What is Elimination Communication?

Elimination Communication (EC) is an ancient practice of tuning in to a baby's elimination patterns and signals and responding to the baby's needs.  In this way, babies can live diaper-free!  Might sound crazy at first, but it's truly a beautiful thing!  Ingrid Bauer is an expert in the field - read more on her website.


Elie at 8 weeks

Elie at 8 weeks

Monday, December 17, 2007

Early ECing

I started ECing after my mother-in-law and parents were gone since I felt funny about trying it with them around. I think I started on Sunday Dec 16. In the first few days, I easily caught several poops. I "caught" some pees too, but had a hard time with aim in the beginning and most pee went straight into the air or on me! :) EC is pretty easy now, because Elie mostly sleeps and just wakes to nurse or pee/poop, so if he squirms and doesn't want to eat, he needs to pee or poop ;)

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