Babies: 9 - 12 Months

Elimination Communication

Anyone tried it? Think its helpful?

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Re: Elimination Communication

  • We do it part time and it's awesome.  DD loves it.  A couple of my friends have been shocked to see her giggling when she goes!  It's not very popular here and I have gotten grief before so just a heads up.  I did recently get her the Bjorn Smart potty and it's the perfect size right now.  I got the diaper free baby book but really want to get the EC simplified ebook...
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  • GromMomGromMom member
    We've been doing it since 9 weeks, we are not diaper free, we just taker him to the potty. If you had asked me a year ago if I'd be doing it its tell you that you were crazy, buy a friend convinced us to try and he has been popping in the toilet since 9 weeks. It has gotten to the point where if he has a poopy diaper I'm shocked and have to remember how to deal with it. Pee I'm not so good at catching every time, but he is now just learning signs so I have high hopes. Its worth trying, I didn't even think I'd do it but dh wanted to try and he got lucky and ds peed the first time, so we were encouraged and kept at it. Its been especially nice since we have traveled quite a bit and I've told him that he won't have the opportunity to go for many hours and often he will go right then or try, but at least I'm not dealing with poopy diapers in the airplane like the first time we flew! Its also constantly amazing how awesome it its that your baby can use the potty!
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  • i would totally be interested in learning more about this!  LOL  I'm a teacher so I'll be home with a one year old this summer and I can't say that I'm not going to be trying to move things along...   

    i'm gonna do me some googling! 

  • fryratfryrat member

    I have not done a lot of it, but just the baby steps. DD is in daycare all day, so they don't have time to communicate with her like that, but I make sure that when I see that she is about to poop, I talk to her about it, if I can't get her to a potty. Also, if I'm holding her and feel her diaper get warm (IE: she pees), I make a comment like A's going potty, she's all wet, etc. just to get that association with the words, potty, poo poo, pee pee, and toots, if necessary, lol..

     I am trying to get her to the potty when I know she's about to poop, but so often it's when she's eating! I can't get the bib off, food down, out of high chair, etc without her going crazy, so i just do what i can.

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    I have not done a lot of it, but just the baby steps. DD is in daycare all day, so they don't have time to communicate with her like that, but I make sure that when I see that she is about to poop, I talk to her about it, if I can't get her to a potty. Also, if I'm holding her and feel her diaper get warm (IE: she pees), I make a comment like A's going potty, she's all wet, etc. just to get that association with the words, potty, poo poo, pee pee, and toots, if necessary, lol..

     I am trying to get her to the potty when I know she's about to poop, but so often it's when she's eating! I can't get the bib off, food down, out of high chair, etc without her going crazy, so i just do what i can.

    Way back in the day they made a high chair with a built in potty!! I even saw one in person at a antique store not so long ago! So funny!

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  • GromMomGromMom member
    That's too funny that they made a combo chair. Lo often tries to poop while eating so I tell him that I'm going to take him to the potty and to wait if he can he almost always makes it to the potty unless he has an upset tummy.
  • GromMomGromMom member
    For those who want to learn more, here is the website that I used https://www.diaperfreebaby.org/
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    Whoops double posted on accident
  • imageGromMom:
    We've been doing it since 9 weeks, we are not diaper free, we just taker him to the potty. If you had asked me a year ago if I'd be doing it its tell you that you were crazy, buy a friend convinced us to try and he has been popping in the toilet since 9 weeks. It has gotten to the point where if he has a poopy diaper I'm shocked and have to remember how to deal with it. Pee I'm not so good at catching every time, but he is now just learning signs so I have high hopes. Its worth trying, I didn't even think I'd do it but dh wanted to try and he got lucky and ds peed the first time, so we were encouraged and kept at it. Its been especially nice since we have traveled quite a bit and I've told him that he won't have the opportunity to go for many hours and often he will go right then or try, but at least I'm not dealing with poopy diapers in the airplane like the first time we flew! Its also constantly amazing how awesome it its that your baby can use the potty!

    this is pretty much us too..started taking dd at 5 weeks and noticed that by 6 weeks she would go on cue if she had to go.  Some days she even wakes up dry in the morning!  We are having a little regression right now bc of her crawling, but I highly recommend. 

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