The Diaper-Free Baby by Christine Gross-Loh

Their motivational stories together with Gross-Loh's practical advice will appeal to all parents interested in a fresh alternative to traditional toilet training. Parents who have successfully practiced EC identify common struggles, share experiences and problem-solving tips, and provide encouragement for those new to the technique. A support group within a book, The Diaper-Free Baby also includes inspiring testimonials throughout every chapter. An intriguing look at parenting paradigms in countries where children are deemed to be the best adjusted.Gross-Loh (The Diaper-Free Baby, 2007, etc.), a first. Parents can practice EC as much or as little as fits their family and lifestyle. Her 2007 book, The Diaper-Free Baby, introduced American parents to the notion that not all cultures put babies in diapers. Christine Gross-Loh exposes culturally determined norms we have about good parenting, and asks, Are there parenting strategies other countries are getting right that we are not. 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. 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.

Infants are born with the ability to communicate their need to 'go,' just as they communicate hunger or sleepiness. 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 parentsĪs Christine Gross-Loh reveals in her progressive, enlightening book, all this is possible and more.

The Diaper-Free Baby by Christine Gross-Loh