We didn't just let her run around naked all day, though part of that is living in New England. :)
This isn't a perfect solution. Accidents happen. And all it really requires is paying attention to your baby. No magic. No miracles. Just look for that squished up face and get them to the potty. :)
And I must say that formal potty training went really smoothly when we got to that point.
Babies make certain faces or stiffen when they need to go. We got a little training potty and held her over and 95% of the time (when we caught it) she went. We had periodic poopy diapers, but they were few and far between.
It isn't about the baby controlling their bowels. it is about the subtle signals they give when they are ABOUT to void their bowels. Though later on she was able to hold it until we got her to the potty.
We weren't religious about it. Probably could've done it more, but it was much nicer for her and for us than using diapers exclusively. We also put her in diapers between poops/pees. We didn't just let her run around naked all day, though part of that is living in New England. :)
This isn't a perfect solution. Accidents happen. And all it really requires is paying attention to your baby. No magic. No miracles. Just look for that squished up face and get them to the potty. :)
And I must say that formal potty training went really smoothly when we got to that point.