ECers... come talk to me.

[FlameNFurter]

DS is 22 months and reacting to cloth nappies. I hate disposables - they smell and cost too much.

I am generally one for waiting until they ask to potty train though.

He is wandering round naked now and I am assuming I will be mopping up floors and carpets. Is there an easier way to do this?

I want to keep him nappy free as much as possible when we are at home, but I don't know what to do - I haven't done it this way before.

Advice greatly accepted!

Maveta, Well done on getting the poo bit sorted, I agree he seems to have the connection between poo and the toilet seat.

If you want to catch wees, you need to make a similar connection between wee and toilet.

I would sit down and tell him that is what you want him to do from now on and do the talking bit like I outlined for Flame a few posts back. Though I am unsure how much an 8 month baby will take in, they do pick up on the attention and the tone of our voices. I did talk to my 10 week old about potties before we started

Here is a few hints on startering to EC

WIth your LO, I would suggest popping him on the toilet in the morning when he first wakes up and straight after his nap(s)and five minutes after a milk feed (bottle or breast)

Read him a book and see what happens.

If you struggle to catch wees, maybe introduce cue sounds (in the hint link above) or put him on a potty at your feet in the bathroom, when you do a wee. The sound of you weeing will trigger him to wee if he needs to.

HTH

great suggestions BE.. will give that a shot.

Let us know what happens

Disgraceful Maveta... coming on a thread about EC to talk about EC??? Whatever will happen next?

I know, well I'm just waiting for someone who sees this in active convos to come in and start ranting about competitive parenting etc etc. On the whole I think there is a huge misconception as to the motivation behind wanting to EC. Most people seem really appalled that we're trying to 'train' him so early, like we're being cruel

the thread started out with me being told he's not ready to be trained, when I wasn't planning on "training" him

My mum is a convert to ECing.

She thought it was cruel and forcing my DD to grow up. I explained that forcing my child to sit in a wet/soiled nappy against her wishes is not a essential part of being a baby.

My mum said that she changed me as a baby the moment I did a wee. I said that is a small step, to cleaning the child straight after a wee or popping the child on a potty a scant minute early and save the mess !!!

I think what changed my mums mind, is the fact that it is child lead. If DD didn't want to potty, arch her back or whatever, I took her off straight away.i.e. No pressure.

Misses are not a problem or reason for punishment, just something to quickly clean up and forget about.

Now DD is 16 months old, she activally signs to be taken to the toilet and ECing is totally child lead at this stage.