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We ECed full time with our first and part time wit...

2011-02-03T21:37:51.097-05:00

We ECed full time with our first and part time with our 2nd and 3rd. Our oldest was out of diapers at home by 5 months and wearing cloth training pants until regular undies fit at about 18 months. She stopped wearing a diaper when out and about at 1 year.

Our second was born 3 weeks early and has always been very small (he's 2 1/2 and barely weighs 25 pounds). Even with only practicing ECing part-time he has been mostly potty trained (in cloth, non-moister proof training pants) since he was 2. We do still place him in diapers at night since he is a heavy sleeper and still wakes up wet. However, he has been waking up dry from naps.

Our third turns a year old next week (wow time flies) and has only been ECed very part time for the part 3 or 4 months. However, whn we place he on the potty she almost always goes, especially if she needs to poop.

Our 4th is due in August and I hope to EC more consistently now that our oldest two are a little more independent and able to help.

After hearing horror stories about children screaming when placed on the toilet I definitely think it is worth the effort :)

To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds....

2010-12-28T20:07:26.826-05:00

To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.

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We started this at birth with my fourth child. If ...

2009-10-14T23:56:14.490-04:00

We started this at birth with my fourth child. If I had known how little I would have to touch poop I would have done EC long ago. My dd is 9 months and we use one diaper at night and maybe have to wash 1 or 2 extra undies a day just depending on the day. I have so little diaper laundry that I just throw it in with my regular wash. EC has been totally awesome for us and has kept dd's yeasty rash under control. Very well written article. I hope it encourages sceptics to give it a try.

We do a little of this but we are not so great at ...

2009-10-13T21:27:18.725-04:00

We do a little of this but we are not so great at it. And now that Big Sister is almost 14 months. I will be potty training her soon enough so we are keeping this on a slow and easy practice.

Excellent blog. We've been using the potty for...

2009-10-13T15:58:00.212-04:00

Excellent blog. We've been using the potty for a few months now (my daughter is 15 months old). She finally *gets* it and it's pretty exciting for her. At about 12 months she was bringing me a diaper when she needed to be changed, so I took that as a hint she might be interested in her potty chair. So far, so good....we are still in diapers of course, but at least she grasps the concept and it saves us a couple diapers every day.

The title really caught my attention. I hate chang...

2009-10-12T14:17:52.442-04:00

The title really caught my attention. I hate changing diapers. I doesn't matter what type-its all still gross. I can't wait for when its time to potty train. I hadn't considered trying a little at a time. I have a neighbor who has already started. She's only a part-time cloth diaperer but her 8 month old is already telling her when he needs to go. It is something to consider.

once my daughter could walk (at 9 months) we start...

2009-10-12T12:56:44.195-04:00

once my daughter could walk (at 9 months) we started doing this every few days or so. She is now two (as of the 9th) and practically potty trained (naps and overnight are still in need of diapers for my peace of mind, and she has the occasional poopy accident on the floor) If I had been more faithful to it, I think she would have been trained maybe 3 months sooner. I use maybe 3 cloth diapers a day on a bad day. 1-2 is average though.

I just sat my 3-month old on the edge of the sink ...

2009-10-12T11:22:20.244-04:00

I just sat my 3-month old on the edge of the sink when we got up in the morning, and he peed! I need to get a potty chair, though, because I know pee is sterile but I still don't really want him peeing in the sink.

I don't see how this would save me anything. ...

2009-10-12T09:57:19.076-04:00

I don't see how this would save me anything. I wash every other day the same way no matter how many diapers I have used. When my daughter started waking up dry in the morning or after naps, I did put her on the potty. She started going at those time when she was just a little over a year. Now, she's potty trained at 2.5. I don't know if that made any difference or not.

We started around 11 months doing this with our da...

2009-10-11T20:02:03.759-04:00

We started around 11 months doing this with our daughter. Usually if her diaper wasn't that wet after a nap I knew she needed to go, so we'd sit her on a small potty we got from Ikea and she'd go after both her naps and once in the morning. Now that she's mobile it's tougher to get her to stay still but we still let her go diaper free most of the time she's home. 365 diapers a year is a lot to not have to wash!!

I did this with our first and part time with our s...

2009-10-11T15:48:00.279-04:00

I did this with our first and part time with our second! Planning to go back to it with our next baby due May.... Oldest (22 months old) is telling us when he has to go after taking a "potty strike" for a while. Potty training himself yet?? Not sure... guess we will see if he decides it is time to wear big boy pants here soon.

I've never really understood what this is all ...

2009-10-11T14:05:07.595-04:00

I've never really understood what this is all about and am curious. Do you just sit the baby on the potty once a day?

So, do you just hold your baby on the potty as if ...

2009-10-11T13:49:23.590-04:00

So, do you just hold your baby on the potty as if they were going to go to the bathroom? So they get used to the idea? I am not sure if I get it...maybe I do! haha

My 13 month old has been going on the potty just a...

2009-10-11T11:14:05.518-04:00

My 13 month old has been going on the potty just about every day for the past 3 weeks! I wish we had started sooner!!

I have been interested in this concept, but not en...

2009-10-11T08:39:30.029-04:00

I have been interested in this concept, but not enough to try it, but may consider doing this as my baby is approaching 1!

Awesome idea - truthfully, I have always thought o...

2009-10-11T01:40:09.982-04:00

Awesome idea - truthfully, I have always thought of EC as a little bit "out there," but the potty break idea makes sense and sounds easy. Now, if I can just *remember* to do it...

I have friends who are doing this and it is workin...

2009-10-11T01:04:37.993-04:00

I have friends who are doing this and it is working really well for them!