Crappy Pictures has sponsors. Sponsors do giveaways. EC Simplified is doing a giveaway! Yay!
(This is a repost of the first giveaway from EC Simplified a few months back. But with one super cool, non-crappy update which I’ll tell you right now so you don’t miss it. Use coupon code CRAPPYDIAPERS for 30% off until May 28th, 11:59PM, PST. So if you saw this last time and thought maybe, well now you should maybe think yes.)
So before I chatter on and on I’ll let Andrea tell you what her business is all about:
“I teach parents of 0-20 month old babies how to stop diapering full-time and how to avoid conventional toilet training…and poop…with Elimination Communication, aka Infant Potty Training.”
By the way, I know some of you use EC because you’ve said so in comments (and I read them!) and I also know that some of you have never heard of it until this moment. That is okay! You can read Andrea’s What is Elimination Communication page to learn what the heck we are talking about.
Now before we get started, I also want to say that EC is a personal parenting choice and while it might totally resonate with you it also might not. That is okay! There is no judgement here. Group hug. Please pass the chocolate or wine or whatever it is you like to share with friends. Unless it is Polish sausage. I hate Polish sausage.
(Full Disclosure: I did not use EC with either of my babies. Honestly, I didn’t know that much about it. A few of my friends use EC so I’m a bit more knowledgeable now but I have no firsthand experience. So if I sound like a fool, well now you know why. Also, Andrea knew this and still trusted me to write this post because she is cool like that.)
When someone first hears about elimination communication this might be their reaction:
Because that certainly was mine when I first heard about it. So I asked Andrea this question and she didn’t even make fun of me. Instead, she answered:
“First of all, “diaper-free” means free from exclusive dependence upon diapers. Lots of ECers (the vast majority, actually) use a diaper “back-up” for the first 9 months, then switch to underwear (that’s what we did). During the initial learning period of a couple weeks (which includes diaper-free observation time…baby naked), you might get peed or pood on. But, if you do the usual diaper thing, you might also get peed or pood on.”
Then the second reaction that people may have is this one:
So I asked Andrea this too. And she answered:
“Just as much as paying attention to when your baby is hungry or tired. 🙂 It’s just another instinctual expression of a need, and, as with all the basic baby needs…you do have to pay attention. Or be present.”
So I’m listening to my baby’s cues and responding to him? Hey, that sounds good.
And if this isn’t enough, there is also a bonus:
Babies are diaper-free by 6-20 months following Andrea’s steps. While the United States average for potty training is 3 years. Wow, that sounds good too.
Andrea explains:
“EC is not coercive. It is not punitive. There should be no shaming, pressure, competition, showing off, or rushing the process. EC is completely in line with babies’ natural interests, needs, capabilities, preferred hygiene, and general well-being.”
And that also sounds good.
Why did Andrea write this book? She said:
“I wanted to make a dummy-proof way to learn something which generally sounds totally impossible, intimidating, and “that would never work for me.” (Like how I felt when I started!) So if someone is *remotely* interested in breaking diaper dependence with their baby, I make it impossible for them to NOT be able to do it. Like super-super-super-easy. It even includes my own drawings!”
So if this is sounding good to you too, EC Simplified has got your back. Andrea has put together a fantastic package for one lucky winner:
“The EC Simplified Plus Package, which includes my book, audiobook, private video library, tools library, and access to my private support forum.”
AND
“A 30 minute private chat with me via Skype or phone, to ask all of your EC-related questions personally.”
AND!
“A set of three tiny baby underwear (3 sizes from teeny-tiny to still-smaller-than-what-you-can-find-in-America, made in Thailand, picked up on my travels abroad, 100% cotton, boy or girl design).”
(Oh my goodness, those tiny underwear!!! I can’t handle the cute. Can I please borrow a time machine so that I can EC my kids and put them in that tiny underwear?)
Please visit EC Simplified!
Use coupon code CRAPPYDIAPERS for 30% off until May 28th, 11:59PM, PST!
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GIVEAWAY:
EC Simplified is giving away the EC Simplified Plus Package, 30 minute private chat via Skype or phone and a set of tiny underwear to one lucky winner!
How to Enter:
Comment on this post! One comment per person. Comments will close Monday, May 28th at 8PM PST & winner will be picked via random # generator, notified and announced here at the bottom of this post.
Comments are now closed, thanks everyone!
Congrats to…
hannah – I’m attempting (unsuccessfully) to potty-train my 2 1/2 year old, and would LOVE to try EC with my 12 week old!!
