... that Elodie peed and pooped in the potty yesterday evening? 
I know, she is just 10 months old and WAY to young for potty training, but I thought I'd sit her on it and see what would happen.
Why? Because for the past 2 weeks, she has been able to pee on command! It started a couple of weeks ago when I was changing her diaper in the evening. She started peeing as I had removed the diaper from under her, and my reaction startled her and made her stop. I quickly put something under her, and said something like "ok, now you can push"... and she did! I tried it a few more times the following nights, and it worked, so for the past two weeks it has been a habit to ask her to pee when the diaper is open and ready to be changed.
I think the concept of pushing was acquired through months of struggling to poop. Oftentimes Elodie will push and push for a while and still not get anything out. I have found that it helps when I lay her down, remove her diaper and apply some pressure in different areas. I think when I do that I always say something like "now you can push" and maybe this is where she learned it from.
In any case, within a minute of sitting on the potty last night, she had peed and poop. It was so funny too. I just told her to push, and she did. Complete
with the little grunting and huge grin when she was done. I should have filmed it! 
Anyway, like I said, I know this is way too young for potty training and my intention is not at all to do any training, at least not for a few more months. I just figured that since she can pee on command and that we have been doing it every night, I might as well make her do that on the potty and get her used to it now rather than later.
I know, she is just 10 months old and WAY to young for potty training, but I thought I'd sit her on it and see what would happen.
Why? Because for the past 2 weeks, she has been able to pee on command! It started a couple of weeks ago when I was changing her diaper in the evening. She started peeing as I had removed the diaper from under her, and my reaction startled her and made her stop. I quickly put something under her, and said something like "ok, now you can push"... and she did! I tried it a few more times the following nights, and it worked, so for the past two weeks it has been a habit to ask her to pee when the diaper is open and ready to be changed.
I think the concept of pushing was acquired through months of struggling to poop. Oftentimes Elodie will push and push for a while and still not get anything out. I have found that it helps when I lay her down, remove her diaper and apply some pressure in different areas. I think when I do that I always say something like "now you can push" and maybe this is where she learned it from.
In any case, within a minute of sitting on the potty last night, she had peed and poop.
It was so funny too. I just told her to push, and she did. Complete
with the little grunting and huge grin when she was done. I should have filmed it!
Anyway, like I said, I know this is way too young for potty training and my intention is not at all to do any training, at least not for a few more months. I just figured that since she can pee on command and that we have been doing it every night, I might as well make her do that on the potty and get her used to it now rather than later.
