The diaper-free baby : the natural toilet training alternative

imagine Infants Free From Painful Diaper Rash, New Parenthood Without Thousands Of Dollars Wasted In Diapering Costs, Toilet Training That Is Natural And Noncoercive, And, Most Important, Happier Babies And Parents as Christine Gross-loh Reveals In Her Progressive, Enlightening Book, All This Is Possible And More. Infants Are Born With The Ability To Communicate Their Need To Go, Just As They Communicate Hunger Or Sleepiness. Gross-loh, A Mother Of Two Children Who Were Diaper-free At Eighteen And Fifteen Months, Uses The Tenets Of Elimination Communication, Or Ec, To Teach Parents How To Identify And Respond To Their Baby Or Toddler's Natural Cues. unlike The All-or-nothing Approach Of Some Parenting Books, the Diaper-free Baby Addresses Three Categories Of Parents: Full-time, Part-time, And Occasional Ec'ers. Parents Can Practice Ec As Much Or As Little As Fits Their Family And Lifestyle. A Support Group Within A Book, The Diaper-free Baby Also Includes Inspiring Testimonials Throughout Every Chapter. Parents Who Have Successfully Practiced Ec Identify Common Struggles, Share Experiences And Problem-solving Tips, And Provide Encouragement For Those New To The Technique. Their Motivational Stories Together With Gross-loh's Practical Advice Will Appeal To All Parents Interested In A Fresh Alternative To Traditional Toilet Training. rachel Q. Davis - Library Journal tokyo-based Freelance Writer Gross-loh Addresses The Hows And Whys Of An Increasingly Popular Trend: Elimination Communication, Or Ec. This Technique Calls For Parents To Read An Infant's Elimination Signals (i.e., Restlessness, Squirming, Arching Of The Back) And Hold The Child Over A Potty Or Toilet. In Essence, Parents Create An Association Between Elimination (urinating/defecating) And A Particular Sound (such As Pssst) And A Position, So That Eventually Hearing The Sound And Being Held In That Position Encourages The Baby To Go To The Bathroom On A Consistent Basis. Gross-loh Discusses Her Subject With Knowledge And Enthusiasm, But Some Readers May Be Annoyed By The Ec Lingo (including The Constant Use Of Ec As An Adjective, Noun, And Even A Verb). Perhaps Most Notable, However, Is The Author's Flexible And Nonjudgmental Attitude, As She Encourages Parents To Try The Method Only Occasionally If They Choose With A Baby Of Any Age. Linda Sonna's early-start Potty Training is Much More Prescriptive, While Ingrid Bauer's diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom Of Natural Infant Hygiene covers Much Of The Same Material As Gross-loh's Book, Though With A New Age Orientation. Laurie Boucke's infant Potty Training provides More Historical And Cultural Information, With Less Focus On Practical Tips. Libraries Will Want To Purchase At Least One Of These Books, And Gross-loh's Would Be A Useful Choice For Larger Collections. Imagine infants free from painful diaper rash, new parenthood without thousands of dollars wasted in diapering costs, toilet training that is natural and non–coercive, and, most importantly, happier babies and parents. As Christine Gross–Loh reveals in this progressive, enlightening book, all this is possible and more. Infants are born with their own methods of communicating their need to "go" just as they communicate hunger or sleepiness. Sudden restlessness, squirming, arching of the back, and vocalization ... all infants display these common behaviors. But what parents may not realize is that these seemingly random actions have a purpose and meaning. Using the tenets of Elimination Communication (EC), Gross–Loh, a mother of two children who were diaper–free at eighteen and fifteen months, respectively, teaches parents how to identify and respond to their baby or toddler's natural cues. Unlike the extreme approach of some parenting books, The Diaper–Free Baby addresses three categories of parents: Full–Time, Part–Time, and Occasional EC'ers. Parents can practice EC as much or as little as fits their family and lifestyle–even busy or working parents and their babies can benefit from the book's techniques. "Imagine infants free from painful diaper rash, new parenthood without thousands of dollars wasted in diapering costs, toilet training that is natural and noncoercive, and, most important, happier babies and parents As Christine Gross-Loh reveals in her progressive, enlightening book, all this is possible and more. Infants are born with the ability to communicate their need to "go," just as they communicate hunger or sleepiness. Gross-Loh, a mother of two children who were diaper-free at eighteen and fifteen months, uses the tenets of "elimination communication," or EC, to teach parents how to identify and respond to their baby or toddler's natural cues."--Page 4 of cover