Ohh I've just started trying EC today with my 11 week old DD and am feeling frustrated. I think she just finds the potty so uncomfortable (or maybe I'm giving off stressed vibes). her wee cues are SO subtle and i swear she stops herself when i suddenly grab her and hold her over the potty. call me weak but i'm tempted to give up already, after having poop on my dining chairs and multiple wee soaked blankets. Is it normal for a first day to be like this? Everyone's stories make it sound so easy.
Maybe give catching a miss for a while and concentrate on teaching the cue sound first, so if you notice your DD weeing or pooing then make the psss noise so she learns. I totally understand the stopping thing though, DS did the same.
Oh and it's normal to have wee and poo on the floor or couch or your lap even months down the track LOL. Some day you count catches some days you count misses - be gentle on yourself, it's not "weak" to go back to nappies part time to take a break if it gets hard.
Also, DS never EVER cued, until he was about 14 months and even now it's patchy. We used timing - maybe try that for a while? So I offerred when I felt he needed to go (like after a nap, or 15 mins after a feed etc).
It's been a while since you posted, how are you travelling?
Misty - I've been EC'ing DD since she was about 2 weeks old and it's only recently I've gone nappy free overnight...and during the day she has a nappy on, mostly! Cut yourself a break use the nappies and aim to save at least one nappy change for having read a sign right. When you've been doing that a while and notice you're using less fresh nappies through the day and night, give the night nappy a miss and work on nappy free nights for a while. That's what I am doing and everyone will do it differently. It's now become normal to have DD with no night nappy, even though, after a particularly long day or when I'm feeling sick we'll have a regression (the regression is mine, I realise in hindsight she was plain in her signals!).
So, here we use a combination of timing and cues.
Like Tish says, be gentle on yourself and realise that we didn't grow up seeing this done and we're learning a very new thing, all of us!
We went away for the long weekend and stayed in a motel with a group of other people we were with and the first evening they were commenting on our use of the chamber pot and by day 2 it was normalised. That's considering we had families in our party who are currently using nappies. I think now they expect to see me doing something unconventional It seemed to make sense to them, though!
A 7 hour drive on the way up we used 2 nappies and the same for the way back. During the day, whilst walking around the competition grounds, I averaged about 2 nappies, too! Finding a toilet block wasn't hard at all and she had to get used to doing poo in there - she baulked initially then realised it was that or her nappy...she chose the former
Tish - I think that's a good idea, she needs to learn the association first. I think I'm just gonna dedicate certain times of the day to practise, rather than being glued to her, staring for invisible cues :P
I'm good, was away for a while due to feeling sorry for myself, and busy moving house. Now I am happy for myself and in a great new home. So all is looking up!
Mayaness - Yes, I'm definitely going to keep using the nappy, and will hopefully become very fast at getting it off and getting her on potty in time.
Thanks for your advice guys, I feel encouraged and much more motivated now! I'm sure DD and I will get the hang of it, slowly but surely.
Hooray for beautiful bare bums.
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use the nappies and aim to save at least one nappy change for having read a sign right. When you've been doing that a while and notice you're using less fresh nappies through the day and night, give the night nappy a miss and work on nappy free nights for a while. That's what I am doing and everyone will do it differently. It's now become normal to have DD with no night nappy, even though, after a particularly long day or when I'm feeling sick we'll have a regression (the regression is mine, I realise in hindsight she was plain in her signals!).
It seemed to make sense to them, though!
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