Elimination communication assists babies with toileting from early infancy using timing, signals, and cues, usually with nappy backup. Traditional potty training typically starts later, once a toddler is walking, and focuses on shifting fully out of nappies over a shorter stretch.
EC is sometimes called infant potty learning — see our infant potty training hub and baby potty learning hub.
Many families use EC for months, then a gentler “graduation” stretch — Grad time — toward undies.
If you’ve only heard “wait for readiness,” compare myths on EC myths and safety on Is EC safe?
Start gentle with how to start elimination communication. Deepen with the Elimination Communication Babies book.