Well, a lot of time has passed since we first started elimination communication (part-time), so I thought that I would update how it has been going. We've been mainly giving "potty-tunities" after waking up, which is about 3x a day.
Because our bathroom is not baby friendly, I keep the door shut all day. This limited his view and accessibility to the potty. So, I decided to put a picture of the potty, with the word written below on the door. Then, every time I took him to the bathroom, I taped the picture, then signed, and also said "potty". This worked surprisingly well, except that he also began using it to just get into the bathroom, not go potty. So, I had to make sure that we stayed on task. Each time, I allowed him to wash his hands, which he loves doing.
That was going pretty well. And then sometime when he was 15 months old, he started saying and signing "potty". This was really cool. Sometimes he actually peed. He also started saying "bye pee-pee" when I flushed the toilet.
This past Christmas, we traveled for 10 days. I was worried about losing our routine, so I bought a Potette Plus. I love how small it is. He was able to use it several times on the trip, but started to fight me on it. Since we've come home, he's been on a pretty major potty pause. It's likely due to all of the verbal progression he's been making lately. Luckily I don't have an agenda or need to force anything on him. So, I'm back to just trying first thing in the morning.
I hope that now we are back home and getting into a routine, he will rediscover the joy of diaper free elimination.
Because our bathroom is not baby friendly, I keep the door shut all day. This limited his view and accessibility to the potty. So, I decided to put a picture of the potty, with the word written below on the door. Then, every time I took him to the bathroom, I taped the picture, then signed, and also said "potty". This worked surprisingly well, except that he also began using it to just get into the bathroom, not go potty. So, I had to make sure that we stayed on task. Each time, I allowed him to wash his hands, which he loves doing.
That was going pretty well. And then sometime when he was 15 months old, he started saying and signing "potty". This was really cool. Sometimes he actually peed. He also started saying "bye pee-pee" when I flushed the toilet.
This past Christmas, we traveled for 10 days. I was worried about losing our routine, so I bought a Potette Plus. I love how small it is. He was able to use it several times on the trip, but started to fight me on it. Since we've come home, he's been on a pretty major potty pause. It's likely due to all of the verbal progression he's been making lately. Luckily I don't have an agenda or need to force anything on him. So, I'm back to just trying first thing in the morning.
I hope that now we are back home and getting into a routine, he will rediscover the joy of diaper free elimination.
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