Toilet training

Because I was like, why do they transition them so early? Right, right, right.

I think, too, oh, someone else was like, because when they started potty training their two-year-old.

Oh, yeah.

So that their two-year-old could get out and go to the bathroom.

Well, I remember you talking

about the struggles you were having potty training the dog to begin with.

Oh, God, it was terrible.

But now the

Nah, it ain't going to

work.

What do – because the only other thing I can think of now at this point to have the commitment to trying to correct this now while you can or else it's just going to be your lot in life is what does it cost to have one of the big-time northeast Ohio recognized as the top potty training expert to come in? What does that cost? More than I'm

willing to pay, I'll tell you that right now.

I am just so discombobulated with what day of the week it is.

I am in the, I think I told you Monday, Carl, the doldrums of potty training.

So typically I'm pretty...

I mean, you've seen my, how I'm trying to organize my workout schedule type a, um, to a large extent.

Um, he's a smart kid.

He just does not have connection to his mind bladder right now, which, uh, hopefully that's not a sign for me down the line, but, uh, We're doing a lot of laundry right now, but happy Friday.

I don't think anybody cares to hear too much about the potty training stuff.

I'll tell you, though, I did lose my cool a little bit on Sunday because I was you're like really supposed to like not pick them up and force them on the potty.

She's such a light.

She's a wealth of information related to potty training.

And she's also the founder of Go Diaper Free.

And she teaches parents about elimination communication.

which is a way of learning your baby's cues so they can be potty trained far earlier than I think any of us were ever told possible.

Again, what you're going to hear today is going to blow your mind.

My kids, as many of you know, are now way past potty training years.

They're 10 and 11.

I'm your host, Andrea Olson, author and mom of five babies, Ollie Seed from birth, all out of diapers by walking.

This is episode 130, The Gentlest Form of Respectful Parenting, Elimination Communication, and Potty Training.

So this is a guest post from Maru Rojas.

She's our certified coach serving greater London and the Southeast.

But what I've found is that they have a very superficial understanding of it.

What could be more respectful than responding to your baby's nonverbal communications? With everything happening around the world today, it's time we became more open-minded about what is normal in other cultures.

When my daughter was born, I weighed the What about potty training? Again, the gentle parenting world is awash with potty training is disrespectful, unnecessary, stressful, etc.

SOS also mentions children are not emotionally ready and physically ready at the same time, which may be true.