[blparent] Using the Elimination Communication mottle for potty training

[Eileen Levin]

Love your posts. I've never actually heard of this method of potty training.
For both of my boys I used very different methods of training. I felt that
both boys  were around 3 and a half years old when they suddenly had some
internal need to keep clean. Both my boys figured out what the toilet was
for right away. Asher especially loved using public toilets because they
made an explosive noise when flushing. We kept him in diapers because we
couldn't stand cleaning up the mess after he would pee in his pants, then
race up and down our white carpeted hallway dripping pee and poo as he ran.
It seemed like the sensation of wet pants somehow inspired his inner spirit.
LOL I started with Asher around 2 and a half and at around 3 and a half  my
husband and I looked at each other and said I think he's trained.   My
Second son needed to be trained for preschool at 3 years old. I used the
crash course method. I stripped him of clothing from the waist down, put him
on the potty about every hour which seemed to be the best interval for him.
It was two weeks of crying and  anxiety. After two weeks Ari was trained but
not completely... For another 4 months my husband and I walked on egg
shells.  We  rewarded Ari with a wrapped toy for using the toilet instead of
his pants.  And then one week my husband and I realized that Ari had taken
potty time into his own hands and we no longer had to provide the external
guidance. I weaned Ari off the toys with a boxful left over.
So, I encourage new parents to work with potty training but don't get too
upset if the interest seems to wax and wane. Both my boys had a strange
attachment to their diapers which was hard for me to understand. Both boys
night trained some months after they day trained.  My oldest son still needs
to get up in the middle of the night almost every night in order not to wet
the bed.  Also, wearing diapers seemed to feel more or less the same as
wearing a diaper to both my kids, that is why when I had to use the crash
course method of potty training I removed all clothing from the waist down
to help my son realize something had changed in his world.
My favorite video was Potty Power. Potty Power conveys a very positive
attitude toward training, covers the basics  and is fairly long too.
Best of luck. It's such a relief to not have to use diapers. LOL 
Eileen

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Erin Rumer
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 12:18 PM
To: NFB blind parent listserv
Subject: [blparent] Using the Elimination Communication mottle for potty
training

Hello all,

 

Just wondering who here as tried the Elimination Communication mottle for
potty training their kids and how that went for you?  Even if you didn't use
this mottle but had great success, I'd love to hear what you did.  My son
Dawson is 16 months now and just starting to show an interest in potty
training.  We're not going to even try to get serious about this since we're
moving to San Diego in a week, plus he's not quite old enough to really
control his bladder and bowel muscles yet.  On top of those two things I
read that one should never start potty training when your toddler is in the
"no" phase where they are saying "no" for everything.  This makes a ton of
sense.  I'm excited that he's aware now of when he goes potty, because 3
times now he has told me when he just went pee pee in his diaper.  He's also
obsessed with a potty training video we have that I just through in one day
for fun and now that's one of the only things he wants to watch.  Dawson
loves seeing older kids do things so that's why the video is so intriguing
to him.

 

Also, please let me know what potty methods and chairs you used while you
were away from home.  I have a Boon potty bench that I love and think will
work great for at home, but I'm considering one of those portable folding
potty seats with handles that you can attach to a public toilet but don't
know how well they work.  I went out yesterday with a sighted friend of mine
who's almost 2 year old has been potty trained for about 3 months now and
she just hovers him over the toilet to go pee.  Even though I have good
proprioception and good aim usually, this method sounds a little visual and
messy if it doesn't go quite right.

 

Thanks,

 

Erin

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