October 25, 2005

Whiz kids: Moms potty-train infants with `elimination communication\'

Fort Wayne picked up this story from the Detroit Free Press on overanxious mothers potty training infants prematurely. Carolynn Rowland, a nurse for the Wayne State University School of Medicine, worries that parents who try infant potty training may have unrealistic expectations. \"My concern is if you put the onus on the child to do something you want them to do that they\'re not capable of doing, you may be setting them up for problems and you\'re putting a whole lot of pressure on them.\"

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