Potty Training An Infant

Yesterday while visiting with my buddy, she mentioned taking Nicholas to the potty. I thought it was her German accent way of telling me that she was going to change his diaper. Then she asked if I would like to join her a moment, I got up and went in and sure enough she had her little 3 month old Nicholas sitting on the potty and he was going potty in the potty. Some of you mommies may have heard of this but I was totally blown away!


Nicholas at 3 months on his potty chair and a picture of his little tiny potty chair. The potty chairs come in smaller sizes too.

She had his little potty chair sitting on her bathroom counter and he loves watching himself in the mirror while going tinkle. She then told me that he uses the potty chair 4 out of 5 times for his poopies. I was a little skeptical at first but during the two hours I was there she had him on his potty twice and he used it both times! Now I’m a believer!


She even has a book, picture shown below. The book informs that a parent needs to start potty training before the baby is 6 months or it’s too late. The book explains the key times when a baby goes potty like right after a feeding and I forget the other times she mentioned… Monika follows through with that and has proven to be a success. The book also explains that the infant will learn to hold it once they get used to the routine.

So yesterday, right after his feeding she took him potty and the instant she sat him down on his little chair he went right away. Monika explained that Nicholas already understands what’s coming right after his feeding and he’s doing a fantastic job of holding it. She was also telling me that in Germany babies are potty trained by the time they are 1.

Below is a picture of a 10 month old signing that he needs to use the toilet. Monika will begin to use that signing method soon with Nicholas. Pretty cool stuff. The top caption is for the picture above which I didn’t get.

Mr. Squirrel and the peanuts

Monika, Nicholas & I spent our time in the in the garden room and this is Mr. Squirrel helping himself to his peanuts. The squirrels have that lid all figured out and have learned that they have to lift it to get the peanuts inside. I took this picture through the glass, it’s a little fuzzy.

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