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Learned Behavior Doing away with diapers
When my son was three months old a friend gave me a booklet about a diaper-free baby raising method called Elimination Communication (EC). The eco-friendly option is making a comeback both nation and state wide, but is still uncommon compared to cloth diapering. An estimated 96 percent of Americans choose disposable diapering and, on average, one baby uses 3,000 disposable diapers from infancy through potty training, resulting in 20 million diapers ending up in landfills each year. Even the most part-time EC families reduce their diaper waste and lessen their carbon footprint. Like other parent’s I’ve talked to, after learning about elimination communication I was intrigued, slightly intimidated and excited to try it out. The first time I walked my son outside and casually said, “You can pee if you need to,” he did. I was shocked. A year later, we’ve been EC successful, using cloth diapers only at bedtime. Based on communication between parent and baby, EC isn’t “potty training” and is practiced widely throughout the non-Western world. It’s been estimated that only six percent of infants in China, and two percent in India, are raised wearing disposable diapers. Using EC, parents learn to read their child’s signals, including body language, facial expressions, noises and fussing, and respond by bringing the child to a baby potty, toilet or another appropriate place to relieve themselves. In turn, babies recognize parent’s cue sounds and become aware of their elimination sensations.