New podcast on updated potty-training guidance – start from 6 months

“Newborn babies are very aware of their body... What happens with disposable nappies is that brain-body connection is eroded, and so then we have the very difficult problem that parents want to use a potty and the child has a very steep learning curve to assimilate all the skills that they'll need to be able to do that effectively.”  

In this week’s podcast special, you’ll hear the latest research about when to start potty-training and how to help your child – spoiler alert, it happens much earlier than you may think!  

My First Five Years founders Jennie Johnson and Alistair Bryce-Clegg are joined by Rebecca Mottram, Children's Nurse and Potty Training Consultant at ERIC, the Children’s Bowel and Bladder Charity, who shares tips on when to start potty-training, the lowdown on being dry at night, and how to put your child at the centre of the process and engage them in it. 

Listen to the podcast here

If your child is not yet using the potty, you'll find articles about potty-training appear on your Today screen at just the right moments to help you to prepare for this transition.

If you want to get a head-start and see what's coming, take a sneak peek at our article Big News in the world of potty training