Gentle Potty Learning begins....

Today I went to a very informative meeting. It was through LLL and the topic was Elimination Communication, AKA infant potty teaching. Notice I didn't say "potty training" since this is a very different idea, method, and practice (see links at end of post for more info). EC usually starts soon after birth, so Caroline and I had missed that window, but I learned that I could start Early Potty Learning with her now. So as soon as we got home I held her on the toilet to try and let her use the restroom. She just kind of looked at me funny, which I expected.
Then about a minute later she started her tell-tell grunting so I scooped her up and tried again and TA-DA! She had a BM in the toilet!
So the next step is for me to watch her cues and help get her on the toilet when I think she's about to wet or have a BM. This is just an extension of what I've done since she was born: she cried, I comforted her; she rooted around, I nursed her; she grunts or squirms, I put her on the toilet.
On to what everyone loves- pictures! This meeting was at Angela's house- she is a co-leader of the LLL of Henry Co. that I'm a part of.





Caroline had so much fun with all the babies.




Angela


I had to take a picture of this bread- read the label! (click to make it bigger)

And a little movie of all the craziness. The baby at the very end is a sweet 10-month old who was wearing real underwear!


Here are some resources with lots of information if you're interested in PL or EC.
Books
Diaper Free – The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene, Ingrid Bauer
The Diaper Free Baby, Christine Gross-Loh
Infant Potty Training, Laurie Bouke
Articles
November/December 2006 New Beginnings (p. 266-267) http://www.llli.org/NB/NBNovDec06p266.html
Websites:
http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/http://www.naturalfamilyonline.com/articles/potty-infant.htm
http://www.naturalfamilyonline.com/articles/potty-infant.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/freetoec/http://www.theecstore.com/