Comments on: Get Rid of Diapers! http://www.childandme.com/potty-training-early-communication-and-other-methods-getting-rid-diapers/ Educational Ideas Exchange Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:44:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sv http://www.childandme.com/potty-training-early-communication-and-other-methods-getting-rid-diapers/comment-page-1/#comment-33925 Sv Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:09:47 +0000 http://www.childandme.com.php5-2.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=486#comment-33925 Coming from a "less industrialized" country and therefore always seen diaper-free babies, I couldn't help but laugh at the self-righteous anger expressed by Kim. Dear lady, are you also against parents trying to understand a child expressing a need to sleep, eat or play? Maybe if we didn't give this method so technical a name it might have more 'ayes'. After all, eating food when hungry is not called insertion communication, huh? Coming from a “less industrialized” country and therefore always seen diaper-free babies, I couldn’t help but laugh at the self-righteous anger expressed by Kim. Dear lady, are you also against parents trying to understand a child expressing a need to sleep, eat or play?
Maybe if we didn’t give this method so technical a name it might have more ‘ayes’. After all, eating food when hungry is not called insertion communication, huh?

]]> By: Jen http://www.childandme.com/potty-training-early-communication-and-other-methods-getting-rid-diapers/comment-page-1/#comment-23373 Jen Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:00:30 +0000 http://www.childandme.com.php5-2.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=486#comment-23373 To Kim´s comment- you may have 30 years of some kind of experience, but you obviously have no experience of the EC method. It is the method most widely used in the world & from my experience using it with my 2 children, it is not necessarily any more work than diapering. You can do as much as you are able to & you cut out the time taken wiping away poo. I think you are wrong- I have always felt a good, proud & happy mother in helping my child to eliminate out of his nappy. It´s exciting & inspiring & no different to taking care of their eating, sleeping, comfort needs. As for lining pockets- it´s hardly big business- so that´s really not an argument. In this world there are few making as much money as the disposable diaper companies. They are the ones brainwashing mummies. Parenting is not all about the convenience for us. Everything these days is about convenience for busy people! However, I ask you- when you are old and maybe you can´t get to the toilet yourself & communicate like you used to...would you prefer that your caregiver diapered you and changed it routinely or would you prefer they tried to understand your rhythms & communication & help you go to the toilet?!!! It´s the same thing I´m afraid! Babies are aware of their elimination & no one wants to sit in poo & pee! Think about it. There´s no point to be defensive of a western diapering method that desperately needs to be reviewed in an age where our environment can´t afford the disposables anymore & when our children are being potty trained later and later- some only just getting out of diapers before starting school. Both deserve better. I believe EC is a practical solution for the future in times when both parents work, children can benefit from early potty experience, which can be continued at daycare- as mine have done. People practising EC are usually passionate about it & love it. EC doesn´t mean no diapers- it means using them as a back up. To Kim´s comment- you may have 30 years of some kind of experience, but you obviously have no experience of the EC method. It is the method most widely used in the world & from my experience using it with my 2 children, it is not necessarily any more work than diapering. You can do as much as you are able to & you cut out the time taken wiping away poo. I think you are wrong- I have always felt a good, proud & happy mother in helping my child to eliminate out of his nappy. It´s exciting & inspiring & no different to taking care of their eating, sleeping, comfort needs. As for lining pockets- it´s hardly big business- so that´s really not an argument. In this world there are few making as much money as the disposable diaper companies. They are the ones brainwashing mummies. Parenting is not all about the convenience for us. Everything these days is about convenience for busy people!
However, I ask you- when you are old and maybe you can´t get to the toilet yourself & communicate like you used to…would you prefer that your caregiver diapered you and changed it routinely or would you prefer they tried to understand your rhythms & communication & help you go to the toilet?!!! It´s the same thing I´m afraid! Babies are aware of their elimination & no one wants to sit in poo & pee!
Think about it. There´s no point to be defensive of a western diapering method that desperately needs to be reviewed in an age where our environment can´t afford the disposables anymore & when our children are being potty trained later and later- some only just getting out of diapers before starting school. Both deserve better. I believe EC is a practical solution for the future in times when both parents work, children can benefit from early potty experience, which can be continued at daycare- as mine have done.
People practising EC are usually passionate about it & love it. EC doesn´t mean no diapers- it means using them as a back up.

