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Elimination Communication works -- sort of

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Some of you may remember my post back when I was reviewing cloth diapers and mentioning Elimination Communication. EC is when a baby and parent communicate about the baby's elimination needs so they baby doesn't need to eliminate in his or her diaper. Well, my wife and I were all for this concept. It is respectful to recognize that Owen probably doesn't want to sit in a dirty diaper any more that I would. And really, the fact that we essentially train our children to do just that seems a little off to me. However, we are running into some problems with EC. First of all, Owen poops pretty regularly. This would be while he is nursing and just before he wakes up. I think you are beginning to see the problem. Nine times out of ten, he also pees right when he wakes from a nap or in the morning, not enough time to get him undressed and to the toilet, especially in his state of semi-consciousness. Aside from my wife nursing him over the toilet (or another receptacle which she is not willing to do and I don't blame her) or waking Owen prematurely from a nap to eliminate, what can be done here? We are thinking things will change a bit when he is eating solid foods regularly, but are we missing precious time?

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