Oh my gosh, I can't believe I even ventured into this territory but I have to say - I LOVE EC! We've been doing it since Sunday and today I caught 1 poop and 4 pees! I can already see an improvement in Mateo and I's communication, and in his awareness of his elimination. It's awesome knowing that's one less poopy diaper I'll have to wash and he'll have to sit in. We're doing it very part-time, I'm being very relaxed and casual about it - for instance, I'm sure we won't have as many catches this weekend when we'll be more busy and out of the house, but when we're able to do it and we're successful - fantastic! My motivation for EC basically comes out of a fear of potty-training. Doing it this week both made me wish that I had started ECing Mateo from birth, and thankful that I started now. He gives very few, like almost no signals (I'm hoping he starts giving more signals as his awareness of his elimination needs returns/builds) and I think was getting pretty comfortable going in that diaper...I've heard horror stories from friends about potty-training and I fear that Mateo would have been difficult if we hadn't discovered EC. This is not a cure-all for potty-training woes, by any means, but I've yet to hear of anyone who EC'd from this age and didn't have an early/easy transition to toilet independence, as it's called. Hooray! Also, it's just nice to know that I'm meeting his needs in this way, too, just as I am if he's hungry, or sleepy. EC just makes sense.
This is a great blog post on what exactly EC is, along with saome FAQs:
http://soeasybeinggreen-blog.com/2012/04/elimination-communication-faqs-a-guest-post/
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