Am I Crazy for Thinking About Trying This? (Potty Training)

Not crazy at all. Take this opportunity and run with it.

Goggle Elimination communication.

Do not listen to the nasayers. Do not mention this to anyone. Americans are crazy: They think kids can't be potty trained till they go off to college, while the rest of the world has them done by 2.

I don't see how it could do any harm. Just think if it worked and she potty trained before age one! That would be a pretty awesome accomplishment.
Kids are smart, and girls usually learn earlier than boys so they say. If she'll sit there while you prep her new diaper I cant see any harm in it. If it works you can write a book :)

I think it is a good idea to try it, especially since she seems like she understands the sensation of "I gotta go." I have heard of children getting potty trained by their first birthday. It is definitely RARE, but it could happen!

There is a method called 'elimination contamination' that is basically a European pre-cursor to 'american potty training' and it starts very very young.

Basically what is happening is that your daughter is feeling the air and change in temperature and it is stimulating her response to urinate.

Is that trainable and is it possible that you can get her to replicate the behavior? Sure.
As long as you understand that YOU are the one being trained. You have to watch for cues, make sure that you don't wait too long, make sure she is somewhere she can "go" etc etc etc.
It's not actual "potty training" until SHE can communicate the need, control the urge and then go through the several steps (get to the potty, undress, get on the potty, go potty, wipe, get off the potty, get dressed, flush, wash hands) and then recognize the consequences if the aforementioned sequence doesn't happen - "uh oh".

Personally I wouldn't do this - but my potty training was a breeze with my daughter. I simply waited until she said she wanted to do and then she did it. So anything else seems like a lot of work.

Having said that - anything else is worth a try if it makes your life easier.

Good Luck!

I am from Russia and kids there r potty trained by 12 months...so no you r not crazy:)

Actually more than 1/2 the world's babies are trained by a year. American babies used to average 18 months before disposable diapers. Google elimination communication for ideas. I would definitely have tried this if I had known about it when DS was younger. My sister and I were both trained at a year. You will not scar her psyche by early training.

You will receive a huge amount of negative pressure if you talk to your 'mainstream' friends. The best comment I ever heard about EC being your baby training you was that diapered babies have their parents trained too, we are trained to change them when the have a dirty diaper. We are trained to feed them when they are hungry. We are trained to pick them up when they are scared or alone. So why not learn to recognize when they need to eliminate.

Plus, there are huge ecological (not to mention $$) advantages to not using diapers.

Get books on "Elimination Communication". If I had another baby, I'd definitely try it. No, I don't think it's too early; yes, I think this is just what you need to do, because she is obviously trying to communicate to you that she needs to go pee/poop, so you are not trying to "potty-train" her as much as you are *listening* to her.

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try it but dont expect miracles good luck

my experience says one should try and not exchange notes with other mothers...your child always teaches you when is the next step...it mayb early ..it mayb late...but they will signal it to you.yes one should always be aware of the next step though!!i trained my son when he found it interesting to sit on it..he sat and did his job for more than a week(he was 1.3yr then)then he got bored of it...i gave him 15 days without it...and then back again....he was comfortable with it then..your course of action might be different....so dont give up....but start trying....she s a clean girl!!

Here's one of several sites that gives some great "readiness" checklists, plus the skinny on the various approaches to potty-training, their advantages and challenges: http://www.parentingscience.com/potty-training-tips.html

By the usual definition, a child isn't "trained" until he's reliably in control of the whole process. You could save yourself a lot of diapers, however, if you adapt a system than allows most elimination on the potty. If you have the patience, consistency, and close connection with your child, early "training" is possible.

Your question was not about whether you can potty train a 9 month old. Your question is can you put her someplace appropriate to do her business instead of on you or on the bed. Yes, definetely! I mean, she will eventually use a potty so why not? As for discussion regarding PT around the world, I wish those who provide statistics would include a link. Yes, its true that in many parts of the world disposable diapers are a true luxury (often cloth diapers are unavailable as well) and the parents need to get the baby to eliminate appropriately at a very young age. So yes, it is possible but we don't have people going to the bathroom at the side of the road on a regular basis here. Americans are not "crazy". It is a combination of disposable diapers which are more comfortable for babies and that the diapers themselves are readily available making training your child less of an urgency here.

Well you could try it. But as a mother who has potty trained before I highly doubt your going to get a good result from this. She is just way too young. And you might run the risk of her getting so used to seeing a potty chair (but not really using it) that when she finally is ready to potty train like around the age of 2 the novelty of the potty chair will have worn off and she won't be excited about it. Plus she might be peeing often when you change her diaper but I bet her diaper is already wet too. Which means she has peed in it because she isn't old enough to have the control to hold it. She might be able to hold it in a little for a very short time but if you put her in underwear my guess would be that she would be having accidents left and right. And I know you said you just want to put her on a chair while you are changing her but really I think you will find all that to be more work with no real results. And potty training should be all or nothing not just "kinda" that confuses kids a lot.