]]> By: Alenka http://www.childandme.com/potty-training-early-communication-and-other-methods-getting-rid-diapers/comment-page-1/#comment-16819 Alenka Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:22:48 +0000 http://www.childandme.com.php5-2.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=486#comment-16819 I like the idea of an open mind to learning. How do you do EC half time? You are doing both diapers and a potty? Very curious. I like the idea of an open mind to learning. How do you do EC half time? You are doing both diapers and a potty? Very curious.

]]> By: Carla http://www.childandme.com/potty-training-early-communication-and-other-methods-getting-rid-diapers/comment-page-1/#comment-16805 Carla Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:07:13 +0000 http://www.childandme.com.php5-2.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=486#comment-16805 BTW - to Kim's comment, "shame" ??? More like relief at learning about something that seems so natural that it's shocking our "culture" forgot to tell us about. And to making money?? What about all the diaper companies making money off of new moms who don't know that this method makes a lot of sense (and works!!) once you're open-minded enough to read & learn about it? BTW – to Kim’s comment, “shame” ??? More like relief at learning about something that seems so natural that it’s shocking our “culture” forgot to tell us about. And to making money?? What about all the diaper companies making money off of new moms who don’t know that this method makes a lot of sense (and works!!) once you’re open-minded enough to read & learn about it?

]]> By: Carla http://www.childandme.com/potty-training-early-communication-and-other-methods-getting-rid-diapers/comment-page-1/#comment-16803 Carla Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:04:01 +0000 http://www.childandme.com.php5-2.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=486#comment-16803 I am a public school teacher AND a parent who started ECing my 6 month old four months old. Both ECing and public school can be positive things. They both take an open mind to learning new things to make them positive experiences. My son just turned 6 months old now & I'm just looking for ways to transition from EC working 1/2 the time to it working more. I am a public school teacher AND a parent who started ECing my 6 month old four months old. Both ECing and public school can be positive things. They both take an open mind to learning new things to make them positive experiences. My son just turned 6 months old now & I’m just looking for ways to transition from EC working 1/2 the time to it working more.

]]> By: Alenka http://www.childandme.com/potty-training-early-communication-and-other-methods-getting-rid-diapers/comment-page-1/#comment-16692 Alenka Fri, 19 Nov 2010 02:50:05 +0000 http://www.childandme.com.php5-2.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=486#comment-16692 That's a very interesting observation... and a strong point too. I hear enough of annoying stories from my friends whose kids are already in public school, but I believe there are undeniable certain benefits to it as well. Well, we'll see how I feel about it when my own little guys get old enough to try it... So you are definitely decided to home school all the way? I'd be very interested to hear more thoughts on this. Thanks! That’s a very interesting observation… and a strong point too. I hear enough of annoying stories from my friends whose kids are already in public school, but I believe there are undeniable certain benefits to it as well. Well, we’ll see how I feel about it when my own little guys get old enough to try it…

So you are definitely decided to home school all the way? I’d be very interested to hear more thoughts on this. Thanks!

]]> By: Laura http://www.childandme.com/potty-training-early-communication-and-other-methods-getting-rid-diapers/comment-page-1/#comment-16683 Laura Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:48:21 +0000 http://www.childandme.com.php5-2.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=486#comment-16683 Have you noticed how often the "angry anti-conventional method" responses are from so called "childhood educators?" Just another reason NOT to send my kid to public schools....thanks alenka Have you noticed how often the “angry anti-conventional method” responses are from so called “childhood educators?” Just another reason NOT to send my kid to public schools….thanks alenka

