Doing cold weather EC? Tricky...so much that sometimes parents just pause their practice til it's warm again, or don't start til spring hits. I recorded this podcast back in December, but wherever in the world you are, if you find yourself in a cold season or climate, it will be helpful to know of some tricks for using Elimination Communication with your baby in cold weather. Wherever in the world you are, if you find yourself in a cold season or climate, it will be helpful to know of some tricks for using Elimination Communication with your baby in cold weather. You will hear: h ..read more

Running errands with our babies. Does it make you worry? Now consider this: Running errands with our diaper-free babies. Have I pushed your anxiety level up a few notches? Not to worry moms and dads! Doing EC while shopping does not have to be terrible, or terrifying. In fact, just as with travel + EC, shopping diaper-free can often go much more smoothly than reducing your diaper dependency at home! This session of the Go Diaper Free Podcast will teach you how to take that next step...and step out the door with your baby, while keeping up EC on your errands! Let's start shopp ..read more

'Tis the season for traveling...and this means traveling with our babies and making EC during the holidays easier for you. ECing while traveling away from home, whether domestically or internationally, doesn't have to be difficult. In fact, it can often go much more smoothly than EC at home does! Take a listen to this episode for 15 wonderful tips on how to travel while pottying your baby (instead of depending fully on diapers) and making it a diaper-free vacation. You will hear: 15 succinct tips for those practicing Elimination Communication and going on vaca ..read more

Now that we've learned which 4 things lead to potty time, in this session we're going to learn how to potty your baby. Again, The 4 Roads to Potty Time are: Baby's Signals (covered in Episode 8) Baby's Natural Timing (covered in Episode 10) Generic (Common) Timing (covered in Episode 12), and Your Intuition (covered in Episode 14). Once one of these 4 things occurs, you then get to potty your baby. You'll remember from our vocab session that, if we potty successfully, it's called a "catch." The other potty situations could result in a "miss," where the back-up is wet o ..read more

This week's show is Part 4 of 4 of our series "When does baby need to pee?" In past sessions, we've discussed the other 3 Roads to Potty Time: 1. Baby's Signals 2. Baby's Natural Timing or Rhythm 3. Generic or Common Timing and this is the final piece to the puzzle: 4. Your Intuition (this sesh!) I love this episode because it's simple, brief, and to the point. I give lots of examples about what your intuition might look or feel like. And we look at some alternatives for those of you who aren't particularly intuitive by nature. :) You will hear: What potty intuition is Several ex ..read more

Did you know Elimination Communication has an expiration date? If your kiddo is 18m+ and you’re still doing EC, you HAVE to listen to this episode! It’s time to switch gears to potty training. There are 5 big potty training mistakes parents I surveyed stated they could have done differently. Tune in to today’s episode to learn how to correct them, or avoid them altogether! You will hear: Why it’s so important to wrap up EC with your LO before (about) 18 months old What you can do if you didn’t wrap up EC by 18m What inspired me to write the Tiny Potty Training Book The top mistak ..read more

As I've said many times before, it's so important to understand all 4 of what I call "Roads to Potty Time." This episode covers the 3rd way to know it's time to offer the potty to your baby. Generic (or common) Timing. Most babies hold their pee in various situations, so pottying them before or after these events is usually successful. These are common times that most babies usually need to pee. And it's also important to use generic timing to balance your own busy life - how do you integrate potty time into your shopping, visits, classes, events, and daily rhythms like showe ..read more

Sometimes we just need to share our stories! Today I share my entire EC journey with my son, Kaiva, from beginning to end. Since Kaiva turned 3 years old, I thought it must be a good time to share our whole infant potty training story, beginning to end. I hope that my journey ECing Kaiva informs your EC practice or helps you in some way. You will hear: How I first learned about EC...and thought it weird but interesting Starting EC Disposable diapers vs. cloth diapers Bumps in the road - crawling, walking, moving house several times, nighttime pottying, etc. How I started writing ..read more

When does your baby need to pee? Four ways exist. Today's episode covers #2: your baby's natural timing. Every baby has an inherent pottying rhythm; a certain amount of time lapses between feeding and peeing, and between waking and peeing. And between each subsequent potty thereafter. If you can get acquainted with your baby's natural timing, EC will be that much simpler for you. Remember that, although it expands over time and circumstance, having this additional knowledge is KEY to success with pottying your baby. Absolutely key. You will hear: How to create your own EC trackin ..read more

Infant Pottying is somewhat rare in most Western countries. People have strong reactions to what seems odd to them: A baby without diapers? Pottying at that age? Asking to go to the bathroom...at birth? Mostly, these reactions involve the creation of myths and misperceptions. This week I'm going to try to clear up 5 of these myths and set the EC record straight. You will hear: Parent training vs. potty training Convenience of toilet training vs. EC How long does EC really take? Does EC take longer than conventional toilet training? Can early potty training psychologically damage ..read more