Go for it! It sounds like you have a great approach. Mabey she will surprise you and prefer the potty over diapers! :)

It's not about pushing it. It's about getting them not to be afraid of the potty.
Also, I recommend keeping a diaper off as much as possible. Their little tushies need to breathe. It's the best thing for avoiding diaper rash. Also, kids who wear diapers less frequently have an easier time with giving them up when it really is time. Even if she's just experimenting for now, that's okay. Nothing wrong with it.
My daughter was very easy to train. Everyone told me to hang on....boys are so much harder.
Untrue.
My son couldn't stand being wet or dirty. He wanted his diaper OFF. I had him in cotton training pants early on. He didn't like diapers.
All kids are different.
It could be that when you take the diaper off, the air hits or something and makes her tinkle, try taking the diaper off and putting her on the potty. If she goes, great, if she doesn't, great.
I just have know kids who were never sat on a potty or held on the toilet until they were two or three and it scares them. When they're little and can see it as a new thing to try or want to because mommy and daddy do it, I don't think it hurts anything.

That's just my personal opinion.

Listen to your child. If she is aware when she is dirty then she is old enough to sit on the potty. My son started sitting on the potty at 6 months of age. I didn't push him or even really try but I did praise him when he would go. He was fully potty trained around 2. I loved the book early start potty training it really gave good information about starting at this age. Also FYI the psychological study that said to "wait until they are ready around 2-3 years of age" was done by a doctor paid by the pampers company. Until this study came out in the 60's babies were done around 18 months of age. Now the age is slowly creeping towards 3. In other countries babies are trained around 1. So globally you are in good company. Good luck.

Personally, I plan to wait (my second child is 3 months old). My son was trained right at his 3rd birthday. Even then it was kind of stressful to me (and him too probably). So, given my attitudes about it (I tended to blame myself for not getting him to the potty before an accident happened), I will not try it early. I don't know about other children, but mine was not mature enough to potty train until much later than 1 year! So, in other words, you could be "giving her an alternate place to go" for years to come. Its up to you if you want to fool with it now. I think it is only psychologically damaging if there is too much pressure or the child is shamed for having accidents.

I doubt there is any harm in trying this but it also isn't likely to get you child fully trained much faster. It took my son a long time to get from the early stages of potty training to the really trained stage I was really sick of it by the end. Seriously, he was in pull-ups over 18 months (he outgrew the biggest diaper size and I was busy with a new baby).

i don't think you will warp her is you let her sit on a potty chair. i didn't read any other post but the way you explained what you want to do i would say go for it. if it doesnt work at least you have you potty chair. good luck, R.

just remember to do things that are at HER level. She may be prepared for it but she may not be many people do what you are thinking of doing.

I'd go for it. That was pretty much how I got the potty training ball rolling with both my kids: I noticed they went at one time every day, so I'd sit them on the potty at that time. They'd go, I'd clap... Once they realized that I was praising them for pottying, they'd go anytime I'd sit them on there, and when that happened, I PTed them. My DS was PTed just before he turned 2 (I probably could've done it a lot sooner, but everyone kept telling me that boys are hard to potty train, so I kept putting it off. I wish I hadn't listened to them) and my DD PTed at 18 months. I don't know how other people PT their kids, but it was a LOT easier for me that my kids already knew what to do when they saw the potty.

It's worth a try and as long as there isn't any pressure and it doesn't sound like there will be I don't think it would hurt anything. My mom swears she potty trained me when I was a year old--our well went dry and so she put me in disposable diapers and I refused to wear them and began using the toilet--sometimes I think she's making it up, but who knows?

I don't see why not. It certainly couldn't hurt. There is a reason that elimination communication training works, even with newborns. It's just not that prevalent in our society. I learned about it from an East Indian neighbor I had when I noticed her 3 month old wasn't wearing a diaper. She demonstrated for me and it was like, wow. I wish I'd known about that sooner!

And if you hadn't noticed, our society also uses diapers the longest (not many other countries have diapers, and I'm not talking pull-ups here, that go as big as ours) as well as waits the longest to potty train.

Yes, I think you are crazy (just kidding)! I don't think there is any harm in doing it. I will say that when I was young everyone thought kids had to be potty trained by the age of 2. My mom made sure we were and none of us were ready because all 4 of us were bed wetters LONG after our 2nd birthdays. Because of that I didn't rush it with mine. Out of 3 kids, I have changed wet sheets 2 times and I can count on one hand how many accidents I dealt with when they began wearing underwear/panties. I am not bragging on myself. I am just saying waiting until they are mature enough and ready makes a huge difference.
Go for it if you want. I would love to hear what happens!!

I say go for it--I did this with a 18 month old when he was dry come diaper change time, especially after nap. He now is not yet 2 and poops on the potty pretty consistently and is often dry for at least a couple pull up checks of the day. I think the less time they spend getting used to eliminating in a diaper the better. In your experience, it sounds like you would be waiting for her to pee herself! A small potty chair sounds like a much better option. Although after age 2, jumping into training is probably better, at this age gradual is better. Try researching infant potty training and good luck. My opinion is the less dirty diapers the better, especially when you are reading her cues.

Not crazy, but recognize the fact that "she" isn't trained- you are! For lost of little ones the rush of cold air that happens when you open the diaper will bring-on the urge to tinkle.

Give it a whirl, but don't push it b/c she really isn't old enough to "use" the potty. I don't think it's every too early to get your child comfortable on the potty. We bought a little potty chair a year ago b/c my son was interested, but just started "training" him b/c he's just now old enough to let us know that he has to go.