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How Parents Can Prepare for Potty Training – Podcast Ep 38

We got to chat with a professional potty training consultant and she is sharing her tips on how parents can best prepare for potty training.

Published August 5, 2020

by Nina Spears

The Baby Chick® | Author, Birth & Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator, Baby Planner
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Potty training can be a daunting task for most parents. When should you start potty training? What are the readiness signs for potty training? What are the potty training products must-haves? How can you tackle nap and nighttime potty training? There are so many questions about this major milestone, so we chatted with Allison Jandu, a professional potty training consultant and author. Allison shares tips on how parents can best prepare for potty training and what we need to know. So, if you’re about to embark on the potty training adventure, this episode is for you!

Here are the products that Allison mentioned during our episode!

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Nina Spears is The Baby Chick® and the Founder and CEO of Baby Chick®. She began her career supporting families in 2011 after earning her baby planning certification and attending her first births that same year. Since then, she has earned her birth and postpartum doula certifications from DONA International, her childbirth educator certification from ICEA, her perinatal nutrition expert certification through The Professional Perinatal Nutrition Program, and her infant massage instructor certification from Loving Touch, among others.

Early in her career, one of Nina’s birth doula clients affectionately referred to her as “the baby chick — the ‘chick’ who works with moms and babies.” The nickname stuck and later inspired the creation of Baby Chick, which has grown into…

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