[…] Around 4-5 months, they’ll develop the capacity to understand more about sequences of events. At this point, they might be able to notice that when they make a certain face or noise, their parent responds by picking them up, holding them over the toilet/potty and making a cue sound that helps them know to release their pelvic floor. […]

[…] Our babies’ tender nervous systems are evolved to downregulate with us. This is called coregulation. That means, if we’re stressed in our bodies, our babies might not be able to pee or poop. It sounds crazy, but our babies’ anus and urethra need their bodies to feel safe and calm in order to release in a gentle way. […]

[…] When my second baby came along, we started EC almost immediately […] And then for a brief month or so, my baby was using the potty more reliably and with more frequency than my then-3.5-year-old. […]