Elimination Communication

Long before Tara was even conceived of, err, okay only about two years ago, I read an article about Elimination Communication in Macleans.
this might be it though I read it in print and I'm only guessing this was it. I'm a touch oriented person, I like to touch, hold and smell the book.

I digress, as soon as I read the article I knew it was something I wanted to try. I wanted to have my baby out of diapers as soon as possible. Imagine: communicating with my child about their need to go rather than letting them sit in a dirty diaper until I happen to check it. Plus, my hope is that I'll be doing something good for the environment as well, saving who knows how many diapers from landfill sites over the years.

I spoke to my mom about it who confirmed that this had been the case in India for many years. Not having diapers around, women took care of their babies in one of two ways, either letting them stew in their pees and poos or those that took their kids to eliminate.

All in all, it was quite easy, I noticed from the very beginning that as soon as her diaper was off, she would pee. So, all I had to do was take off her diaper and wait for her to go. I make a "shhhh" sound while she's going and now she's come to associate the sound with peeing. Also, as soon as she's in the posture, she immediately tries to pee and poo.

Elimination Communication has many names, EC for short or Infant Potty Training or Natural Infant Hygiene I've also heard it called. Personally, I prefer EC. It has a nice ring to it.