Anyone do Elimination Communication?

Jennifer - posted on 04/04/2010

rachel, http://www.parttimediaperfree.com/

if you join the elimination communication yahoo group there are resources for part time ec there

Rachel - posted on 04/04/2010

I have never heard of EC. Very interesting stuff. Does anyone here do this who is not a full-time mom? I work nearly full-time, but am very interested in this concept.

Bethany - posted on 03/18/2010

Thank you both! All your advice was really helpful. And I'm encouraged to know that this might actually work! =)

Chelly - posted on 03/18/2010

I find the best way to start is upon waking up. We generally all need to pee after a nights rest and so do our babies!

Cloth diapers help to learn cues.

My fav resource is http://www.tribalbaby.org

Background... My dd has been ECing since 6 weeks old and at 13 months now she has one miss every other day or so (usually my fault) and signs potty when she needs to go.

Jennifer - posted on 03/17/2010

Bethany,
Just wanted to share another E.C. tip that someone shared with me

When your baby wakes up crying he/she is usually hungry, if he/she is squirming in her sleep or just wakes up and is staring, she needs to pee. This has been true for my son 90% of the time.

jen

Jennifer - posted on 03/12/2010

I E.C. full time.



It is possible to do it part time (http://www.viviente.com/2005/10/how_to_d...) for sure!



Here's a link to a FAQS page which answers most of your questions. I read "Diaper Free Baby", i can't remember the authors name. It was a good read.



http://web.archive.org/web/2003041111383...



I started just by paying attention to what he would do right before eliminating. When he was younger he would get fussy (Call out loudly, urgently, fidgety, or hyper) right before. So I started to hold him over the sink every time he was suddenly fussy and continue to do so today. If you do it consistently the baby will learn to wait until she is in position and or you cue her to eliminate. The process I do is, he fusses, I take off his diaper, we go to the bathroom with me saying "you need to potty?", i hold him under his knees with his back leaning against my stomach and his butt on the edge of the sink, i cue him by blowing raspberries (i chose to do raspberries b/c he'll learn to blow raspberries before he could make a "psss" sound or sign 'toilet'). he either goes right away or within a couple minutes.



It has taken me awhile to waiting for him to tell me he is done rather than assuming so and then having a miss soon after. I wanted to mention that b/c it will help you have more catches and more importantly zone in on her signals of being done, thus respecting her needs. =)



About making it work in our society, I just rearranged my thinking to "diapers are for backup not a toilet." I also let go of worrying about what others (be they family, friends, or strangers) are thinking about what we're doing.



One last thing:

GOLDEN POTTY RULES

1) Potty when sudden fussiness strikes

2) Always potty before leaving anywhere

3) Always potty upon arrival anywhere

4) Potty on waking up from sleep

5) Potty after an accident

6) Potty upon getting out of the bath

7) Peenie-weenie = time to potty (boys) * i didn't know what this meant at first; it means his penis gets erect/plump looking when he needs to pee. This is usually a very reliable sign he needs to pee*

8) Always act on sudden random potty thoughts



I could go on but i won't. feel free to message me on C.O.M. or friend request me on facebook and we can talk about E.C.