Wordless Wednesday: Elimination Communication
Written by NPN_Admin on December 29th, 2010
Ecological Responsibility, Elimination Communication, Wordless Wednesday
This week we asked: What does elimination communication look like?
(If you want to know more about elimination communication / infant pottying, you can find links about EC on this resource page.)
Here 9-month-old Annabelle, who has been practicing EC since birth, reads a story while sitting on her Little Potty. Annabelle’s mama blogs about their EC journey, among other things, at The New Mommy Files.
From Erynne: “Jacob at 7 weeks, on our original ‘potty bowl’ — an actual bowl!”
From Erynne: “Able to sit up a little better on his own at 14 weeks old, Jacob is concentrating hard on what he’s doing.”
This picture will come out to embarrass Mikko (11 months here) when he brings a date home to meet Lauren, who blogs at Hobo Mama.
Sitting on the potty all by myself at 6 months old.
Jennifer blogs at The Wilson-Parkes Family Tree.
Tell us: What does EC look like for your family?
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I love these! That photo of Mikko will definitely be good material for when a bit of lighthearted embarrassing is in order!
That’s his standard poop face.
We started early with the twins too.. lol.. These are priceless… and we already have a STACK of embarrassing pics.. we call them the “New Boyfriend Conversation starter coffee table album pictures”
I love that name!
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Yep definitely some embarrassing photos there for the later years! I’ve heard of EC but never learned much about it. We struggled big time to potty train our daughter, she didn’t get it until a month before she was 3.
Love these! I wish I would have educated myself more on EC when my second was born. I think she would have been an excellent ECer. She hates anything in her diaper. She’s 17 months now, so I’m not sure if it’s too late to start, or if I should just wait until she’s ready to potty train on her own at this point.
I don’t think it’s too late to give EC techniques a try with a 17-month-old, if you’re up for it and she seems willing. Here’s an article I wrote on the same question:
http://www.hobomama.com/2009/12/using-elimination-communication.html
If she seems resistant, you could always back off. A lot of toddlers like the novelty of going in a little potty or on the big toilet.
Thanks! I will definitely look into this further.
My post today is about a little boy wearing a silly hat and my thoughts are that one day he will be mad at his mommy for making him wear it. When I saw your post I had to laugh out loud! Someday, someone is going to be very unhappy with you!
I can’t even imagine. You have some wonderful patients. These pics are too cute!
Oh dear. Mikko may not be thrilled with his shot. LOL. Quite funny though.
Start them young, right!
Lauren that photo is fantastic!
Look at all the baby chub rolls!! Squee!
I have a few photos like these of my son. Sure to embarrass him in about 10 years!