We started elimination communication late (6 m/o) which most of you know cuz I keep yakking about it 
Well, cuz of that, I sometimes wonder if it's "taking" or if we didn't start early enuf. And if he ends up back in diapers, I'm ok with that cuz early toilet training is not the reason I'm doing this (would be nice! but it's not my goal). I can read some of his signals, which is way cool, but we're mostly flying on timing here.
Anyway, here's what happened this morning
Owen was sitting on the toilet with padded insert, pooping away as he often does first thing in the AM. He's happily playing with his toes and having a good time. Eventually he stops pooping so I start to pick him up.
He yells bloody murder at me! I tell him I'm sorry, I thought he was done, and I put him back on the seat. He stops yelling and is happy and then starts pooping again!!!
Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I think he's getting it! He had some more pooping to do and he didn't want me taking him off the potty til he was done! It's working
Well, cuz of that, I sometimes wonder if it's "taking" or if we didn't start early enuf. And if he ends up back in diapers, I'm ok with that cuz early toilet training is not the reason I'm doing this (would be nice! but it's not my goal). I can read some of his signals, which is way cool, but we're mostly flying on timing here.Anyway, here's what happened this morning
Owen was sitting on the toilet with padded insert, pooping away as he often does first thing in the AM. He's happily playing with his toes and having a good time. Eventually he stops pooping so I start to pick him up.
He yells bloody murder at me! I tell him I'm sorry, I thought he was done, and I put him back on the seat. He stops yelling and is happy and then starts pooping again!!!
Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I think he's getting it! He had some more pooping to do and he didn't want me taking him off the potty til he was done! It's working
We're starting late, too (though we have done timing on and off since dd was born) but dd seems to be "getting" it, too. It's amazing, isn't it? 2 days ago we were out at the coffeehouse, not worrying about e.c., it had been about an hour, so I went to the bathroom to change her - dry diaper - held her over the toilet and she POOPED! It was truly a first. She only poops about once every three days and they are very hard to catch. Then today, we were talking online to my bro in Germany with the video camera on - Mieke started smelling a bit, but I thought it was just a wet dipe smelling funky. After the conversation was over I went upstairs to change her diaper. There was a about a "quarter" size poo on the dipe, so we went to the toilet and she immediatly went! We're at my parents, and my mom thinks it's great and keeps telling all her friends
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