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Comedian Katherine Ryan has come under fire from mums after claiming her eight-month-old son is already potty trained.
The 38-year-old shared the news on her Instagram Stories and urged other parents to give it a go.
But when her claims were shared by parenting site Netmums, she received quite the backlash.
"Unless your child is walking at 8 months, this is just BS," said one mum, commenting on the Netmums Facebook page. "If you think he is potty trained before he can walk, it's you who is potty trained."
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"I honestly can’t believe this is true," said another. "If the baby can’t walk they are not potty trained."
It seems Katherine, who also has a 12-year-old daughter Violet, was already predicting the repercussions from her post, as she wrote: "I hate to even write this because I know I'll get backlash but for those who know about my potty training ethos and success with baby Violet...
"I didn't know whether it would work with Fred. It does. Potty train babies before they learn to go in nappies!!! They can do it!"
Netmums reported how Katherine, a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter and actress, had previously told NME: "My daughter wore standard nappies as a newborn. But when she started on solid foods, I could see in her face when she needed to poop.
'I'd whip her onto the potty as quickly as possible, then celebrate after she'd been. In addition, she'd be rewarded with about an hour of nappyless nudity. Bliss."
But her comments haven't gone down well with some parents.
"Surely that's just the parent trained to hold baby over potty when signs are there, not the child being trained," one mum commented.
While another added: "Sorry, but quickly
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