About 6 months ago we met a 9 month old who was completely potty trained. Her mom or dad would put her on the toilet when she got up in the morning, or from a nap, and she would go #2. During the day, she would crawl into the kitchen, lift herself onto the mini-toilet there, and go #1 at will. Totally diaper-free.


If you had asked me before, I would not have thought it possible. But. We met 3 or 4 couples who practiced "ec" around the same time and decided to try it.

Now it's been maybe 6 weeks, and I can't imagine doing anything different. Baby Mark in 4 months old today, and get this: I washed diapers yesterday (Thursday) and since Sunday, we have had only 1 -- ONE -- poopy diaper.

That's AMAZING!


Our cloth diaper literature says that in the fifties, everyone was potty-trained by 18 months, but now they make diapers (disposable, too) for up to 6 years (!) in size.


Baby Mark has diaper-free time every day now, and I imagine by 6 months he could probably be diaper-free all the time.

Of course, it requires a bit of work for us to snatch him up and transport him to the toilet when he signals us, but it is way easier to wipe with a bit of toilet paper than to change a poopy diaper.

AMAZING! I can't IMAGINE doing it any other way.