Parents Montana Lower and Tom Lindwood have claimed that their daughter is fully potty trained at just nine months old.
The parents use a method called ‘elimination communication (EC)’. The approach involves looking out for signs that your baby needs the toilet, in a similar way to how you look for signs they are hungry.
They say this has meant they have bypassed the need for a nappy – which is great news for the environment as on average, a typical child would create 550kg carbon emissions before they are potty trained from disposable nappies alone.
Montana explained in a video on YouTube that she initially thought the idea was ‘crazy’.
However, she went on to explain that it means they haven’t had to buy nappies for their daughter Blue since she was just two weeks old.
Amazingly, she says it only took one day of taking Blue to the potty every time she looked like she needed to go for her to become potty trained.
Since then, Montana explained that Blue looks at them when she needs to go to the toilet.
She added: “Babies are born with absolutely no preconceived knowledge of how to go to the bathroom and so if we don’t teach them to go in their nappy, then we don’t have to unteach them.”
Montana continued: “It just makes a lot of sense to just straight up say ‘we go to the toilet this way’.”
The couple explained that EC is better for the environment and that nappies are actually a fairly new and luxury item. At first, they used a Tupperware container before switching to a potty.
They said: “We recommend setting aside one day, Blue took one day to learn she needed to go toilet in the Tupperware container. Then after that it was up to us to read the signs.”
In an Instagram post in August Montana wrote: “just because I parent my way does not mean I think what you are doing is wrong or that I am better. I believe our babies choose us. And as mothers, it is our responsibility to listen to our unique child and their needs.”
What do you think, would you try this method with your baby?
