Recently I picked up Diaper-Free Before 3
at the library. The book advocates a positive, early start to toilet training (ideally between 6-12 months), so that your child can be out of diapers and finished with potty training as early as his or her 2nd birthday. This post is Part 3 of my discussion of Diaper-Free Before 3
.Click HERE to read Part 1: A Brief History of Potty Training.
Click HERE to read Part 2: The Benefits of Early Potty Training.
So how do you practice early potty training? As it turns out, I have been following Lekovic's method pretty closely without knowing it.
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was a huge hit at my house, and I ended up purchasing my own copy. So when I heard that there was a new 
, of course I wanted to try it! 
. I love reading through the ingredient lists and looking at the pictures. Sadly, most cookbooks turn out to be duds, in my opinion. I always check out cookbooks from the library before buying them now. I learned my lesson after buying several cookbooks by a Food Network Star at Costco. Several years later I was finally able to accept defeat and donate them to Goodwill (I couldn't sell them).
with you. It's also great to have an additional cheap-y potty, like 
s.
the entire 20 months that I nursed my first child. They worked quite well, except when they shifted around (I don't like using the adhesive), which resulted in occasional leaking. They are definitely absorbent (like disposable diapers). But I felt bad about using them. I wanted something more natural against my skin where my baby nursed. Something reusable. Something that didn't result in thousands of tiny pieces of plastic I had to keep track of and try to remember to take to a recycling center. So when I got pregnant with my second child, I decided to try reusable pads.
