Monday, October 31, 2011

Alicia Silverstone says her 5-month-old is potty-trained -- um, for real?

Okay, I just came across this post on Babycenter -- Alicia Silverstone has been all over Twitter bragging that her five-month-old poops on the potty. Yeah, her five-month-old. Apparently she's a proponent of "elimination communication," which is a fancy way of saying you watch for your kid's potty signals and dangle him over the potty. Yay, one diaper saved!

Possibly mid-potty-dash.

Hey, if Batgirl wants to spend her day scrutinizing her infant's facial expressions -- "is he pooping or just staring at a cracker crumb?" -- that's totally her choice. But I can't help but think it's a total misnomer to suggest that the baby is potty-trained. The parents are the ones watching for signals, making the mad potty dash, and wiping up afterwards. Until a kid is old enough to at least utter the word "potty" -- or, I don't know, crawl -- the parent is the one who's potty-trained.

I'll stick with diapers. I have enough to worry about without anyone pooping on the floor because I missed a scrunchy-face. What about you -- have you tried, or would you try, EC-ing?

4 comments:

  1. I think that is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Why are we rushing are kids to grow up so fast? I find that our culture is so set on making little adults out of kids, now babies, and not letting them be and enjoy their childhood. I am not going to try this anytime soon. Shoot, my 22 month old isn't even ready for this and he is a big boy. I'm still afraid he might fall in (let alone a 5 month old!!!)

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  2. my 20 m old is curious, but there's just no way i could have him actually "trained" yet lol..

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  3. I like how the article said that it "offers another opportunity to respond fully to your baby’s needs". I have not had a baby, but I am under the impression that there are plenty of opportunities to respond to their needs since they need something every second of every day.

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  4. He's potty trained yet he can't chew his own food.

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