Neat Documentary about EC

[catccc]

Not sure if this has already been posted here, but thought I'd share:
http://andrewaguirre.com/scout-go-pee-pee.html

Neat documentary (20 minutes) about EC. I'm curious what a non-ECers reaction would be to this. I try to imagine, but can't since I discovered EC years before I even had DD... I liked it. Especially the bit about from one mom about our society being overly goal oriented. I think I am as well and need to tone that part of me down for ECing. Hope you guys enjoy it!

[sapphire_chan]

i'll post to FB and let you know what not ecing people think

[theboysmama]

that documentary was excellent! I posted to fb and only had one comment and she is an ec'er

[hrsmom]

Thank you for the link! Neat documentary! I wonder, too, how it comes across to non-EC'ers. I'm going to e-mail the link to a pregnant friend and see what she thinks. That video got me thinking about a few things!

[InMediasRes]

Just posted this on FB. Most of my friends are mainstream, so I'm dying to see what they say.

[jenneology]

The posters here just answered a question for me (and a totally clueless one at that). I didn't realize the video embedded on the site was the documentary. I thought it was a trailer! So I asked my friend who posted it on facebook about the release info. Ha! Its released and there to be seen. Well, now I know.

[hrsmom]

I could see how it could be mistaken for a trailer.

[InMediasRes]

So the responses were pretty much all, "Hm. Interesting."

One person asked "Did that lady really take out her boob on camera?"

[Pepper44]

I posted this on my blog and got a lot of ridiculous responses. People act as if EC is something I just randomly made up to torture my baby with. They also seemed as if they didn't grasp the concept of EC, at all. I have 50 comments, so far.

It's unfair to the baby because they should be allowed to just be a baby.

If babies have a natural sense of cleanliness then why does my toddler like to sit in his own poop?

It's cruel to make a baby wait to pee when you are out somewhere just because you don't want to deal with diapers.

Letting a baby pee in public is rude and disgusting.

There's no way a toddler remembers something from when they were a baby, that has nothing to do with potty training.

One comment just said, "Is this for real?"

This would have never worked for me as a baby because I have ADHD. (I wonder if she still forgets to pee and has accidents today as an adult from her ADHD?)

This would never work for my kid because he's autistic.

How would the baby give you enough time to find a restroom?

I also got some, "I've never heard of such a thing, but it makes sense. I'm going to look into it more!" type of responses, and a few responses from people who know someone else who does EC and loves it, or people who are looking into it for their new baby.

I don't understand why people think it would be so difficult...everywhere we go has a bathroom nearby, or when DD was small I would take her little potty in the car. Otherwise most areas around here are rural and there's no issue with a baby (or even my DH) going behind a tree on the edge of the woods. Maybe it's harder if you live in a concrete city, but even then wouldn't you constantly be around stores with bathrooms to pop into?

[hrsmom]

I sure don't understand comments like those! Especially having lived through doing EC. (Still in process!) I can't imagine doing it any other way.

FWIW, we just used diapers when out and about. I pottied her in the car, but pretty quickly on she let me know she was not a fan of just peeing anywhere. She mostly held it when out and about from early on, which was definitely her choice!

I think the part time aspect of EC should get more attention. It does get attention, thankfully, but I think people are turned off by full time EC. I know I was at first. I actually did decide to go "full time" while I was still pregnant, then when she was born, it became apparent that part time was the way to go (for us) in the beginning!

[catccc]

@Pepper44: OMG! Those comments are so ridiculous! As I read them, I had a retort for every single one... Some people are so close minded.

[rissierae]

Great documentary! I really liked everything the parents had to say.

[InMediasRes]

Originally Posted by Pepper44

It's cruel to make a baby wait to pee when you are out somewhere just because you don't want to deal with diapers.

How do you make anyone hold it? The baby is the only one in control of their bladder.

Letting a baby pee in public is rude and disgusting.

What about an adult? That's rude and disgusting too, I suppose?

There's no way a toddler remembers something from when they were a baby, that has nothing to do with potty training.

How do they remember how to sleep? Or nurse? Or eat?

Those are the ones that really stood out to me. What a bunch of ridiculous ideas!