Here's what you can do to protect yourself. This method, called Elimination Communication (EC or assisted infant toilet training), is becoming increasingly popular in the West.

The positive side of infant potty-training is that you avoid using diapers and all the products and expense that go along with them. Also, because you’ll be keeping your child next to you at all ...

In theory, infant potty training involves watching for your baby's signs of impending stool or urine and holding them over a receptacle of choice.

A new mother garnered mixed opinions on social media about the “simple” potty-training routine she does with her 6-week-old infant. Birthing and postpartum doula Celena Martin shared how her ...

Smooth transition to the potty as babies' cognition is enhanced through early learning and identification. But elimination communication has cons, too: It takes commitment to work — adapting it ...

"Elimination communication" (EC), or Infant Potty Training, is gaining more attention nationally. An organization called DiaperFreeBaby formed in 2003 now has members in 37 states and is spreading ...

A 2006 review of potty training by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (with Kiddo as one of the authors) didn't find any studies that directly compared the two most popular two methods ...

In 1932, the U.S. Government published a book called “Infant Care” that recommended that kids be done with toilet training by the age of 8 months.

In 1932, the U.S. Government published a book called “Infant Care” that recommended that kids be done with toilet training by the age of 8 months.

Of course, a small infant on the potty is not a novel idea. Throughout parts of Europe, China, Southeast Asia, India and Latin America there is no such thing as a walking, talking kid in nappies ...