Ok, so I know many of you are wondering why in the world our 9 month old is on her potty. Well....Livy has been going to the 'potty' since she was about 8 weeks old. If you are into formal terms, it is called Elimination Communication (EC)...but they've been doing this kinda thing in other countries forever! (We have to come up for a technical term for it in the U.S.) In short, it is believing that your child communicates when they need to go potty, in the same way they also communicate they are hungry, tired, etc... So, as the parent, we learned what Livy's signals were when she needed to go to the potty. It does take time and commitment on the front end, but I guess I figured I would either spend the time later (when potty training) or now. So, we decided to teach her from the beginning to go on the potty.
We have enjoyed changing only a handful of dirty diapers in the last 7 months! :)
Here are some cute pics of Livy using her potty now that she is big enough to sit on it by herself :)
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