I’m willing to give it a try!
I’ll try it too. Those teeny tiny undies are soooo cute!!!
We tried and failed with baby number 1, I would love to give it another go with baby number 2, before I just felt lost and confused.
I’d love to try it. We are just starting to potty train our little boy and aren’t successful yet.
My youngest turned 2 last month, does that mean she’s too old to use EC now?
I thought about trying with my first, but everything was just so new. I’m hoping to have all the information before our second comes around.
Please please please pick me! I started doing this part-time a while back, and now I don’t know how to go to the next step. Help!
Really would like to win this!!
Keeping my fingers crossed – we’d love a set of those teeny undies! Thanks for doing the giveaway!
Baby number 2 is due in November and I’d love to do EC from day one!!!
I would love to do more of it
I’d love to try it, but right now I just find it confusing…
I would love to try this. Please pick me!
I would love this! We do ECing, but have needed some extra tips lately. And tiny panties? Yes please!
Expecting our first in August and would love to do EC!
I love my cloth diapers, but this sounds fascinating. I hope I win!
I just had a chat with my almost 12 month old about starting this! lol She’s ready!
I have one in this age and another on the way, so I will definitely be needing some potty training help!
I am trying ec but part time, and feel like giving up! would love to win!
Please pick me, would love to try!
Those little undies are so cute!
I’d love to do this with the next baby.
Meeeee! I have a newbie coming in October and would love to try EC with her!
We are just about to start potty training our little girl, we would love to win!
Would love to win this.
Fingers crossed that I win this time!
I considered it with my first and now am extra curious.
I really want to try EC too! I need some help getting started with my 11 month old!
I first heard about it from your last giveaway post and after mulling it over I”m willing to learn more.
Would love to win this, pick me!
oh i sooo want! especially tiny undies! we started setting boy on a potty during diaper changes since he could sit up on his own – now at 1yr he knows pretty well to go pee in the potty – still kind of working on poo…
After potty training twins while I was pregnant with #3, anything has got to be easier. Why not?
I could use the extra help!
30% off is so tempting! I don’t have a baby right now though and no plans for #3 yet.
I want tiny panties!!! And to learn how to EC!!
We’ve been trying this with some success but would love the extra push.
How cool! We totally need this!!
My third is arriving in the fall and oh how I want to try this. And oh how I am so afraid of this….at the same time.
I would love to try this! I am a new mommy always looking to try something new! And I just cleaned up a super diaper explosion, so trying this system sounds amazing!
I never thought I’d be interested in doing something like this, but heck, why not?
I’d love to win!
Im curious!
Me, me, me! I have my 2nd dye in aug and would love to try!
Pick me! Pick me!
I have a little baby who has nappies for his wees,
and when he poops in them it leaks down to his knees.
Washing, drying, every day, and so I do beseech thee,
“Please, please let me win this prize so we can go EC!”.
Ha! I love this! Hope you win.
LOL Thanks 😉 xxx
(Me too! I’m really keen to try this and need the help!)
I’ve been part time ECing my 3rd child. I was amazed when she went the first time I tried. In fact 2 out of the first 3x I tried. Within a couple weeks, she was at least trying every time I gave her a potty opportunity. I’d love to read an actual book on ECing and get better at it AND the underwear is so cute. Would love to have!
Glad to hear from a mom of 3 who has had sucess, so many things i’d like to try but with large families its a bit daunting.
I would love to try this with my boys!
I have an infant. I need this book now!
I would love to know mrs about this and is be it a try with my little one!
I am so interested in this and would love to win the giveaway! Thanks for all that you do!
I hope I win! I have been wanting to give it a try, this is the perfect opportunity!
We’re trying but have lots of EC questions.
P.S. My daughter is sleeping on my bed wearing Gerber training pants right now. Does that make me brave or stupid? :p
If your baby is already 16 months is it too late to begin EC??
We are still having a nightmare of a time getting our 3 year old toilet trained so I’m open to any alternative to a repeat.
I would LOVE to not have to change diapers…
Looks interesting!
DD is 4 months and I’d love to try this out!
I LOVE those little underwears! I would love to try this!!
I potty trained my 2 older ones around 18 months old but would love to start right away with my baby….
Those undies! How adorably cute!!! I would try EC if I knew how! Seriously way better than poopy diapers! Lol
I firmly believe my firstborn will be content to be in diapers until he’s in college. Something has to work.
