Kiddos
If I Could Start EC Over Again – and Why I’m Glad I Can’t
By WCMama | | Elimination Communication | ec
I love free stuff, both finding it and passing the treasure on. Today, courtesy of 8 years of diapering and pottying mishaps and milestones (and on the eve of #4’s arrival on scene), I’m offering “free experience” to fellow EC-ing parents. Basically, you get the benefit of our family’s adventures without having to bribe your …
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Why Bother to EC a Non-Verbal Kid?
By WCMama | | Elimination Communication
So your child doesn’t signal, eh? His poo communication involves looking up from play (and if you’re not there to catch his eye, oh well!), and he is more than content to pee through his trainers, through his pants, and through your sofa without blinking? Ah, the one that crushes EC dreams. Or is he? …
What To Do if You Run Out of Diapers (Or you’re just sick and tired of buying them)
By WCMama | | Elimination Communication | ec
I don’t know about where YOU live, but the shelves at our local Meijer this last Thursday that looked like it was Palm Beach or Key West the day before a hurricane made landfall. Staring at the rows of stripped shelves, my heart went out those who hadn’t yet made their usual grocery runs, and …
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When You Just Can’t EC While Pregnant (And Other Life Lessons)
By WCMama | | Elimination Communication
Once upon a time, there was a mom who read the entirety of Go Diaper Free before her second son’s birth. She bought the mats, the potty cozies, printed out charts, and practiced her p’s and q’s (they sounded like “pssss” and “mmmmm”). And once upon a time, that beautiful baby boy was born, and …
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I'm Laura. I love spreadsheets, Jane Eyre, and watching my boys' personalities unfold (unless that involves mud pies launched at the garage again). I also desperately need a weekly repartee exchange or I suffer from witticism atrophy. If you've read this far, you're awesome. May your chocolate be plentiful and your kids' naps long and sweet.