Toddler girl undies size 1

[Gigi]

there are tiny knickers made for babies whose parents use the Elimination Communication method (instead of nappies, in effect, it's toilet training from the beginning, or early on).

i toilet trained my child when she was two, and as she was a very small two, the size 2-3 knickers in the usual shops, didn't fit her either. so i also went searching for smaller than usual, knickers.

i think the site i found most options on was tribalbaby (it's an australian EC site, with links for products, such as tiny knickers).

if you sew, Noonee Wilga's site has a pattern for sale, for making tiny knickers. Or she will make you custom tiny knickers - you just send the measurements of your child.

Training pants? They are underwear, with sew in absorbency - enough to absorb one wee.

The first time i heard about tiny knickers, was when i was pregnant, when to a meetup of mums, and met a seven month old bub, who was wearing knickers, and keeping dry (we were at that playground for three hours, each time she wanted to go, she signalled to her mum). Her mother was using the Elimination Communication method. Had never heard of it before.

Elimination Communication was not something i ended up doing, but i read that tribal baby site, and it gave me lots of tips, to toilet train my child (at two and a half).

[Frangipani]

Maybe have a look on ebay???

[CrazyLady]

Do Bonds still do those over nappy shorts? They come in a 1 and smaller.

[Jennie13]

I finally got some over the weekend, from Pumkin Patch tho I got a size 2-3 there and they were teeny tiny!!! (sizing sucks) was totally put out that I had to pay $20 for 5 little pairs of knickers! But ohh well, we have some now! She loves wearing them but its a fairly long walk from the living area to the toilet, and sometimes shes not making it in time. So I was thinking of getting a potty, but would that just confuse her? I need all the help I can get!!

Gigi - Ive never heard of the Eliminaton Communication, good on the parents who do it! It must be hard!

[Gigi]

some parents do the Three Day training method
plan on lots of accidents, roll up all the rugs, keep the child on picnic rugs etc to play, but then the child is trained after three days.

some parents use training pants, (they are designed to hold one wee), so for your DD, doing the long walk to the toilet, that would help your floors.

the parents i know that use EC, say it's easier than nappies, as they have far less laundry to do. i had a labour with complications, that resulted in a very long recovery time for my stomach muscles, so the lifting of my child, over a bowl when tiny - was out of the question. But i still found the EC tips very useful, when i did tt my child (at 2.5 years old). the beauty of the internet, you get to read what lots of people do, then pick and choose, which bits suit YOUR family. Try them out, if they work, keep going, if they don't, pick something else to try.

[MrsB26]

I swear i saw some size 1 knickers at Cotton On Kids the other day (thought of this thread too!). They were at the counter from memory