Tagged With: Elimination Communication
Three to Four Months Old – Where she is at now
Previous Post Helpful Hints – I have tried a couple of different brands of nappy and suggest one with a wider design rather than a narrow shape for during the day. The extra width provides protection against leakage during Communication Elimination. 18 weeks old – The success rate was higher at three months than it … Continue reading
Out and About
Previous Post I have a couple of out and about stories. 8 weeks old Out of the Box Festival – This festival is a big children’s festival in Brisbane and I decided to tackle a day out. Little Man was keen to go and join in with a few events. We were getting towards the … Continue reading
Triggers Timing & Signals
Previous Post Triggers – During our ‘Elimination Communication’ I start by loosely holding Baby Girl’s feet whilst allowing her to move freely. She seems to bend then straighten her knees. This action is a well known massage technique many of us use to relax our children’s tummy and help to get things moving. Having a … Continue reading
Stage One – How We Started
Previous Post Six and a Half weeks old Although I sub-consciously began the first time I changed our new Baby Girl’s nappy and she instinctively did a wee (right on queue), the 31 May was when I made the conscious decision to start this toilet training business. My sister invited me to a Toilet Training … Continue reading
Good Point – 6/6
Previous Post – From the moment babies are born they are thrown into a new world and instantly have things to learn and adjust to e.g. human touch, drinking milk, wearing clothing, being in car seats and prams, having a bath – the list goes on! Babies learn this routine over a period of time … Continue reading
Previous Toilet Training Experience – 5/6
Previous Post I Really didn’t enjoy toilet training my Little Man. It was hard work and didn’t feel natural Our Little Man was two years and two months when he was fully toilet trained through the day. It was a constant brain straining exercise for us filled with stickers, reward charts, special toilet training books … Continue reading
Further Research – 4/6
Previous Post As I explored the possibility of toilet training babies I realised we teach them firstly to only eliminate in a nappy for the first couple of years of their life and then we change the rules and tell them that is not the way it’s going to be anymore. Both my babies, when … Continue reading
Toilet Training in the 1950’s – pre Disposable Nappies – 3/6
Previous Post I began my conversation with Auntie Barbara wondering how you look after four children, run a household in the 1950’s with no electricity, no running water, no indoor heating except a Rayburn stove, minimal sunshine, occasionally help on the farm, use cloth nappies and have children toilet trained well before the age of … Continue reading
Early Beginnings – 2/6
Previous Post Spoke to Auntie Barbara who had her children toilet trained by a young age This new information was quite a lot to take in so I decided to contact my Auntie Barbara who had her babies in the 1950’s and asked her about toilet training. Turns out all her babies were using the … Continue reading
Toilet Training our Baby Girl – 1/6
This blog is a collection of both my musings, successes and failures (hopefully less of those). Never is there anything going on in my world I don’t share with my Sister and it is she who has encouraged me to share these discoveries with you. I begin my conversations sharing my diary of Toilet Training my … Continue reading
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