Noonee Wilga Elimination Communication Sample EC script

	Home Go Shopping The Potty Shop Cloth Pads Baby Wearing Slings, Wraps and Pouches Cloth Nappies Training Pants and Little Underwear Custom made clothing Ordering Noonee Wilga gear Books Information Do It Yourself - making nappies, little undies and more Baby Wearing Elimination communication Noonee Wilga Publications Contact us About us Links		Elimination communication - EC for short - is a way of communicating with your baby about his or her elimination needs. You know how your baby communicates that he or she is hungry or tired - by wriggling or crying or acting in a certain way to alert you. They also have ways of telling you that they need to do a wee or a poo since it is innate in babies to not want to soil their "nest". So that is how the baby communicates with you - until able to use a sign or verbal cues. But how do you communicate with your baby? I have posted email outlining some of my "EC communication scripts" - sample conversations with my baby. I have reproduced them here for your referral. I suggest that you read this and then use your own ideas and words etc etc! By no means would I recommend learning this off, word for word!! An EC script based on an email I posted to the Eliminaton Communication group at Yahoogroups >What should I say when he has a wet diaper and I change him? "Oh, you have a wet nappy. Let's take that off. If you let me know you need to go next time, I'll help you get to the potty so you stay nice and dry. You know where pee goes - it goes in the potty, doesn't it. Now, which pants do you want to wear - these bright red one or the ones with cars? The cars - ok - they are great aren't they. How does a car go? Broom, broom. Auntie Jenny has a yellow car like that. There, nice dry pants. It is much more comfortable when you are dry, isn't it. Remember - you let me know when you need to do another wee and I'll help you onto the potty. Now let's get back to that game..." > He never got used to peeing in the sink or potty I think someone has suggested a pile of towels on the floor, but a pot of dirt on the balcony might be an interesting alternative. We have two potties and they are forever moving around the house. Different days and times led to different preferences for where DD wanted to sit on the potty. >He is all about role modeling and wants to brush his teeth, >use the phone, dress himself, etc. just like us. Brush your teeth together, have a spare phone for him to use, give him clothing choices, make it easier for him to put his onw pants on and off (training pants rather than nappy, for example), encourage his help when you want to take him to the potty, take him to the toilet every time you go, let visitors (choose which ones!) take him to the toilet when they go, a step so he can stand up high enough to pee into the toilet like Daddy does... >During a potty resistance stage, should I do a diaper-patting >sign *after* I find a wet diaper as a way of teaching the sign? If you are going to use a patting sign, then do it along with talking about having gone in his pants. Use it every time you mention about it go, going, having gone etc - and not just for when he does it - show him the sign when YOU are going to the toilet too. >So help with a "script" would be appreciated. A script or at least lots of talking can make a big difference with EC and general pottying of infants and toddlers in my experience. With DD#1 I started a self-developed form of EC when she was 6 months old, but I didn't know/think to make a cueing sound or to use signs. I also did not talk so much to her as I have with DD#2. If I had given DD#1 the "words" (whether sign or sound) to tell me, I believe that she would have been able to tell me (in some fashion) that she needed to go from the time she was about 13 months old, of her own volition.
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