Elimination Communication - Have you tried it? - Page 5

[woldkill]

With all respect, the issue is more than why the authors were not published, it is why a topic that so many people here are interested in is repeatedly passed over. I understand that articles etc are scheduled far in advance, but why is this topic not scheduled in after that. Or even better, bumped up due to the readerships' interest!

Please, Please have Peggy look at the interest that these boards have generated. Please listen to the numerous people who attest to the wonderful, AP-style of parenting that EC promotes. Finally, please listen to those parents who wish that a magazine such as Mothering would step forward and show mothers that there is another parenting tool that can help them tune into there child and respond to ALL their needs. As far as I am concerned this is not controversal topic, it is just misunderstood. A letter to the editor printed in 1989 does not serve the readership of Mothering magazine.

I will forward this to the email provided.

[Laurie Boucke]

A Letter to the Editor is NOT an Article

Katambra,

My findings agree with yours. The only references I found to ec appear in the "Your Letters" section (letters to the editor). This is NOT an article.

If anyone can find an ec *article* in Mothering, please let us know which issue, along with the title of the article and page number(s). Thanks.

Laurie

[positiveparenter]

Inicidentally, Rosie Wilde wrote several of those letters. Those are me. If there really has been an article, I'd LOVE toknow about it! That would be so cool

earthmoon

[Cynthia Mosher]

I will repeat my request again.

Let's keep the board discussion positive about Elimination Communication for the benefit of knowledge and information about the concept and practice of it and leave the publisher/author issues for private discussion between those it petains to. If you would like to see an article on EC in Mothering, send in a letter suggesting that to the editors - [e-mail]

To avoid having this thread closed let's please turn this back into a discussion of EC and not Mothering's editorial choices.

Peace everyone.

[Ahleemah]

Just looking for the article

Cynthia, I believe we were responding to *your* statement that Mothering has already done an article on EC.... searching the archives tells us that this is untrue. on this thread at least, I believe that is why we got off topic.

Blessings!

Ahleemah

[Cynthia Mosher]

The two posts before mine, yes. but the two prior to that are delving again into criticism and accusation. That is what I want discontinued.

[NaturalMom]

Great! I just sent an e-mail to the address provided Let's hope they get enough requests and will do an article...

Well, our first is due in three weeks, and I've read both Ingrid and Laura's books and am ready to give EC/NIH a try. Still a little skeptical but very curious about this. Both books make alot of sense. As I mentioned in previous posts, we lived overseas for awhile (in the Middle East), and I do recall children being potty trained at a very young age, although I don't recall seeing EC in action. So we're open to trying this and I'll post our experiences with it after the baby arrives (I do understand that it's an ongoing learning process for both parents and baby, so it won't be an overnight success, but - hopefully we'll see some progress!)...

[MerikaR]

Right on Cynthia, I've sent the letter:

Hi!
I would have loved to see an article about elimination communication when I was pregnant! I found out about it when my baby was 3 months old and wish I had learned sooner. As it is, I’m just so thankful that I heard about it in Gurmukh’s mommy & me yoga class and had the internet available to get more information from! Please run a positive article on this most ancient method of communicating with our babies about their most fundamental needs.
Thanks,
Merika

[Chi-Chi Mama]

I first heard of EC from reading Darshani's website...

dd was about 9 mnths old at the time, and i never really gave it a good try. i'm also a wohm, so i only have nights/weekends with dd.

but yesterday, one day shy of her b-day, she brought her potty over to me. i said 'oh, you have to go?' and put her on it. she immediately started peeing.

that's just from taking her to the potty/sink once in a while and going "psssss" when i see her pee (we let her run around diaperless too) i got her the little baby bjorn, and she is getting used to it. we never push it on her..

EC just seems like an amazing concept. i hope to be a sahm with our next one and will hopefully try to use EC from the beginning!

thanks to all those trying hard to educate people aobut this!!!

[Chi-Chi Mama]

just sent a letter as well!

[Ahleemah]

Looking for more stories for my website!

Natural mom, (and anyone else)

I'm always looking for a good EC story to add to my site... I like ones that have accompanying pics (LOL!) or something unique to the story, or from the dh's perspective..... PM me and we'll talk about possibilities!

