Hey there EC mamas - I am new to these boards, I heard this was a good place for getting advice about EC issues.
I have been doing part time EC with my son since about 5 months. I started off giving him potty chances after naptimes and on waking up in the morning, and whenever he had poop cues (his pee cues are hard to notice). I would hold him aloft over the toilet or else let him sit on a bjorn little potty on top of our toilet. This went along great - he stopped pooping in his diapers within about 2 weeks and he did pee in the potty quite often although he still wore diapers most of the time and he would wet them pretty often too.
Our problem: Last summer (around 11 months old) we did a lot of traveling without our little potty so I was just holding him over the toilet to go, and when we got home, he wanted nothing more to do with the little potty.
The last 5 months (he is now 16 months old) I have just been going along with him on this, because everything else was going so well. He has been keeping his diapers dry a lot longer, and around 13 months he started signing potty for all his poops and a lot of the time for pees. But the kid is 22 lbs and it's getting heavy to hold him over the potty! He protests very vigorously if I try to put him on the potty or on the toilet seat. He only wants to go if I hold him and lately he often refuses to do it even then. He just learned to walk - maybe that is related?
Anyway, I was hoping some of you seasoned EC-ers could give me advice on potty strikes and how to transition him back to using a potty seat instead of being held every time.
Thanks mamas!
I have been doing part time EC with my son since about 5 months. I started off giving him potty chances after naptimes and on waking up in the morning, and whenever he had poop cues (his pee cues are hard to notice). I would hold him aloft over the toilet or else let him sit on a bjorn little potty on top of our toilet. This went along great - he stopped pooping in his diapers within about 2 weeks and he did pee in the potty quite often although he still wore diapers most of the time and he would wet them pretty often too.
Our problem: Last summer (around 11 months old) we did a lot of traveling without our little potty so I was just holding him over the toilet to go, and when we got home, he wanted nothing more to do with the little potty.
The last 5 months (he is now 16 months old) I have just been going along with him on this, because everything else was going so well. He has been keeping his diapers dry a lot longer, and around 13 months he started signing potty for all his poops and a lot of the time for pees. But the kid is 22 lbs and it's getting heavy to hold him over the potty! He protests very vigorously if I try to put him on the potty or on the toilet seat. He only wants to go if I hold him and lately he often refuses to do it even then. He just learned to walk - maybe that is related?
Anyway, I was hoping some of you seasoned EC-ers could give me advice on potty strikes and how to transition him back to using a potty seat instead of being held every time.
Thanks mamas!
We're having similar issues, except add in that if I put him anywhere NEAR the toilet he's trying to play with the lid. (And I can't take the lid off because we lock that to keep him from playing in it! 
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