Wednesday, February 2, 2011

EC-God's practical and unexpected blessings

Another little note for today. This is a totally different topic. This will be about early toilette training practice. If you heard about EC (Elimination Communication) you will know what my happiness is about.

Shortly: It means that you watch your baby's signs for pee and poo. They do funny faces or show other signs. I think babies are all different in showing these signs for mummies/daddies. I read about it before our second daughter was born and decided to try it at an early stage. And I truly did so.

She was only about 3 weeks old when I put her above the sink (it's cheaper than a special potty design for little bottoms:) and said Psh..psh...at that time I only did it before going to bath and after getting up in the afternoon. (3 times a day) I experienced that running some warm water on her feet brought more success. I kept on doing this for another month this time only every 2 or 3 days. You can be more consistent of course but I was not especially consistent to be honest.

We had times with and without success. Then I let her and myself "rest" for another 2-3 month and did not do anything at this "battle field". Then about 2 month ago, when she was around 6 month old I tried it again before bath times and getting her up. AND ................. SHE did it.

And ever since EVERY DAY (now she is 8 month old) she is peeing or pooing when I take her to the toilette and say Psh-Psh. I hold her 2 legs tight and her back is facing me. I usually do not have time to watch her face for the special signs so I decided to take her every 1-2 hours and we experience success every time!!!!

I guess it is like learning languages. The Baby's brain is like a sponge, they say, and my experience proves this theory. Her brain must have stored the tone (Psh-psh), the special sitting position and she must remember every time now when I take her to the sink or hold her above the toilette. Isn't it fantastic? God is gracious.

This is cheap and hygienic! (We use one diaper for day and one for night time.)And it brings you joy each day!

You can read or watch videos about it online. Just write Elimination Communication into Google!

Ps.: I wanted to share this with you because lots of Hungarian mums may not have heard about it before.

Gardening...

Hello everyone! I haven't been writing here for a long time, so I deeply apologize. I am in the middle of translating a superb book written by a mum of 10 children so far. I am working on it every day hand in hand with the Holy Spirit which is an awesome experience. I would like to finish the translation as soon as possible. My thought was, if such a busy mum like, Elisabeth, had time to write this godly book, I should have time to translate it and God always makes it possible for me to translate just a bit each day. This book is so precious that Hungarian mums urgently need to have it in their homes, I believe. 

The title of the book is "Raising Godly Tomatoes". Isn't it funny? Raising our children is like "tomato stacking". In a nutshell it means that you must keep your children near to you, be consistent, have something to stack to, which in our case is God's Word,  and you should teach, train and nourish them all day every day. If you are an experienced gardener or has ever stuck tomatoes, you would know better than me what stacking means. I shall write more about this a bit later. I want to give details, too.They will be practical enough to do them!

While translating each chapter I am practicing the things in my home. AND...I TRULY CAN SEE the changes. My 2 years old daughter became so obedient so quickly that I can't be thankful enough to the author for enlightening some biblical basics and views which make child rearing easier for us, parents. 

Today's little experience: Today we went to the doctor. we had an appointment for both of our girls for 2 injections. I felt a bit apprehensive about it but remembered what I have just read in the evening (see below) we prayed with them and went off to the pediatrician with peaceful heart.
 
"Once your child understands obedience, everything else is pretty much taken care of.  Henceforth, you can simply ask him to come to you and he will.  You can ask him to pick up his toys and he will.  You can ask him to get ready for bed and he will trot off and do so.  You can even ask him to “stop crying,” and he will stop.  Simple. Obedience is really all you need to teach a little one.
  
In the waiting room my 2 years old said: Mummy, I know well, that Jesus loves me. He will take care of me, won't he? It will only be a bit painful." I was so glad that she remembered Jesus in this situation and she trusted HIM, too. She totally believed what she said. And when she started crying a bit I whispered into her ears: Jesus is with you! You are a brave girl. Well done. I am proud of you! And she stopped. Just as it said in the book. I was amazed, thankful and proud as well. She was always crying... so far.

Well, I must be off now and do the translation again but I will be back soon with some encouraging advice and news.

All in all: start with teaching them obedience!