What puts you off elimination communication?
So we've just started very lazy elimination communication with our baby. What this looks like for us is we put our baby (was 6 months when we started, now 7) on the potty every morning and before bath time then, if convenient, after naps. We use nappies the rest of the time. For us the benefits have been.
- She didn't have a poo routine before we started (which made me think this wouldn't work) but now poos within 5 minutes of sitting on the potty in the morning. No more having to pop out of a baby class or stop breakfast because she's done a poo.
- We make it really fun so she absolutely loves it so it's become one of my favourite things to do with her.
- No blowouts since we started so less washing.
- It's faster and nicer (for me) than changing poo nappies.
- No nappy bin smells because she rarely poos in a nappy now.
So I'm curious, I totally get that it's not for everyone but I've been shocked at how easy it's been and how much time it's saved me yet I've read loads of people being quite sneery about it online saying that it only works if you have nothing else to do with your day or never leave the house which just doesn't seem to fit my experience. So if it's something you would never try, is it because you prefer changing nappies to emptying a potty (completely valid) or some other reason?