We have been doing EC (we call it bathrooming :giggle:) since 2 months but never out. I couldn't imagine how that would work! I heard of people potting in the car but I don't quite get how that works either! Id love to know!
*SweetPea83*
02-02-2008, 03:08 PM
We potty when out:thumbsup: We have a van..... bench seat with stow n'go so we have plenty of room to store and potty! I don't quite see how I would do it any other way as far as room. If you have a car, maybe put potty on the front passenger seat, or in your lap and let them sit. When we are shopping we just hold baby over the toilet if need be. We potty upon arriving and before leaving..... within reason! LOL
HTH Carrie
Blurberrybuzz
02-02-2008, 04:26 PM
We've ec'd when out. I had a honda civic with the first two and would put the potty on the passenger seat in the winter, in the truck in the summer and let them go. I used the trunk as a baby care station! I have a bblp and made a case for it and carried it everywhere. I was berated on more than one occasion for peeing the baby in the sink.
Now I have a van and we can pee just about anywhere inside it, lots of room. I also used to carry a plastic cup with a lid and would pee my son in the cup. easier than the bblp. I've even used an empty water bottle with the boys...lol
We've peed on road trips many times on the side of the freeway. We've peed many times in the back of parking lots in the city and at the base of countless trees in countless city parks. IF dogs do it, why can't babies?
Cassiopeia
02-02-2008, 05:03 PM
I have a little boy, so it is probably a bit easier for us to EC while out :giggle: , but he will go just about anywhere - on the side of the road, over a potty, etc.
I let him go outside the car in a parking lot a few times until he decided that he was going to make a larger and more spectacular deposit one day (he is ebf'd). I figured that I probably should at least find a bush or a patch of grass from now on :blush: .
cdmd1023
02-02-2008, 05:15 PM
Im not sure i know what your talking about? can someone explian?
pixiepunk
02-02-2008, 07:13 PM
can your LO sit on the potty alone? if so, keeping a little potty in the car works great. we have a hatchback and just stick the kids on the potty in the hatchback. in fact, even though both kids have long since PL'd, we still keep a little potty in the back in case of emergencies. it's handy to have. if you don't want to deal with dumping the pee someplace, you can stick a prefold or a microfiber towel inside the potty to absorb the pee, and then just put that in the diaper bag.
i also have a foldable reducer that i used to carry around a lot for once the kids were at the age where they could let me know they needed to go and were able to hold it a couple minutes while we found a bathroom. that way they always sat on a clean seat that they were familiar with.
cdmd1023
02-02-2008, 07:18 PM
potty training an infant? interesting.
Blurberrybuzz
02-03-2008, 03:21 AM
except it's not really potty training an infant. It's more catching their cues that they have to go and using an alternate place for elimination than a diaper. For most nursing mom's it's easy to tell when the baby wants to nurse. For moms who EC, we can tell when the baby has to go. We perch them over a potty or sink or diaper and let it happen. It's a practice that's widely used in India, Asia, Africa and Central AMerica.
SandraMort
02-03-2008, 10:28 AM
I'm really looking forward to being able to EC on the go again with my new little one. When my son was ec'ing out of the house, it made life SO much easier -- public bathrooms in NYC are often set up without changing areas! Also, aiming their hindquarters out of a car door isn't difficult, boy or girl. Just think classic position over the ground instead of a sink or toilet.
MUHAJABAH
02-03-2008, 12:27 PM
Wow I'm surprised there are so many mamas who do it when out! You all make it sound so easy! My problem is that I never could get any cues :cry:and so I always just put him on every so often, after nursing, waking up etc. He is 16m now (so yeah he can sit up! :)) and he still doesn't let me know. Poops have always been easier for inside. But also its SO super cold, even if I had a potty in the car (I did try that once and he wasn't used to it and didn't pee) there is no room, plus Id have to take his snowsuit off and clothes. So do the little guys go out with no diapers on? It seems like if I went out Id just be spending half the time finding somewhere to pee! We do dipes inside and clothes too because its cold. I wish I had some babylegs that would make my life SO much easier, I cant stand changing all the time!
Thanks for the help guys!
kthiday
02-03-2008, 12:58 PM
When DS was little, I would EC him w/ a potty at friends houses. At resteraunts and stores, etc, I would just change him VERY frequently. When he got to be a bit older, I would use the family assist bathrooms b/c they were bigger and I could hold him over the potty w/ me kneeling in front. With DD now (4.5mo) I am still at the stage where I just change her VERY frequntly.
4HisGlory
02-03-2008, 01:09 PM
Fr a very little one (7 weeks) would it be helpful while you are out tojust hold them inthe potty position and make the sound if you can't get to a potty?
gracefaith
02-03-2008, 03:38 PM
We tried to EC while out today. Unfortunately, I was misreading DS's cue and he really didn't have to go. Too bad, I was about to be real proud of myself for having a catch away from home.
Sherry
02-03-2008, 04:40 PM
we ec'd when out all the time. just held them over the potty in the restroom and they would do their thing. we also kept a little potty in the van.
hiding57
02-04-2008, 10:22 AM
I do it sometimes, if I really think she needs to go. A lot of times though the bathroom is just to far away or something If I'm in the car sometimes I take off her diaper and hold her over that, even if it wets the diaper it reinforces the not actually peeing IN the diaper so to me it's still good.
Angel3167
02-04-2008, 02:42 PM
We are pretty PT but I try and do some catches outside of the house. I pack her BBLP with me pretty much everywhere and DH will hold her over a reg toilet. She is 13mo now and pees much less frequently now. She doesn't cue us so it's kind of hard. She doesn't usually poop outside of our house....she will hold it....poor kid just like her mom :laugh:
