Oh, something wonderful has happened over the past month... Peace is out of diapers! (Except for at night, although many nights she stays dry anyway.)
Let me tell you how this happened at 14 months of age for Peace. Two words: Elimination Communication.
For those of you who don't know what Elimination Communication (EC) is, go ahead and google it for a longer explanation. But the gist of it is that you hold your baby (or toddler) over a receptacle (toilet, little potty, sink?) and make a cue sound (ours is "sssissss") when you think they have to go. (We've been doing this halfheartedly since Peace was born.) Then, badda-bing, badda-boom, they learn how to use the toilet at 14 months!
Hallelujah, praise the Lord!
Because washing diapers in this place is a PAIN IN THE BUTT. It involves carrying them outside, down three (small) flights of stairs, and to a tiny little room in the basement on the other side of the building. Not that I have done any of that anyway. My husband has done all of the laundry since we've been here because I don't want to deal with carrying things outside, down three (small) flights of stairs, and to a tiny little room in the basement on the other side of the building. (God bless him.)
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4 comments:
Ohh, I am simultaneously so happy for you and so envious of you.
I started doing EC but fell off the bandwagon.
Luckily, Anna is still very aware of when she goes and will sign and say "potty". If only I could get back into it.
Congratulations, and enjoy!!
So frickin awesome. I love EC. I totally need to do it a little more often, like halfheartedly instead of only-every-now-and-then-heartedly...
I'm so happy for you but Oh man I should have stuck with EC. Darn darn darn. At least my little one knows when he pees and knows that pee goes in the potty, it just doesn't always make it.
Rock on! That must be so nice!
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