Potty training at 13 wks/elimination communication?

[MoonFaceMama]

Sorry for cross posting but figured parents of dc's under 6 months might not be looking here where i've started a thread re this.

Anybody doing or trying this already? Or fancy it? Or just want to laugh at my efforts?

Only heard about this when dc3 was 7 months & I was going back to work - but really wish I'd heard about it before, think it's a fab idea, love the whole approach - go for it (but be ready for loads of people saying you're mad - I personally think it's mad teaching your kids to wee & poo in what they're wearing for 3 yrs). Is a bit late for us but am going to do (what ECers call) 'late' potty training this summer

I've heard of using sign language to teach your child to ask to go to the toilet and having success at 4-months, when the child signs wee/poo and you respond instantly with the carry round potty. But just letting them wee on the floor or in their clothes is a new one on me (or you as the case will inevitably turn out to be).
You are brave, mine is 1 and I am just starting to think about getting started in the summertime.
Good luck x

Wanted to try before DD was born, but now at 15 weeks, I still can't see any signs that she is peeing appart from the nappy smell if I am close. I guess I could do poos as it is only 1 per day and she is not discreet on that. It is often during lunch or diner tough (mine and DD1) and well you get my drift.
Do you carry your DC on a sling, I heard that the most effective way of doing it, because cues are often shivers,.. that you can feel better and you are more reactive as you don't want to get wet either (BTW it why it works so well in asia and africa, they also have help with the elders passing down their knowledge)

Thank you so much for your support!

Bilbo i agree! You let them ignore bodily functions for years then try and get them out of it at a point when they are determined to assert their independence!? I don't understand!
Should point out this is my first so no experience...just heard enough of other peoples!

Mamaloco i don't know signs of wee either. That's why yesterday i just laid him on top of some terrys and a shower curtain in just tops and socks. Poor lad! I an amazed how much i learnt in one day of observing (mostly spent reading weekend papers!). I just whip away the wet terry when he wee's and put a new one down.

Will get a potty and start taking him too it tomorrow.
I have had him in a sling alot but not now as he's getting bit heavy and hurts my back. I've never noticed the shiver but that's prob me! I can see how being constantly in the firing line would be an incentive!

More about all this if you follow the link in the original post. Hope to see you there!

Normal potty training isn't about 'letting them ignore' bodily functions - they literally don't have the brainstem connections and nerve functionality to tell them when they need to wee or poo. That's why potty training is generally delayed until they're physically able to be actually aware of the need and have some bladder and bowel control. It seems to me that the only person who's trained by the EC process is mum!

Thanks for that point of view octavia if you check out the link you'll see that i'm not yet sold on ec myself, and that their are differing opinions on the bladder control issue. I guess only time will tell if ec works for me and my ds.

I heard that EC is more about catching wees/poos than the baby/toddler learning to recognise the bodily signs that they need to go and acting on them, that is toilet training. It is about 18 that the toddlers body is physically and psychologically ready to control their bladdar and recognise physiological signs. Mabey those children who have been ECeed are more in tune to their bodies and are ready earlier than those who have not been.

sorry meant 18 months not years gosh hope not, I am trying to toilet train my 3.2 year old dd and it feels like it will be about 18 when she finally grasps it.

I would love to see this thread in the 'am I being unreasonable' section. LOL

me too, thought that very thing. Not for me tbh but can understand it being used in developing countries whereby disposables are a lot of money and its difficult to wash reusuable nappies. I am just too lazy tbh and would hate to keep watching my newborn for any signs of weeing or pooing all day. What if you are out and about and they need to go, or are using public transport

It would be hilarious on AIBU. I just can't understand it at all. It would be the last thing on my mind with a 13 week old baby.