Infant Potty Basics: With or Without Diapers-- The Natural Way
By Laurie Boucke
"Infant Potty Basics" teaches you all you need to know to get started with a gentle and gradual means of toilet learning that is used in many non-Western societies. The guidelines and photos will help you learn your baby’s elimination communication and comfy in-arms potty positions. Healthy infants are aware of this bodily function and can learn to respond to it the early months of life.
From the Publisher
This is Laurie Boucke's third book on the topic of infant pottying. As the title implies, "Infant Potty Basics" contains all the basics you need in order use this method. It replaces our earlier 1991 and first book on this topic, "Trickle Treat."
About the Author
Laurie Boucke, Phi Beta Kappa University of California at Santa Barbara, is the mother of three sons and has authored eight books, including three on the topic of infant potty learning, with "Infant Potty Basics" being the most recent. She also works as a court reporter for the deaf and encourages sign language as a means of communication with all infants.
Her earlier book "Infant Potty Training" (also available on ) is the most comprehensive book on this topic, with many more testimonials by mothers, a section dedicated to cross-cultural studies and a lengthy section on the history of the infant potty technique, including historical writings by doctors and anthropologists.
Great to have just "the basics" without all the other stuff
As a new mom, it was great to have a book that introduced this concept in a really concise way. Extensive background information found in some other books is interesting, but not if you're trying to fit it in during naptime! Since I read this "basics" book, I also read "Diaper Free" by Ingrid Bauer. Despite that fact that I really enjoyed "Diaper Free," I was really glad that I got this Potty Basics book first since it was so concise and told me everything I needed to know to get started.
It really does work! We started when our daughter was 3 months old, and haven't had to change a poopy diaper since. Peeing is another matter, but we're catching about half of them every day. Definitely a technique worth trying--even if you only do it "part time" for the easy catches after naps and such.
Very helpful with my infant
Though I don't do everything exactly as Laurie Boucke teaches in her book, I have found this method of dealing with elimination to be a good experience with my first (and only) child who is currenlty 8 months old. We started IPT a few days after bringing her home from the hospital, and the book is what taught me and gave me the confidence to try it in the first place. My mom and husband were very supportive of trying out this method, so that was really the key to getting it started. This is a great book for anyone who is interested in learning more about IPT, and it isn't overwhelming because it gives you the basics in a straighforward way.
A must for new mothers
This is a great book, easy to understand, easy to follow, and very user-friendly! I highly recommend it. I use this method with my son, now 8mos old and we are doing well with it!
