I potty trained my newborn – she’s only done one poo in her nappy since she was a baby… it was easier than I thought
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POTTY training can be tricky for parents and can take months or years to crack. However, one mum claims to have potty trained her newborn from birth and says she has only done one poo in her nappy since she was a baby. Birth photographer and doula Meagan, who posts under @meaganjoycreative, said she thought the process would be hard to do, but it’s been “so easy.”.
![[A woman holding a 7-week-old baby who has only pooped in a diaper once.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/done-one-poo-nappy-since-963014738.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
This comes as one in four children are due to start school next September wearing nappies, according to a new charity report. Kindred claims that pupils are losing, on average, a third of their learning time in school but teachers having to change nappies and support children who are not toilet trained.
American-based Meagan uploaded a post on Instagram explaining exactly how she potty trained her daughter from birth. She wrote: “Did I just potty train my newborn?. “Babies don’t want to sit in their own poop or pee! I believe in America we’re diaper trained.
“It’s called elimination communication and I first heard about it through a few friends who have done it! “. The method, favoured by comedian Katherine Ryan, sees the child learn how to use a potty from an extremely early age. Parents watch out for signals that their child needs to go to the toilet and give them the chance to use the potty, rather than get used to doing it in their nappy.
