I've never changed a diaper in my whole life and maybe I never will since I ran across a news story regarding the topic of Elimination Communication.
Concept/Background:
EC goes by many names - "natural infant hygiene", "infant potty training", "elimination timing", "potty whispering" and " trickle treat". This diaper-free practice is based upon 4 main components: timing, signals, cueing and intuition to completely or partially eliminate the need for diapers. The practice origins come from diaper-less babies in hunter-gathering cultures and less industrialize countries. It's a modern take on an ancient practice.
My first thoughts was that it must be a slow news day. Come on every one knows that babies pooh in their diaper. That's why baby cry, right! What are Pampers for? I wore Pampers as a baby and I'll probably leave this earth in adult Depends. So I continue to watch as these mothers explain how they taught their newborns to pooh on command and not soil themselves. Wow, if I can teach our dog Murphy to sit, stay and pooh outside as a pup why couldn't I teach a baby to pooh on command. It sounds reasonable, I MUST RESEARCH.
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