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Tell a Friend to Visit Diaper Free...This is something I found really interesting! I didn’t realize that babies do communicate their need to use the potty, until I read Diaper Free! By Ingrid Bauer. With my fourth son, Eli, I decided to try elimination communication. I started watching for his cues for a few days and checked his diaper to see if I was reading him right. Sure enough! When he needed to pee he would squirm and let out a little whimper. When he needed to poop he would arch his back and try to get off of my lap. I also noticed that he, like most of us, needed to pee upon waking. He needed to poop right after his meals and breast-feeding. So after a few days of watching and checking his diapers I just had to see if he would really “potty” for me. At first I used a plastic container and held him over it in a squatting position. It worked! He really used his “potty”! Because he spent most of his time in his baby sling, this made it very easy to read his cues throughout the day. After a few weeks of him using his “potty”, I decided it was time to invest in a real potty chair that we could take with us when we were away from home. I bought a Baby Bjorn Potty Chair. This one worked really well for us, and came highly recommended by the author. He used this potty until he was about 2, when he graduated to the big potty. The only thing I found difficult about him being trained so early was finding underwear to fit him. We wound up getting 2T underwear and they worked pretty well even though they were a little big. The author does suggest making your own, but with so many children and starting all of this during baseball season, I just didn’t have the time. EC doesn’t really take anymore time than changing a diaper, in fact, I found it took less time. Because we attachment parent our kids, it just made the bond between us stronger. If you have a child under 12 months I would highly recommend getting Ingrid’s book and trying this technique.
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