[blparent] Using the Elimination Communication mottle forpotty training

Sat Mar 10 17:39:48 UTC 2012

Hi.  I never heard of that potty training method, but with Sarah, nothing 
worked till one day she decided she was ready, and that was that.  She was 
trained, hardly any accidents.

Jo Elizabeth

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compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
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From: "Eileen Levin" <eileenlevin at comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 8:06 AM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Using the Elimination Communication mottle forpottytraining> 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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