SO a long time ago a read a bit about "elimination communication" - how to get a diaper free baby by reading their signs of when they needed to eliminate. I thought it seemed too hard, and unrealistic so i never tried it with sid, but then i read some more the other day and found out that past 6 months it might be too late to start and you will have to wait till they are older to potty train, so I thought i would just do what the article said and see what happened. I felt like i already new Sid's cues for pooping, but let him just do it in his diaper. peeing i was not so sure about.
Anyway.. we had success. yesterday Sid went 10 hours without a diaper and without any accidents.he took two naps too. pooped twice and peed 6 times in his little pot!!.
when i knew he was going to poop and pee when he woke up in the morning as i held him over his potty (a bowl) and as he peed and pooped i made this noise.. pssssssssssssssssss.. psssssssssss.. then the next time when i felt like he should pee/poo i just put him over his little pot and made the noise and within seconds he peed or pooped. EVERY TIME...AMAZING> i am so in awe and STOKED!!!!!
i am not sure what you do at night yet.. and i think if you are busy out and about it would be hard. it fell to pieces at night when i started cooking dinner... anyway. here is some evidence.
sid is diaper free again today, though with one little pee accident when i turned the tap on!!
6 comments:
wow. that is amazing. do you have to keep their diaper off? or can you leave it on just in case? did you put him down for a nap without a diaper?
it sounds a lot easier than trying to potty train stella. she has no interest. she fights me.
i don't have time to focus on fred's signs. too many distractions. goodluck.
i half kept the diaper off, half put a cloth one on without a cover so you can feel when they are wet..i let him nap without a diaper but lay him on waterproof mat i accidentely brought home from the hospital. you have to keep them with you constantly, i don't know how you would do it with other kids around !! we will see how long it lasts for me! was a fun experiment and i am saving $$$!!
I was a doubter.....until tonight. Rowe woke sid up from a diaper free 3 hour nap. She lifted him onto the bowl, make a psssssss sound and he peed in the bowl! Right on cue!!!! It was pretty cool. Smart kid...and mom
That is stellar! Forget cloth diapers, I'd rather wash a bowl any day! I love the poo bowl....though do you think you will ever be able to use that bowl again for food...psychologically? :)
nope.. rob has already banned the poo bowl from food - oh well!! haa.. hha. I could not eat from it anyway because he vomitted in it all last weekend.
when i was on my mission i had to pee really bad but my comp was in the shower. so i peed in a pot. i didn't tell her. just washed the pot and put it back.
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