Many thanks to Keira for sharing her insights in to this fun practice. We look forward to learning more!
Part Two can be viewed here.
Cloth nappying is great! My husband and love our pop-ins and have never thought twice about our decision to use them. However, there is no denying that a poopy cloth nappy is at times, a challenge! Imagine not having to worry about that!
Imagine teaching your baby how to use the potty on command so that a soiled nappy is a thing of the past. I probably wouldn’t have believed it either but when I stumbled across some information on the internet one day about infant potty training, otherwise known as elimination communication, something struck a chord. When I told my mum about it, I expected a giggle or two but instead I was met with the response, “oh yeah, your grandma did that with us”. And so our journey to blissful cloth nappying began. Some people think we’re nuts, some tell us it’s only “catching” or “timing” and some don’t really know what to think! But if you ask me, the proof is in the pudding. We have only had to clean 4 or 5 poopy nappies since our daughter was 4 months old, and now she’s 8 months old. To add to that, anyone that has ever seen our daughter ‘go’ is an instant believer!
There are many different resources out there for infant pottying. There are books, DVD’s, websites and groups. To be honest, I didn’t purchase a thing. I just read bits and pieces from a couple of different websites and, excuse the pun, decided to go with the flow! There are many ways to practice infant potty training;
• Full Time – Around the clock in conjunction with nappies or just trainers.
• Part time – Daytime or just at home.
• Casual – At home, usually during nappy off time.
We took the casual road. No pressure on us or baby to perform, no extra work and generally a gentle approach. Despite choosing this method, we are having fantastic success and I would now consider myself a permanent part timer. When it comes to No. 2s, it doesn’t matter where we are, what we’re doing or what time of the day or night it is, if we are given a sign, we find a toilet! As for No. 1s, we’re a lot more relaxed. Even though she does go on the loo, we’re not too fussed about a wet nappy. But in saying that, just today she showed us a new signal for wanting to pee and like clockwork, she went!
We are continually learning and improving the communication between us and our baby and we have never looked back. It is truly an amazing and satisfying experience and one that proves that our babies are quite possibly a lot smarter than we give them credit for! So how is it done you ask? For us, it was actually quite a simple and enjoyable process.
This is how we did it… {part two coming next week}
© Keira Alexander 2012
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