Anyone ever turned CD after EC?

[Moonchild77]

I am at loss....

ds2 is 15 mo and I ec with him since 4. 5 mo, I catched llike every poo and a lot of pees and now not :-(

He poops like 3 times a day, refuses potty time after waking up, he does tell me after peeing, but even if he sits NEXT to the potty, he pees on the floor.
Before, (before walking??) he peed in arms, on the potty,

I use cloth diapers, I am just wondering, did anyone ever stop ECing??

[sapphire_chan]

Lots of people. Generally between 12 and 18 months. Some just for pee, some just for poop, some for everything. Do a search for "potty pause" in this forum.

It's okay. Disappointing for you, but okay. It's also normal, so the threads on potty pauses will give you some great ideas on maintaining communication even if you're backing off on the potty.

[hrsmom]

Well, *I* never stopped ECing, but my dd definitely stopped using the potty! I was pretty close to a full time CDer for about 7 months there, but eventually she started using the potty again! We mostly scaled back to just offering when she woke up from a nap, and sometimes she'd go and sometimes she'd refuse. And when she was still in arms, most everything went in the potty! Hang in there!

[theboysmama]

going through this right now. Just as we are about to give up she gives me a decent day to keep my sprits up. I have faith that this will pass. Hang in there.

[cmi]

My 21-month old just decided she would rather pee in a diaper (or on the floor if I leave the diaper off). She loved going potty and especially loved public restrooms. We went to Hawaii to visit my in-laws, and she went on the plane 5 times. Then three days into the trip, she was peeing and yelled "Ow-ie!" and stopped midstream and hopped off the potty. She wouldn't go all night and was crying because she didn't want to go and then finally in the morning she went all over me while I was holding her. That day she started going again, but then the next day she started wetting her diaper more, and after we got home, she pretty much refused to pee while awake (and even often while half asleep). She doesn't appear to have discomfort when going in her diaper, but it's sad that she's scared to do something she loved to do before.

I will have to look up "potty pause" now. I didn't know what phrase to use. If anyone has had a similar experience, I'd love to hear it, though!

[Moonchild77]

thanks, he even sat in his poop for 1 hour, I did not notice and he did not protest.

I am backing off now and I will go and read potty pause here....

[hrsmom]

My LO sure didn't seem to care at that age, either! She recently shows signs of distress if she needs to pee or poop, or has started to pee, and I consider that a very good sign! It used to be if I picked her up, she just jumped into my arms and held on, no problem, whether or not she was wet or even poopy. The other day she peed in her trainers (we were at a party) and she got upset, and didn't want to be held close while she was wet. But for the longest time, she didn't care at all! There's hope, though!

[at_the_hip]

We're at 19.5 mo here and having a pause as well...BUT she has in the last week started using her insert on the big toilet and pees every time. So she obviously remembers how to 'go'!

[BlackSheepPDX]

I can't say I stopped ECing, but I can say I never stopped CDing! I was pretty chicken about going diaper free, so we used CDs as "backup" the whole time until we got to the point where we were pretty confident that we'd be staying dry and switched to underwear. We also weren't trying to catch every single thing, as it made us a little crazy and obsessive, so the important part was communicating, and changing diapers as soon as possible if there was a miss. DD was in underwear full time at 18 months.

[amberskyfire]

We had he same thing and went to full-time diapering. My daughter just decided one day around 17-18 months that she was DONE with the potty. She refused to use it at all. At first I would ask her frequently or I would take her to the potty only to have her not go. Then I decided that I was just going to stop altogether since she didn't want to and see where that would lead us. She'll be two next month and she's started potty learning now. It was a huge potty pause, but one day she just decided that she was ready and started asking to use the potty on her own.

I have asked several of my friends and they all say that the same thing happened right around the same age. We suspect that perhaps it has something to do with making a big transition or working on a new age-related development.

[Moonchild77]

well, still no luck, but he seems to LOVE the potty books we have, all three of them he wants to read all the time. He also says when he is wet:tssssss and he uses the same sound when reading the books.
he fusses while diapering. but not telling me where the pee went... so I do get wet feet once in a while.... somewhere in the house, while just walking around....

Puttingn on bright bots or underwear seems to get hem to pee more and more.... while being naked, he keeps it dry longer..???\\

[sgmom]

Last week, I was you. Completely discouraged and wondering why I stuck with this for as long as I have, with absolutely NO signs of that light at the end of the tunnel. None. Our tunnel was BLACK. The last 12 months have been a COMPLETE waste of time.

We also ec'ed from 4.5 months, and my daughter is almost 17 months. We used disposables at night and when out of the house (for no other reason than they're less bulky than cloth), but we kept her either diaper free or used a cloth diaper at home. Lately, we've switched from cloth diapers to gerber undies (cotton waffle). We've had nothing but misses (she NEVER eliminated on cue, and she'd have to sit on her potty for up to half an hour before she would do anything), but I never stopped the "communication" part of EC.

"You're peeing!"
"You pee'd!"
"Peepee goes in the potty"
"Where does the peepee go?" (she's sign "potty" or point to the potty)
"POOP!"
"Can you say poop?" (poop sign)
"Where does poopy go?" (sign potty or show it to me)
"Peepee on the floor! Let's clean it up!" (offer a towel)

Etc.

Even when she was refusing the potty, we still kept up with the communication. And I know I'm going to jinx myself by saying this, but she woke up earlier this week and decided that now was a good time to be potty trained (or at least get to phase 1). So long as I keep her naked from the waist down, she'll take herself to the potty (most of the time - I still have to watch closely for body language and use timing to take her and offer a pottytunity). And more impressive than that, she sometimes wants to pee on the toilet (which is new) and will eliminate on cue (which has never, EVER happened before).

I expect regression, but this week has been almost entirely miss free. There IS a light at the end of that tunnel... somewhere. LOL! Don't lose hope.

Now can someone please un-jinx me???

[hrsmom]

-----unjinx!

[rightkindofme]

My daughter is 21 months old and we started doing EC at 4 months old. We have good EC days and days when she is just not interested. I was really hoping to be out of diapers by this point and she is just not interested. I pretty much stopped posting here for months because I feel like I have 'failed EC' but I've decided that is dumb. I have given her potty-tunities constantly for 17 months. I bloody well count. :P