Hello to all you ECers and non-ECers,
I just wanted to let you all know that it is possible to half-EC.
This happened to us totally accidentally!
When my dd was about 5 months and started eating more and more solids, her stool changed (got harder) and she started to look at me for assistance when she would poop. The experience of passing harder stool was different and she clearly felt it. I decided to help her because I knew that a little constipation was frequent when first introducing solids. I opened her diaper and held her knees to her stomach (it helped her pass the stool). From that point on, dd communicated her desire to poop pretty much every time. She looked at me and whinned to indicate that she needed help. I could tell that she wasn't hurting, she just prefered having assistance. Almost like she didn't want it in her diaper. From about 5 months to 9 months, when dd indicated that she wanted to poop, I would lay her down, open her diaper, gentlely hold her knees to her stomach, she would do it on a biodegrateable liner, and I would put the diaper back on. The poop then went in the toilet. As simple as that! At 9 months, I deciced to start saying "caca"? (I am french Canadian) evey time she would poop and at 10 months, she was saying it herself almost every time. At that point, I decided to try putting her on a potty when she said "caca", but the potty scared her. The following day, I decided to try a small toilet seat over the big toilet and that was the answer! From that day on (at 10 months old), dd has been saying "caca" and going on the big toilet to poop. It sounds rediculous, but dd enjoys doing her "caca" so much! We carry the small toilet seat whenever we go out of the house so it works everywhere.
........and that is how we accidentally became half-ECers!
Dd turned 1 year old last week and she now also pees on the toilet sometimes when she poops. We have been saying "pipi"??? BRAVO! . This week, she has been peeing in the toilet so much that I will soon have to write to say that she is 3/4 ECing!
Well, I just wanted to share this because I think it demonstrares how natural ECing really is if one can end up doing it unintentionally.
What do you think?
Annielx
I just wanted to let you all know that it is possible to half-EC.
This happened to us totally accidentally!
When my dd was about 5 months and started eating more and more solids, her stool changed (got harder) and she started to look at me for assistance when she would poop. The experience of passing harder stool was different and she clearly felt it. I decided to help her because I knew that a little constipation was frequent when first introducing solids. I opened her diaper and held her knees to her stomach (it helped her pass the stool). From that point on, dd communicated her desire to poop pretty much every time. She looked at me and whinned to indicate that she needed help. I could tell that she wasn't hurting, she just prefered having assistance. Almost like she didn't want it in her diaper. From about 5 months to 9 months, when dd indicated that she wanted to poop, I would lay her down, open her diaper, gentlely hold her knees to her stomach, she would do it on a biodegrateable liner, and I would put the diaper back on. The poop then went in the toilet. As simple as that! At 9 months, I deciced to start saying "caca"? (I am french Canadian) evey time she would poop and at 10 months, she was saying it herself almost every time. At that point, I decided to try putting her on a potty when she said "caca", but the potty scared her. The following day, I decided to try a small toilet seat over the big toilet and that was the answer! From that day on (at 10 months old), dd has been saying "caca" and going on the big toilet to poop. It sounds rediculous, but dd enjoys doing her "caca" so much! We carry the small toilet seat whenever we go out of the house so it works everywhere.
........and that is how we accidentally became half-ECers!
Dd turned 1 year old last week and she now also pees on the toilet sometimes when she poops. We have been saying "pipi"??? BRAVO! . This week, she has been peeing in the toilet so much that I will soon have to write to say that she is 3/4 ECing!
Well, I just wanted to share this because I think it demonstrares how natural ECing really is if one can end up doing it unintentionally.
What do you think?
Annielx
