POTTY training children is one of many dilemmas facing parents.

But one mum has come up with a unique method which aims to get rid of nappies and to potty train babies from birth instead of waiting until they’re toddlers.

Childminder Amber Hatch, 32, who lives in New Marston with husband Alex Ogg and their two children, has written a book on the technique and hopes to help parents across the country.

Nappy Free Baby: A practical guide to baby-led potty training from birth aims to help parents relieve babies when they are uncomfortably full. The book was illustrated by her husband Alex.

It is based on the method Baby Led Potty Training, which involves parents holding their youngsters in a squat position.

Ms Hatch said: “The worst thing about being a parent is when your child is crying and you don’t know why.

“If you can have another tool up your sleeve to try, then that’s got to help.”

Ms Hatch said Baby Led Potty Training has been adapted from cultures around the world where nappies are not used.

She said she first came across how successful the method was seven years ago when her daughter, then five weeks old, was “squirming” at night.

But after holding her baby in the squat position, her daughter was immediately able to relieve herself and went back to sleep.

She said it has been “rewarding” hearing success stories from parents who go to her workshops about the method at Barracks Lane Community Garden.

Ms Hatch said parents have told her they have been able to relieve their baby of constipation or help them sleep through the night after using Baby Led Potty Training.

Mother-of-two Becky Komene said she first went to Ms Hatch’s workshops three years ago after struggling to get daughter Isobella, five, to use a potty.

She said: “I was struggling to find some information on potty training. It’s very useful. I recommend it to other parents all the time.”

The Headington mother was so impressed with the Baby Led Potty Training method, she now uses it with 10-month-old daughter Scarlett.

She added: “I found it easier with a newborn than I did with a two-year-old.”

The book is for sale at Amazon for £7.49 or from Waterstones and Blackwell’s.