Those of you who have been following this blog may recall that I practice EC - elimination communication (also known as IPT, infant potty training, and NIH, natural infant hygiene) - with Gavin.  It is basically an early form of toilet training for babies.  Although I haven’t succeeded in effectively training him to pee into the toilet (even up until now), I have been able to help him poop into the toilet whenever I realise that he needs to go.  However, the poop sessions up until recently have usually be hits and misses.  If his poop is too loose, I occasionally miss the signs and it ends up in his diaper. 

Last night, Gavin waited for me to get him to the toilet.  He knew I would take him and he held on!  It was a proud moment for Mummy.  Okay, so the timing that he chose to poop could have been better - he decided at 3:30am in the morning that he needed to poop!  I heard the unmistakable grunts so I took him to the toilet.  I asked him if he needed to poop.  He had stopped grunting so I wondered if I had misread his signs.  I hesitated and asked him again.  I was a little reluctant to take off his diaper if he really didn’t need to poop - it was 3:30am in the morning and I had already taken him to the toilet half an hour earlier only to discover it was a false alarm.  Finally, I took off his diaper and sat him on the toilet.  No sooner had his bottom his the seat when it all came out with an explosive plop!  He had been waiting for me to put him on the toilet seat!

Yes, when you become a mother, it’s funny how little things like these can excite you…

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