OMG, she just woke up from her nap and I asked her "do you want to sit on the potty?" she pointed to it so I took off her diaper, sat her down on it and she peed almost immediately!
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Go check out the EC forum and www.diaperfreebaby.org. Even little-bitty babies can start "holding" it for awhile. It sounds to me that your daughter has decided that you're doing EC whether you were planning to or not
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Basically, with EC, "elimination communication", a child who is too young to take care of their own potty needs lets a parent (or other adult) know when they have to go so they can get help using the potty. In younger babies this is done through signaling by various means, grunting, squirming, fussing, older babies who have been taught potty-signs may sign their needs, and incredibly brillant babies like Ani, well, they use the signs they have available to clue mommy in!
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That is utterly fantastic for you! If she's fairly consistent you could even try getting her regular underpants that she can pull down herself and see how she does. You also could try teaching her the sign for "toilet."
Basically, with EC, "elimination communication", a child who is too young to take care of their own potty needs lets a parent (or other adult) know when they have to go so they can get help using the potty. In younger babies this is done through signaling by various means, grunting, squirming, fussing, older babies who have been taught potty-signs may sign their needs, and incredibly brillant babies like Ani, well, they use the signs they have available to clue mommy in!
That is utterly fantastic for you! If she's fairly consistent you could even try getting her regular underpants that she can pull down herself and see how she does. You also could try teaching her the sign for "toilet."
We have been working on the "toilet" sign, so hopefully she will pick that up in the next day or two. She loooooves to sit on the potty which helps!
I'm a little afraid of putting too much pressure on her to use the potty and scare her away from it. I try not to get too excited and jump up and down when she does it, but man it is HARD not to!
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I'm a little afraid of putting too much pressure on her to use the potty and scare her away from it. I try not to get too excited and jump up and down when she does it, but man it is HARD not to!
Yeah Ani!
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That's a great story, I'm going to pass it along. So cool how she made the connection between the sign and the act of eliminating, instead of just the diaper change. I know, it's hard not to get excited and heap on the praise, I think it's better though just to give them a big smile and go about your day together.
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Yeah, it is pretty cool. I hope that she keeps it up. It's nice that summer is coming up so she can be naked more often and be outside more.
I first heard about ec when I was about 81/2 months pg with Ani and thought it sounded cool, but just didn't think I could handle it without more research that I didnt' have time for.
So do you think I should get some pull-ups or something? Is there anything cloth I could use? I'm totally new at this, can you tell? LOL
Originally Posted by doitmyselfmama Yeah Ani!
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I first heard about ec when I was about 81/2 months pg with Ani and thought it sounded cool, but just didn't think I could handle it without more research that I didnt' have time for.
So do you think I should get some pull-ups or something? Is there anything cloth I could use? I'm totally new at this, can you tell? LOL
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