Potty training a baby is an essential step. In certain regions of the world, there are very specific methods to ensure that infants do not resort to potties or diapers.
In general, potty training begins around the age of 2. This learning takes between three to six months on average. However, it is recommended not to set a deadline so as not to stress your child with social injunctions which do not necessarily correspond to his rhythm. Each parent is free, however, to lead their child towards a process that will allow them to sit on the potty independently. For example, some use stuffed animals to show him how to do it. Offering the pot at strategic times, such as in the morning when you wake up, or in the evening, before going to bed, is also a good method.
But some countries are much more inventive when it comes to potty training. As indicated for example by Huffington Post, in certain regions of China, particularly in rural areas, it is common to see babies, who are not yet walking, wearing pants with an open crotch, or even no crotch at all. From a very young age,as soon as they feel like it, they relieve themselves on the ground, and their parents clean the excrement with ashes which they then sweep up, as the writer Fay Chou describes in a essay published on the National Association for Child Development website. This “Chinese secret” would still prove its worth today.
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What is communication by elimination (EC)?
Some also believe that potty training can be done before teaching walking, or even before the child knows how to sit up. In the United States and Europe, for example, “communication by elimination” has been brought up to date in recent years. Also known as natural infant hygiene, this is an approach that aims to teach babies to use their potty from an early age: parents detect signals, such as squirming or grunting, that indicate that they want to relieve themselves. Once these signals identified, it’s about allowing them to do them in a suitable area. This method has also been able to be used in very poor areas of the globe, where access to basic necessities, including diapers or potsis sometimes limited. Roma Norrissa parenting consultant in the United Kingdom, nevertheless points out that it is easier to put this strategy into practice when babies are carried, because it is then easier to read the signals they will send.
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