My 1 year old poops at least 3 times before noon… this sounds like a godsend!
I have NEVER heard of this before. I’m willing to give it a try though! My little girl is 5 months old and we buy sooo many diapers.
I’ve been doing EC with my 10 month old for about 5 months now, its been a good journey, but sometimes I feel stuck… I would love the extra help, well, let me rephrase: I need the extra help :))
I already have the book… But I want the underwear!
I would love to give ECing a try. I’ve read about it briefly and it seems wonderful, especially since my 10 month old son thinks it’s torture to wear a diaper. Honestly, I can’t blame him, but honestly, I don’t want poop everywhere. I would love to be able to really chat with someone and see a “to do” list in front of me with steps to take so that we can move into ECing.
since we just finished potty training our 2-year-old, I’m all for finding something that doesn’t require going through THAT again with baby #3!
I would love to start this with my little guy!
As I was reading the post I was wondering where on earth to get tiny underwear. So, pick me pick me! Otherwise, does Barnes and Noble carry this book? I have a gift card…
Awesome! This is one thing my Mama didn’t teach me!
love it!!
Oooh, I’d love to try!
I didn’t win last time 🙁 maybe this time? 🙂
I”m curious to try this, and I have quite a few questions about it!
Have ECed 4 kids. Love having resources to share with my friends who (still) think I.m nuts.
Would love to give this a go!
Would be great to win this time!
I’ve never heard of this before your blog but I’m curious enough to enter.
I ec’d my youngest so if I won I’d be passing this onto a friend!
I just love that photo with the tiny underwear, seriously cute.
Pretty please pick me this time!
I have been wanting to try with my 12 month old (I had wanted to start earlier, but…well…you know…). This would be an awesome kick start!
I never win giveaways but throwing my name in the hat because I love your blog!
I’m willing to learn more about this for baby #2 on the way this August.
So cool – would love to try!
I’ve read about EC, but haven’t had the guts to do it yet. We CD, but the little man is getting big fast so it would be nice if he potty learned more quickly so we don’t have to keep sizing up!
Oh this is the giveaway I’ve been waiting for!!! Bubs if only 6 weeks and I’m kicking myself for not getting him started already. I would loooooooove this! And my hubby would love the free of it. Lol!
Ooh, I JUST picked up a potty to see if my 19mo might be ready for potty training, but I have no clue what I’m doing. Would love something like this. I’m also seriously considering ECing our next kid. Wish I had known about it with my son, but at least I use cloth with him. 🙂
I would try this for my daughter!
I would love to EC my daughter!
I’m in it for the tiny undies!
What you’re doing is great. I’ve used the potty daily with my 22 month old since she was 5 months but now am stuck to know how to use exclusively. Also am expecting our second. You could really help us get our lovely girl out of nappies before her little sib arrives and get me off on the right foot too with our next little one. Fingers x’d you’ll pick us. We’d love to work with you x
Sounds interesting, I’d like to learn more about it!
I’m stuck at potty after nap/waking up in the morning! I could definitely use the help :0)
I would love to get rid of diapers.
This would be perfect for my godson who is due in July. I hope we get picked! Thank you!
I’ve ECed 6 babies, but I’d still love love to win the package for our next baby. There is always so much wisdom to gain when you don’t grow up in a culture that practices this. 🙂 Thank you both for the great giveaway.
Ive been wanting to try with our soon to be 9mos old. How old were yours when you started/ended?
I could really use this! hope I win 🙂
We’re at a bit of a stand still with our fully EC’d baby at 10 months.this would be so helpful!
I would love to try this with my 10 month old!
Sweet! That looks awesome!
I’d love to try this!!
I’ve been really curious about this method – makes sense to me – I would love to learn more.
Yay EC! We’re hoping to EC with our second child, due in September.
We’re getting ready for our first. This looks intriguing!
Though my husband looks at me like I’m crazy when I mention EC, I’d love the resources to show him what it’s actually about!
This is my dream giveaway!!! I look and drool at her website every week!! <3 <3
I’m so fed up with diapers, I’m ready for that!
I would love to try EC’ing my second son since we’re having such a hard time potty-training my first.
I just want to win this to get teeny tiny underwear for my regularly-potty trained kids. I neeeeeeed some! Thanks, this is an interesting concept.
I’m sick if diapers. Pick me!
Would love this!
Been wanting to give ec a try!
Going to start this summer with my 16 month old.
