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All in one place: using the potty or toilet

As a parent, the words ‘potty-training’ can make you feel hopeful for a world where you aren’t constantly shelling out for nappies (they aren’t cheap!) but can also fill you with dread. How do you actually go from your child using nappies to going to the loo? It can sound like hard work to anyone, let alone a tired parent.  

For a start, you might find your parents’ or family members’ experience of potty-training was different from how your friends approach it.  

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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!  

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