Elimination communication

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My DS is 4 months and I am considering to susberibe to this weird culture of elimination communication as I feel I can see cues for when he wants to poo and pee..

Has anyone here tried this ? Do u think at 4 months it would be manageable for me to start? At what age did your DC get completely out of nappies if u tried that ?

Do u have tips ? I’m imagining that I have to take him to the sink every 15 mins which sounds tedious lol

I briefly tried with dd at the same age but it didn’t work. I might be wrong but it has to start fair early to work?

Username history, thanks for the reply. Yes I feel the earlier the better but I’m hoping that it’s never too late :D

We do this (just pop on potty after a feed when we are changing nappy). Started at about 5 months and now have almost all poos in potty. Much easier to clean up and an association does seem to be building. Would be a lot of work for wees too though. Good luck.

I started from birth with DS (caught a meconium poo, felt like I deserved a badge or something haha), and it worked a treat until he started eating solids and crawling. He was far too busy for sitting still after that. He's now 17 months and wants to sit on the toilet all of a sudden, and has been pooing and weeing as well. I think he's copying his sister, which is fine by me. I'm not forcing him, but recently he's been making a beeline for the toilet at certain times of day and he seems to enjoy having me all to himself when he's sitting there (I balance him on the toilet as he's not interested in the potty).

There's no harm in giving it a go, and one less nappy change a day is nothing to be sniffed at! One piece of advice I would give is to keep it as child-led as possible and don't try to force it even if you "know" they need a poo or whatever. Poo witholding is a terrible habit to form.