i'm new and want to give this a shot!

[MamitaM]

my sonny boy is now almost 6 weeks. i thought ec'ing was just for weird people or something until i had a dream that told me i needed to ec,so now i want to learn more about it and give it a try. i know that you need to cue your baby by doing something like ssssss...... when you want them to pee. i also know a couple of positions to hold the baby in,but that's it.

so how often should i try to hold him over the toilette? do babies show signs of needing to pee or poop? i don't think i noticed this yet.

i'm worried that if i do ec he will fuss at night or when we are out and i can't take him to the potty. i also don't want him to be diaper less and pee on me and the bed and stuff.

any advice for a beginner?

thanks.

[Perdita_in_Ontario]

The great thing I've learned about EC is that you make the rules. How often, where, what to wear - it's all up to you.

We part-time EC with cloth diapers. For us, this means that I take DS to the toilet when I think he may need to go, or when it's been a while, or when I remember! He is very rarely without a diaper. The rest of the time he eliminates in a diaper. It's not all-or-none. This doesn't seem to be confusing to him at all - I suspect unless we move more to a diaper-free model, he won't train particularly early, but at least I won't be convincing a 2-year-old that it's okay to eliminate somewhere else than a diaper!

Check out some of the resources in this section - there are great ideas for getting started. And then adapt it to what feels right to you. You may decide that you will go part-time, or you may find that you like going completely diaper-free.

[MamitaM]

we tried it his morning!!! he went pee pee in the potty! just a tiny little sprinkle though! he was smiling so much after,like he was proud! i should have let him sit a little more cuz right after that he made a big pee pee in the diaper.

[Perdita_in_Ontario]

Yay!

My DS pees quite frequently in the morning - I never caught them until he was older.

Well done! You're now doing EC

[MamitaM]

Thank you! I think he actually likes it too. He smiles when I hold him over the toilette.

[emmaegbert]

Originally Posted by Perdita_in_Ontario

We part-time EC with cloth diapers. For us, this means that I take DS to the toilet when I think he may need to go, or when it's been a while, or when I remember! He is very rarely without a diaper. The rest of the time he eliminates in a diaper. It's not all-or-none. This doesn't seem to be confusing to him at all

This is exactly what we did and DD was ready for training pants by 15 or 16m. She has occasional misses (18m tomorrow)- whatever, no biggie. I put her in a diaper if we're going somewhere that it will bother me (or others) if she pees. I put her in a diaper at night even though she is only wet... say 2x per month? Because its more relaxing FOR ME, and she doesn't mind it.