Elimination Communication

Elimination Communication (EC)

What is EC?
 Elimination Communication, or EC, is based on the idea that babies are born with the instinct not to soil themselves. Have you ever noticed that a newborn baby seems to urinate as soon as his or her diaper is removed? There is a reason for that! By communicating with your baby about his or her need to eliminate, you can help your baby retain his or her natural body awareness, preventing the process of training them to go in a diaper, then retraining them, often several years later, to go in the toilet instead.

The following resources should be very helpful if you are interested in learning more. Some members here have practiced EC or a modified version of it with their children, so feel free to post on the main wall for discussion on this.

Books:

The Diaper Free Baby by Christine Gross-Loh
http://www.amazon.com/The-Diaper-Free-Baby-Training-Alternative/dp/0061229709

Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene by Ingrid Bauer
http://www.amazon.com/Diaper-Free-Gentle-Natural-Hygiene/dp/0452287774

Go Diaper Free (e-book) by Andrea Olson, M.A.
http://godiaperfree.com/elimination-communication-book/


Websites:

http://www.diaperfreebaby.org

http://tribalbaby.org


A great blog article by Nathan M. McTague:http://locallocale.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/diaper-free-is-the-way-to-be-elimination-communication-romy-mcgahan-daniel-family-services/

Have you heard about the dangers of early potty training? Here is an article that addresses some of those concerns: http://www.parentingscience.com/science-of-toilet-training.html

This article discusses how the age at which a child "should" be out of diapers varies by culture and decade: http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/age-should-toddler-out-diapers-2596.html


Elimination Communication Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/eliminationcommunication/