While most parents of babies have to deal with years of changing diapers, one mom in California claims to have potty trained her daughter when she was just eight weeks old. Alexis Abdelaziz says after seeing other parents on social media potty training babies, she started the process with baby Aya when she was two months old and insists it’s better for both her and her daughter. But some critics have slammed her as “abusive” for it.
Toddlers typically start potty training when they’re between 18 and 24 months old, but some start as late as three years old. According to the Mayo Clinic, if parents start too early, it can take longer to toilet train, but Alexis didn’t let that stop her. She uses a technique called elimination communication, which is based on the idea that kids will use sign language to signal to parents when they need to go. This mom of one says her daughter now uses that baby sign language – at just five months old – to let her know when she needs to use the toilet.
Alexis admits she thought the process would be overwhelming, but she says it was much more simple than she expected and when Aya used the toilet the first time she tried it with her, she was sold on the method. She takes Aya to the toilet four times a day: when she wakes up, after she eats, before they leave the house and before bedtime. Then any time Aya waves her hand to signal she needs to go, the mom positions and holds her over the toilet so she can safely use it. Alexis calls elimination communication a “miracle,” and while some criticize her on social media for forcing her daughter to grow up too quickly, the mom of one insists her daughter is “happier when she isn’t sitting around in poop.”
Source: Daily Mail