Beginner's Luck?

[jennyvirginia]

Hi, I am new here! My little oneis eight and a half months and I just started ECing last Wednesday. Since Friday (when her little potty arrived in the mail) she has done the vast majority of her peeing and pooping on the potty.  She almost always pees w/in one minute of being on the potty and we have had very few wet or poopy diapers during the day (we don't EC at night or when we are out yet). Is this just beginners luck? Have any other EC'ers experienced this only to have LO lose interest later on? On is going on the potty just this natural?

[turtlemamameg]

Sounds like it is possible that her instinct not to soil herself may still be intact, which is great.  Also, the little potty may be putting her in a comfortable position to go.  keep up offering the potty, and also work on cueing her with a psssss sound when shge pees, so that later on she associates this with going and you can cue her to go holding her over any toilet so that you can EC when out an d about , even if at least part time...such as offering her a chance to go at diaper changes.  Not all babies at this age take to the potty in this way, but it sounds as if your lo is right on it!  Congrats on beginnning this new way of communicating with your daughter!

[jennyvirginia]

Thanks for the response! We've being doing potty breaks at diaper changes and when she wakes up (in the morning and naps) and that seems to catch a lot. Also, we have been doing a lot of naked time ever since she was born (30-60 minutes a day at least) so that might be why she still has some awareness. (She loves to be naked!) It was just natural for me to point it out to her when she peed on the blanket. We had a couple misses today (during naked time), but I was able to point them out to her so that was good. We don't EC out and about yet, or at night, and eventually I want to try, but I guess I will know when she is ready to go full-time EC ;)

[emmaegbert]

sounds great! I know with each of my kids, when I introduced the potty, they pretty much stopped pooping in their diapers right away, and did plenty of pee in the potty, but also plenty of pee misses. Those seem to come and go in waves. They were very different ages- 15m and 2.5m when we first offered. But I think if you've always had naked time and immediately cleaned up soiled diapers, many babies are not comfortable in a dirty diaper and, yes, I think maybe the potty is a more comfortable position too?

[joolz425]

I felt the same way. This is only our 2nd day, but she's gone #1 twice, and #2 once since we got the potty last night. I taught her the potty sign last night and this morning she signed potty so i took her to potty and she went #1. I work full time so she is at DC and they won't have her use potty until she is 2. Maybe I can convince them otherwise :)

[AndreaOlson]

jennyvirginia - sounds like your baby IS ready for full-time now, if you are. :) I really enjoyed reading your stories...yes, it's possible your baby's sensitivities are still intact and that she's been *waiting* for you to catch on. ;) Heehee. Nighttime and out and about can be tricky, but if you get some good information on how to start these 2 processes, your baby sounds like the type who will be thrilled. Also, in the future, she may or may not have a Potty Pause. If she does, don't freak. It's just part of the process for *some* babies. She will eventually be able to experiment with where and when she goes...that's all. Keep it up!!

joolz425 - woohoo! Sounds like you're having success too. You can certainly continue ECing whenever you are with your baby (just as you feed her and help her nap when you've got her under your care, yeah?)...as for the daycare, some folks have success by peeing right before and after dropping off at daycare, and then ask your daycare to 1. change your baby every hour on the hour (or other time increment so she stays dry). if they don't 'get' EC, tell them it's to avoid diaper rash. :) and 2. ask them to potty your baby when the toddlers get their potty break. show them how.

<3 andrea