![]() It has been more rewarding for our family than I could have imagined. ![]() To my delight, she peed straight away, and we have been doing it ever since. The first time I tried it, I held Maia (aged 3 months) over the laundry tub, and made the ‘psss’ noise. I was drawn to the idea of a deeper physical and psychic connection with my baby, and EC felt closer to our genetic imprint. I was very excited about it as I had read in a letter to Mothering magazine (US) a few years earlier, that African women cue their babies to eliminate with a ‘psss’ sound, and I had begun to do this with Maia from birth. I first heard the phrase Elimination Communication when my fourth baby Maia Rose was 3 months old, and a friend pointed me towards an EC website. This ‘method’, which is so obvious in most cultures that it needs no name, involves the mother and baby becoming attuned and communicative so that the mother (and/or other caregivers) know when the baby needs to eliminate- pee or poo. Buckley 2005 Previously published in The Mother magazine, UK, issue number 3, autumn 2002Įlimination Communication (EC)- also known as Infant Potty Training (IPT), Elimination Timing (ET) and Natural Infant Hygiene- is how most babies are brought up around the world. ![]()
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