I have my new baby Mia (16weeks) in a playpen, we started from day one. The bottom is covered in puppy pads (2), her bed is in one back corner and food/water in the other. She is starting to go potty more on one side of the pen then the other. She sleeps all night and has since the 3rd night we got her (never wakes us up). My brother trained his dog like this, the only draw back for them was their dog didn't want to go potty outside. That isn't an issue for me, if Mia will only go on the potty pads that is fine. I have had the hardest time house training my older girl and we still have issues there (2 years old). She hates going out when it is cold or rainy. In ways Mia is already better and has less accidents then Zoe. I have an xpen with potty pads (gate open) in the family room. She already goes in there to go potty, she took to it immediately. She has an occasional pee pee accident but never a poo off of the pad. It has worked out great for me during the day because of us working and no one there to take her out. Zoe is crate trained and stays in there while we are gone. I highly recommend it.
I love the xpen & crate set up. I am going to incorporate that in with my two girls. Thanks for the great idea.
Telea, Zoe' and Mia
