Naked Time = Miss

[revolting]

My son seems to have far fewer misses when he's diapered then when naked. My daughter did, too,when she was a baby. It's like they don't care about peeing all over the floor, but they do mind being in a wet diaper. Has this been anyone else's experience? Is there any way to teach him not to pee all over the floor? I love the naked crawling butt, just not all the misses it brings.

[hrsmom]

My daughter was the same. In fact, I kept a night time diaper on her for the longest time, because she wouldn't pee in a diaper (once she was dry at night) but would otherwise. (We still do night night diapers if we're on the road, just in case but not at home for the moment.) I don't know how to have it be different, but yeah, that was our experience, too!

[emmaegbert]

my son, with whom I did "early" child-initiated toilet learning (at 15m) was always FINE if naked and peed in anything at all for the longest time.

my daughter, with whom I did p/t EC from 2m, is much better when she has underwear or a diaper. Maybe EC kids just learn that association of air down there with going potty?

[globe-trotter]

My son can stay dry day and night in a diaper but naked and non-tight trainers and he goes! Its weird and I haven't found anything to help yet.

[pixiepunk]

that was my experience with my 3rd child who was FT EC'd from birth. i think when a child dislikes being in a wet diaper because they never are in one, the diaper is actually a wonderful EC tool for this reason - she was always a much better signaler when she was diapered. when she was naked if she signaled at all it was much more subtle and we were much more likely to have a miss. that changed, of course, as she got older, and i never put her in dipes after about 15 months of age. we gradually incorporated more and more diaper free time, plus once she got verbal and it was no longer a squirm, etc but literally telling me she had to pee, she told me no matter what.

it was very different with my older two, whom i late-start, part-time EC'd. they were never bothered to go in their diaper (though they often told me after they went) but nakey time raised their awareness and helped us catch more. but they had associated being in a diaper with peeing, so it didn't surprise me that we had more success without the diapers.

i think it's pretty common with full-time EC'd babies. certainly nothing to worry about, and it does get better over time!