How to start EC/toilet learning with a young toddler (12-18 mo)? (AKA “Late Start EC”)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- If you’ve just found out about infant potty training, or elimination communication, and your baby is between 12 and 18 months old, you’re not too late!
You may feel like you’ve missed the boat.
Like the potty train has left the building but forgot you and your little toddler.
Today I answer one concerned reader’s question about starting toilet learning at 14 months old, and I’ll share my tips for starting Elimination Communication during the 12-18 month age.
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Notes to self :
Prep week:
Schedule 1-2 days diaper free (mind difference between diaper free and naked time), use underwear that shows when he pees
Read the 70 pages 12-18 months
In the meanwhile :
4 easy catches to ease him into EC
Give them 30min /day diaper free
In the scheduled 2 days : ask him to wait when he starts to go
Keep nappies at night
Check 124 and 125
Maintenance and hyperplan : check the book
It honors the kid to learn this skill
That's a pretty good summary!👍 All the best.
My son is 15 months...one week until 16 months...been potty training since 11.5 months. He does really well outside of the house, but at home he seems to be free. I don't know his signs or cues although he's told me via sign language a few times. Afterwards he seemed to regress, but only at home.
That's probably the comfort of being at home, as you said! Try switching-up his back-up. Naked, just loose pants, just underwear, or my Tiny Ups (from Tiny Undies) can be a real pee deterrent as fleece feels awful to pee in!👍
@@AndreaOlson okay. He doesn't seemed phased by wetting his underwear...so tiny undies may be the trick. Thank you.
@godiaperfree how can I get my daycare on board with me
Open, honest conversation. Probably finding ways to compromise. But some daycares are just not willing to help with EC or early toilet training in any way, and that's really an unfortunate situation. For myself, asking about potty stuff was very high on the list when I was searching for childcare options. 👍
My baby was doing EC since 6 months. And on the 9th month we travelled for 6 weeks and totally hated going to the potty. Now that we are back, she still refuses to use her potty and gets really frustrated and agitated. Hoping we could go back again. Tips will be appreciated.
Awe... yes those changes in routine can cause resistance for sure! Try this episode on resistance www.godiaperfree.com/210 - and join our EC support group on Facebook!🙌
Any potty suggestions for a young toddler when a family is traveling (ie moving every 2-4 weeks)?
I have a few suggestions! Check out my podcast💕www.godiaperfree.com/18
Hey! My daughter's just turned 18 months. Could I still approach it from the 12-18 month range or would I be better off approaching from 18+?
You can definitely start with some of the tools in the 12-18 months range however, after 18 months it is likely that she will start craving more independence within a few weeks or a couple months - at which point switching gears to the 18 month+ potty training program will be better 👍 (p.s. the Tiny Potty Training Book has a "prep step" which is for easing-in with some light EC!! 😃
Hey :) when will tiny undies be back in stock again? I tried to order the other day but it looked like everything was unavailable
Looks like all of our Tiny Undies (underwear) are in-stock, but unfortunately nearly all of the padded trainers are not😞 We are hoping to have a shipment before Black Friday🤞💖
When my baby give me signal?its been 3 weeks.he is 18 months old
How do you get them to sit there without a book? My son is 16month old😩
Some kiddos need distractions. If that is the case, and the only way to get your little one to sit, then by all means do what you need to do. 😊
Hi! Great video, i do have a question. My 116 month old has been EC'd since 10 weeks and has been doing great though now walking and sometimes just doesnt want to sit how can I start her without cloth diapers?
I have undies but dont know how to start. I will take out the books that she has in there. She isnt verbal yet but knows the potty sign but doesnt really tell us. Should I just start with observation time with undies all day and diaper at night?
Yes!!! Start with observation! If you have her with no undies, and she starts to pee, you can transport her to the potty mid-pee so she starts to make the connection between the feeling of needing to pee, and where to pee👍
@@AndreaOlson thank you! I unfortunately didnt see this until today. Today i started her with undies, so far no accidents. She tends to hold pee pretty well. And i offer her the potty during the day, especially if i know shes drank water and or eaten. She goes a good amount of the time. Is this okay or would you think naked time no undies it best? Sorry meant that to say 16 months old lol
When she sits on the potty she signs while peeing and pooping, does this count of her knowing the feeling?
i tried starting EC but she fights and resists sitting on the potty. arches her back and cries.
It happens!! Sometimes because she is too cold, or the potty is too cold, sometimes because she doesn't actually understand yet what you're asking her to do. Like "mama, I need to pee! give me my diaper!" Hope this link will help you to figure it out! 🥰 godiaperfree.com/why-babies-resist-the-potty-potty-resistance-and-what-to-do/
@@AndreaOlson what about if it seems my kid eliminates during sleep and during eating instead of after? she's 14 months old so it's not easy to get her out of the high chair while eating
My 13 months just jumps off the small potty. Refusing to sit at all.
If you've only just started EC, it is likely that he or she doesn't know what they're supposed to do on the potty! Remember: the diaper is the only toilet they've ever known! If this is new potty resistance, try using the toilet with a seat reducer instead!😉
I use the EC method for my son at 6 months. So from 6 to 12 months, I didn't changed anything poop diaper, only pee diapers. But when he was 12 months， he can walk and just standup and run away from his potty. I was also returning to work, our nanny wasn't giving him potty as he refused. So we went back to diapers. Now he is about to turn 2, and he refused to wear diapers. But he sits on potty for 10 mins and won't go for 2+ hours.As soon as we put on diapers, he immediately goes.
We did 2 days of naked and he started to be willing to sit on potty again but just can't go in the potty. Do you have any material for my situation?
Sure do👍!! My Tiny Potty Training Book has the right plan for you! Basically, you need to teach him to recognize when he needs to pee, then to get his pee in the potty at that time, encouraging him to learn to do it for himself! As well as taking away the option of using a diaper anymore😬
🙌 Check out my Free 3-Day Primer for Starting Potty Training here 👉
godiaperfree.com/starting-potty-training/
It is frustrating watching her selling her books and saying nothing about how to potty training
Can you explain what you mean by that? I do have a full website and blog/podcast as well as this You Tube channel with free information. But of course, the full program and process is in my book.