I want to try it!!
Tiny undies!
This sounds amazing!
Ooooh, that’s a lot of comments, but I hope I win!
I’ve been thinking about starting EC with our twins, I’m just not sure what I might encounter since one is a boy and the other a girl. But with double the diapering I am ready to get them potty trained!
Great stuff!
we kinda started but then fell off the wagon so i’d love to give it another try.
I would love to try it out’
I would love to try this with my youngest!
i would love to try this
I’m not a parent yet but I work with “potty training” 2-year-olds and our method is much like EC – I would love to share this book with our parent body!
Newly interested in ec and would loooooove more info! Great giveaway!
I’d love to try this!
I’d be interested in giving it a try too! 🙂
I’m intrigued, so if I won this I just might try it with my 8 month old. :)!!!
Yes, please!
Yes! I would love to try this.
Pick me, please!
The tiny underwear is so cute! I would try out EC with my new baby coming in.September!
So funny that this is your giveaway this week. I had looked her up previously one day while on your blog and its been running through my mond since. I think I just need to stop thinking about it and go for it! Thanks for posting about Andrea!
Would love to try this!
I would love to have her trained by 2!
I am willing to give it a go.
So cool! I wonder if it will work on my non-wanting-to-potty-train 3 year old daughter LOL 🙂
Commenting for a chance to give it a try!
This looks like fun!
We have her ebook but covet the tiny underpants.
Please let me be picked! We are having trouble with boy #2! Thanks!
First time I really ever paid attention to EC… As my second is now 8 months old and I’m thinking about the amount of $$ and waste that I’m looking at for the next 2 years… I think if I don’t win I’ll buy:)
Posting!
Oh, and I am so sorry about your Grandpa!
I would love to stop buying diapers!
I am intrigued….we have baby #3 due next month, so it would be great timing!
Awesome timing! We are discussing EC this Friday at Nimbin Birth & Beyond (Australia)! Yay!!
I’d love to read more about this, I wonder hiw it would work with the daycare, however…
My 14 month old daughter has been dry off and on overnight for the past 2 weeks…we bought a potty chair, but haven’t started using it yet. This sound very interesting!
Would love to try this!
Can I do EC with my kids in daycare full time?
Yep! Many parents do EC part time and use a daycare who won’t participate. There are ways to work it so it works! 🙂
We just had to deal with a yeast infection. I want to get rid of those diapers that keep the fungus moist and make my little girl miserable.
I’d love to give it a try!
We just adopted 4 kids out of foster care… 3 of them are in diapers! HELP!!!
I get peed and pooed on. A lot. With diapers.
I’ve always been curious about this method. My son is nineteen months. I would love to try this.
Oh this looks so helpful. The concept is so cool!
I have been ec-ing my 17 mo since she was 5 months. We’re at a potty pause 🙁 but I’m hoping to start earlier with my son, due any day now! This package would be AWESOME to win!!!
I’m intrigued. I’d like to give it a try.
i’m expecting… and planning on doing the whole cloth diaper thing.
and hey, the less laundry the better. 🙂
I would love to give this a try!
I didn’t think baby butts could get any cuter! This is the first I’ve heard of this concept. Interesting!
This sounds amazing, and there are no books about it at the library?!
I’ve been dying to know more about this! Count me in!
I am currently toilet training an almost 3 year old and expect another baby July 1st-ish… I would LOVE to hear how to avoid diapers/toilet training!
We’ve dabbled in this a bit with #3 and would love to start at the beginning with #4! I too thought the idea was crazy at first but it makes total sense and i now eat my words from 4ish years ago with my first child.
I too, would like to try.
I could definitely try this with my son!
I’m attempting (unsuccessfully) to potty-train my 2 1/2 year old, and would LOVE to try EC with my 12 week old!!
I am so over cloth diaper laundry every other day. Plus that tiny underwear is incredibly cute! Pick me!
Neato!!!
My 14 month old might be too old, but I’m willing to try if it means earlier toilet learning!
I want to win adorable tiny undies!
i definitely wanna try it with my next baby and im sure this book will help.
I dabbled with ec with baby #1, would love to give it a serious run with baby #2 coming soon!
This sounds interesting!
Ooohhhh!! I just got giddy at the thought of no more diapers at a much earlier stage. Please, Random Number Generator, find space in your robot heart and pick this family!
Would totally try this! My lo has eczema, and I would love to have him out of diapers!
would love to win! 🙂
Just starting EC with my 16-month-old…the package would be great help in getting us going the best way possible!