]]> By: Alenka http://www.childandme.com/potty-training-early-communication-and-other-methods-getting-rid-diapers/comment-page-1/#comment-11927 Alenka Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:11:36 +0000 http://www.childandme.com.php5-2.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=486#comment-11927 :) That's a very interesting opinion! I loved your passionate reply! I'll stick to my guns, though. Having babies who don't need diaper changes is really convenient. It doesn't make the job neither sacred nor secular - just another way of parenting: a way based on the close connection to the child, respect, helping the baby label and identify his needs quite early. My little one, Smiles, is still developing his vocabulary and laughs every time he realizes that we deciphered what he is trying to say: when he shows a sign for water, I offer him a glass and he is proud and happy. When he shows me that the mailbox is both in his favorite book and outside of the window - and I say it in words - he laughs again. It feels good to be understood. If feels great to be clean. Every time he shows me, that he needs to go to the bathroom and I offer him a potty - he smiles so happily, that I can't even imagine doing it any other way - I offer my baby one more way of being understood, one more way to be independent (he decides weather he wants to go or not), one more way to develop his senses and even one more way to work on his coordination (taking clothes off, sitting down at the potty, etc) - isn't it great? I believe it is. :) That’s a very interesting opinion! I loved your passionate reply! I’ll stick to my guns, though. Having babies who don’t need diaper changes is really convenient. It doesn’t make the job neither sacred nor secular – just another way of parenting: a way based on the close connection to the child, respect, helping the baby label and identify his needs quite early. My little one, Smiles, is still developing his vocabulary and laughs every time he realizes that we deciphered what he is trying to say: when he shows a sign for water, I offer him a glass and he is proud and happy. When he shows me that the mailbox is both in his favorite book and outside of the window – and I say it in words – he laughs again. It feels good to be understood. If feels great to be clean. Every time he shows me, that he needs to go to the bathroom and I offer him a potty – he smiles so happily, that I can’t even imagine doing it any other way – I offer my baby one more way of being understood, one more way to be independent (he decides weather he wants to go or not), one more way to develop his senses and even one more way to work on his coordination (taking clothes off, sitting down at the potty, etc) – isn’t it great? I believe it is.

]]> By: Kim Borden http://www.childandme.com/potty-training-early-communication-and-other-methods-getting-rid-diapers/comment-page-1/#comment-11915 Kim Borden Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:07:20 +0000 http://www.childandme.com.php5-2.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=486#comment-11915 As an early childhood educator, with 30 years experience, I want to applaud Mommies that are saying no-thank you to elimination communication (EC). Caring for an infant is a sacred job. Things like electricity, running water, and diapers do not make the job any less sacred. For pity sake, we need to celebrate the job that mothers do, not come up with cockamamie ideas that make their job more arduous. Women who “discover” ways that make the job of mothering more difficult need to be strung up and labeled as traitors to the sisterhood! I say, “Hooray!” to the women who can see that holding an infant over a potty or a bush or a sink while going tss-tss or pss-pss does not make her a great Mom. But rather, makes her a victim of the so called experts who are trying to sell books. And to the people, who line their pockets with coins from new mommies by burdening them with more work and more guilt, I shake my head in disgust and say, “You should be ashamed!” Elimination Communication… really? I don’t think so!!! As an early childhood educator, with 30 years experience, I want to applaud Mommies that are saying no-thank you to elimination communication (EC). Caring for an infant is a sacred job. Things like electricity, running water, and diapers do not make the job any less sacred. For pity sake, we need to celebrate the job that mothers do, not come up with cockamamie ideas that make their job more arduous. Women who “discover” ways that make the job of mothering more difficult need to be strung up and labeled as traitors to the sisterhood! I say, “Hooray!” to the women who can see that holding an infant over a potty or a bush or a sink while going tss-tss or pss-pss does not make her a great Mom. But rather, makes her a victim of the so called experts who are trying to sell books. And to the people, who line their pockets with coins from new mommies by burdening them with more work and more guilt, I shake my head in disgust and say, “You should be ashamed!” Elimination Communication… really? I don’t think so!!!

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