Anyone else practice elimination communication?(LONG)

[thepixie]

I have to say I thought this was a crazy idea but then about 6 weeks ago I started sitting DD on the potty before her shower and bath. Before long she was pretty reliably doing a pee morning and night when placed on the potty. I'm flushed with success (excuse the pun) and keen to consolidate but not sure where to go from here. Any suggestions welcome!

[Sammiejane]

Pixie,
What we did was just increase the times that we offered the potty.
I found the bes times were directly after a nap or a sleep as often they would have a wee then.
Also if you can have nappy free time, take not how long it is from meal time to wee and try and offer the potty then
Pretty soon you will see the cues.
Unfortunatly i think i have misses my window here and will take some time to get back all the work that we have done.
Google Charndra, this will give you loads and loads of info and tips
Good luck

[Cam & Coco]

I first heard about elimination communication (EC) in a magazine a couple of months ago. We are expecting our first bub late October & I started researching using cloth nappies. My partner was not very keen on the idea of cloth nappies but I still hoped to be able to persuade him. Then I saw an article about EC, I could not believe I had not heard about it before or at least wondered myself about the fact that in the majority of countries worldwide & traditionally through out the centuries there must have been other ways.

Anyway I want to find out as much as I can & see how we go when bub arrives, I imagine if we manage to practice EC it will be on a part-time basis but am really excited about giving it a go, it sounds like it would really enhance the communication & intuneness (making up words ) between us & bub. I have been getting updates & information from the Part Time Nappy Free website as a free member but am wondering if anyone has joined & received access to the online learning recourses? If so, would they recommend it? As we still have a while to go before bub arrives & this is our first baby, I am really not sure how it will go & I imagine to start off there will be so much going that I will not be able to be using an online guide. Just wanting to hear others experiences.
Thanks,

[*Ash*]

yes, cam & coco, EC definately does enhance the intuitiveness and communication with your baby. Our EC journey has been wonderful, eye-opening, bonding and frustrating (at times).I am much more relaxed ECing the second time around. As I said in an earlier post, I have no trouble noticing my DS signals, and I couldn't ignore them if I wanted to!.

I guess I call myself a part-timer, as my DS (4months) wears nappies. This is mostly to do with the weather. Come Spring, he will be nappy free most of the time. However, I find that I have no trouble getting his clothes and nappy off in plenty of time. One of the most obvious signals is when I am BF him, and he starts popping on and off the breast and groaning and wriggling. When my DD did this, I thought it was a BF problem (I didn't practice EC with her). It was so liberating to discover with my eldest DS that it was not a BF issue, but a clear signal that he needed to eliminate.

With DS2, I realised at 10 days old that his signalling was really clear. As soon as I opened myself to it, it was unmistakeable.

I definately recommend that you give it a go. Once your bub knows that your are responding to their signals, they will keep signalling.

I found the tribal baby site useful but haven't subscribed to the 'paid' content ( I am sure I would have if it had been available at the time I had DS1). Also, check out the oznappyfree yahoo group.