Blessings!

Ahleemah

[arizonawillow]

EC was successful at our house

I read about EC (earthmoon's site) while pregnant and thought it groovy and interesting and *definitely not for me*!!

At dh's suggestion I took ds to pee in the sink for the first time at 2.5 months.

I "part-time ECed" aka most-of-the-time diapered my son and also responded to his cues to go potty.

At 20 months stopped diapering him in the day. At 21 months stopped diapering him at night (perfected the mad dash to the bathroom as soon as the baby wakes in the a.m., no lolling in bed!)

He's 2.5 years old now and just the last month or so is consistently taking care of his own pottying needs. Yeah, I still have to wipe him after poos and turn on the bathroom light but he gets himself to the bathroom on his own motivation. He's just decided to start trying to pee standing up, it's hilarious. :P

EC is so cool. I want more people to know about it so they can have the option of giving a try to see if it works for them. I'm glad it's being discussed at the Mothering boards!

Vicki

[CD_addict]

Well, I can't really answer the poll because my choice would be Heard of it, will never try it but don't think it is crazy.

Its interesting but just not my cup o'tea

[Ahleemah]

Mmmmm cup of tea.... :-)

... but at least you heard about it, informed yourself, and then made a decision that was best for you and yours... that's great! That's the joy of information, we get to each use it to our own situation and needs.

Blessings!

Ahleemah - whose goal is to tell one new person in real life about EC every week... ;-) Now, how many weeks will I need to tell every single mom in the the US?

[Quirky]

OMG!!!

I caught two pees and a poop from my 12-week-old DS today! First time ever!

I had seen EC discussed on this board and read Ingrid's and Laurie's books pre-DS, but what with one thing and another (esp. all sorts of BF difficulties) had never felt coordinated enough to really try. (Unless giving DS plenty of nakey-butt time on the changing table, and cleaning up the results, counts....)

This morning, though, just for kicks, I sat him on his little Baby Bjorn pot on the changing table after we got up, said ssssss 'til I felt like a hissing fool, and sure enough! Then after we sat down for a little snack, DS was doing his nibble, frown, nibble, pull off, latch on, frown routine, so I thought to myself, hmmm....de-latched, undressed him, sat him on pot and sure enough! He pooped! And we've caught one more pee since then! He seemed pretty happy sitting there, probably because he was up closer to his mobile, which he loves.

Can I just repeat - OMG!!

(I guess it balances out yesterday, when I was trying to decide whether DS' blowout could be cleaned up with wipes or needed a shower, and he started peeing ....STRAIGHT UP INTO HIS OWN FACE. Didn't know baby boys could do that.)

[jensoko]

Re: OMG!!!

Originally posted by Jane
(I guess it balances out yesterday, when I was trying to decide whether DS' blowout could be cleaned up with wipes or needed a shower, and he started peeing ....STRAIGHT UP INTO HIS OWN FACE. Didn't know baby boys could do that.)

Yep, they can...in fact, it was after just such an occasion with DS, back when he was 2.5 mos, that I decided on a whim to try EC and was hooked! He'd pooped in 3 dipes in a row, then peed in his own face. Poor little bugger was so furious and confused he didn't know what to do.

We're very very happy with EC, even though we're going through a developmental strike right now (you can read about it in the "EC Dropouts" thread). The important thing is that he knows when he's going and when he has to go. Getting it in the right place will come back in time.

senebty,
Jen

[Quirky]

jensoko - "senebty"??

[jensoko]

Senebty means "be well" or "be healthy" in Kemetic, the language of ancient Egypt.

Ankh, udja, seneb! (Life, Happiness, Health!)

Jen

[HotMama]

Ahleemah, I love your website pictures! I'm thinking of trying EC out with my 5 mo dd. She gives consistent poop signals and I've been saying "poop, poop, poop" when she's pooping in the diaper. Pee will be more of a challenge. How do you all keep your babies warm and the bed dry at night??: dd does not keep her top part under the covers at night and when we"ve tried no diaper, she gets whatever she's wearing soaked. hmmm

[beanma]

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