Elimination Communication often puzzles new parents because it doesn’t fit in with what we have heard or seen about parenting. In our culture, babies wear diapers. They wear diapers all day long, all night long. Babies have a diaper on their butt practically from the moment they are born until they are “ready” to potty train, usually around age 3.
To understand why EC works, we need to forget everything we heard about full-time diapering and delayed potty training for a second. If we change our paradigm for a moment, we can see that EC actually makes a lot of sense. Let’s look at 4 reasons this is true.
Today’s show is a guest post I’m sharing from Ariane Blais-Lacombe, our certified coach serving Quebec, Canada. Enjoy and please join us over at the full show notes, and add your comments or questions, here: https://godiaperfree.com/117
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#262 How to ditch diapers during the holidays
#261 4 Surprising Factors That Influence EC
#260 Elimination Communication Signaling 101
#259 Mompreneur Life with Andrea
#258 How to encourage self-dressing
#257 What it really means when there's pee on the floor
#256 Fringe Benefits of Elimination Communication
#255 The Parent's Role in EC vs Potty Training
#254 How to wrap up EC when your child is in daycare
#253 Signs of Potty Training Readiness
#252 My baby won’t poop when I’m angry or upset!
#251 What to do when EC doesn't go as planned
#250 I potty trained my toddler *after* starting EC with my second baby
#249 Elimination Communication with Twins
#248 Tips for EC and potty training in public
#247 Marilyn's Birth Story
#246 Public Toilet Trauma
#245 What to do if your baby poops or pees in the bathtub
#244 What age can my child be out of diapers by?
#243 My baby sits on the potty but won't go
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