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Our PT is Chinese. In China, they start potty training when the baby has head control. Basically, you just put the baby on a potty periodically or whenever you can tell they are about to go and then verbally reward them everytime they go. If they don't go, there is no negative statements. We started doing this with Anna when she was about 9 months old. Generally when we put her on the potty she will go--last night she kept saying "Peepee and poopy in potty", but she will never iniate the process. I leave her in diapers because it's winter and I'm not ready to really push the issue but I think this summer I may just take off the diapers and see what happens. Our PT says in her experience with kids with Ds, if you wait to late to start it becomes a battleground between you. She finds that it is much more gradual, but less stressful process if you start early. I don't know how you will do it with daycare (although I hear this is a fashionable thing to do these days) but you might want to just do it when you are home.
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Mary
Mom to Libby 6/92, Alex 9/93, Anna (DS)12/12/03
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03-17-2006 01:43 PM
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... OMG. 
But it will be neat to see how she does and what she thinks about it. 
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