Imagine Baby Leggings, in addition to being great for babies learning to crawl, are also perfect for
babies practicing Elimination Communication.
Not exact matches
Taymar Pixley - Smith, writer and mom of two boys,
practices elimination communication with her
baby boy, Benny, who has Down Syndrome.
For those on the fence about
Elimination Communication and whether it could work for your second
baby (especially if you didn't use this
practice with your first
baby or were a late starter your first time), I would like to present a personal story to prove that, yes,
Elimination Communication is not as difficult as you may think.
Even though it seems like
practicing EC (
elimination communication) with a
baby at night is a huge pain in the arse, I often feel like it's a matter of short term effort, long term benefit (ehm, longer stretches of sleep).
Did you know that some people around the world, and even in your hometown,
practice «
elimination communication» and take their
babies to the potty / waste location as early as birth?
Perhaps you have
practiced baby potty training, or
elimination communication, right from the start and your child is already familiar with the potty?
Elimination communication is inspired by traditional
practices of
baby care without diapers in less industrialized countries.
Caregivers
practicing elimination communication use timing, signals, cues, and intuition to recognize and respond to a
baby's need to eliminate and enable them to urinate and defecate in an appropriate place, for example, a toilet.
In case you're new here,
elimination communication (EC), also known as infant hygiene, is the
practice of taking your
baby to toilet.
However, parents say the best part of
practicing elimination communication is getting more in tune with their
babies.
Here, Andrea explains what
elimination communication is, how to know when a
baby needs to pee, why a parent might choose EC, how to get support, how to start a
practice if you wish, and what might get in your way....
Infant potty training, also known as
elimination communication and natural infant hygiene, is the
practice of responding in a timely and compassionate manner to your
baby's cues by taking him to an appropriate pottying place, be it a toilet, a basin, etc., rather...
When
practicing Elimination Control, EC for insiders, the parent or carer looks for a
baby's cues that it needs to go and then acts upon it by holding
baby over a bowl, potty or toilet.
It is recommended that you consult with your physician, your pediatrician and / or lactation consultant to ensure that you are safely
practicing the
Elimination Diet for both your health and the health of your
baby.
But babywearing ABSOLUTELY helps aid your
Elimination Communication
practice amidst lots of distractions, like
baby elephant feeding time, so use it to keep
baby close, and to keep the signals, well, in your face!
Also called «
elimination communication» or «natural infant hygiene,» infant potty training is the
practice of introducing your
baby to the toilet or potty at a very early age — usually between birth and 4 months.
When
practicing Elimination Communication with your new
baby, you may eventually choose to add a mini potty into the equation.
[00:30:27] Heather McNamara: Sure,
elimination communication just speaks to the fact that you're kind of watching your
baby's ques to see when they need to potty and then instead of letting them go in the diaper, you put them on the toilet and let the material go straight in there where it needs to be disposed anyway and so, a lot of families
practices exclusively in other parts of the world, but, you know, here in general, in the United States, there are kind of like, varying levels of using this in - combination with some sort of diapering solution.
A single starting point is the first essential for any parent
practicing Elimination Communication with their
baby.