This sounds great! I would love to get the twins out of diapers asap!
I would love to learn how to do this.
I’d love to learn more!
Count me in!
My smart 15 month old could do this, I bet!
I don’t know if I could do it but I’d love to check this out.
your blog was a LOT more fun without the sponsor crap. give it up, be yourself – you are honest and funny – that’s what I loved about the stuff you wrote/drew
She already announced that the giveaway posts are ending this summer!
I would love those tiny underwear!
I love this, thanks for a great giveaway!
Id love to win this, thank you!
This kinda sounds like what I’ve already been trying! My daughter started at 18months being poop free (meaning, she went on the potty) just from me paying attention, she’s now 2 though and we haven’t made much progress with the whole peeing thing so I think I might be missing something. This would SOOO come in handy.
My babe is still only four months old? I work full time and he is in daycare will I be able to do this part time?
Yes and yes 🙂
I’ve been curious about ec. I would love to try it!
This would be amazing! I recently went to an EC presentation and would like to start doing it with my 4.5 month old, but am still a little overwhelmed by it all… What an awesome resource this would be!
We’re doing it right now with our one year old. Its awesome – less clean-up from the diaper.
me! would love to try with my 6 month old!
I’m definitely interested!
Tiny undies!
My little guy is 13 months and potty training is on my knobs. One of my friends is just starting EC and she seems pretty happy. I really don’t know that much about it though.
I’d love to win this and get some help with EC.
I’m really interested in this for our 3 month old!
I would love to try this with my 3rd.
Cool!
We have been ECing from 5 weeks…she is now 15 months and is still.in.diapers. I NEED this book!
Cool! We are on baby #2 and doing a little EC this time. I have been slacking off on it lately. 🙁 But it is way way cool to put him on the potty, “cue” him and watch him pee!
I’ve tagged you in a post. Feel free to ignore: http://thelastoyster.blogspot.ca/2012/05/all-cliche-like.html
EC is great for the environment and on the pocketbook. Rather spend my money on fun things than diapers. EC my first child and would love more resources for my 2nd.
please pick me. today our son just missed peeing on the cat, which is hilarious but also marks my failure to properly EC. either that or it underscores that this particular cat is relatively unconcerned about these things.
This past week was the very first time I saw the initials EC…and I had no clue what it meant. I would love to learn more. I’m SOOOOOO tired of diapers!
My little one has been already showing signs of very early potty training. This would be a HUGE help!! Thanks so much for offering this!! =)
Would love to do EC! A little scared of the “mess” so guidance and a book would be sooo appreciated!
I have a 5 1/2 month old, I would love to try this!!!
Can EC help with refusal to poo in the pot? If so, count me (and my son) in!
not looking forward to 2 more years of diapering. maybe this will help!
My son was potty trained by 18 months with misses here and there. I never really did EC just my own thing. I have a 6 month old now and willing to give it a try. I may need a tip here and there.
I am so curious about EC, and would love to learn the right way, right from the start. Please pick ME!!! 🙂
I would love to try this with my 3 month old. My 2.5 year old is totally against the potty, which is a problem since he´s supposed to start school in September, and needs to be potty trained by then!
Would love to focus on this with my 2yo before #2 comes along in September.
I’ve been considering this for a while. It would save us a lot of hassle if I could potty train our son so young.
No diapers sooner would be awesome!
I’d love to learn more about EC and try it with my baby boy!
No diapers?! How great would that be??!
This sounds really promising! I hope I win!
We’re in the midst of a “potty pause” right now, I think because my 11-month old is about to walk. Would love to read her ideas on this!
Smiles and thanks,
Jeanne Marie
Oooh – this would be great! The super cheap diapers I bought from China will prolly disintegrate by month 20, and this way I won’t have to buy more!
Tiny underwear?!? Sign me up!
My son is pooping as I type this….lets give it a try!
Yes me!
This sounds excellent. We have identical twins on the way and would love to try this.
Hi, this sounds awesome if it works and stuff.
Cool! I just got my three year old out of diapers and I’m ready for little one to be done too!
OMG! I NEED THIS! I have 2 under 2 and need to get one of them potty trained. Either the baby or my toddler, I don’t care! Just one of them needs to be out of diapers.
I would love to give it a go with future babies.
Would be great to be done with diapers!
Please pick me!
Sounds great, I hope I win this time!
I am due with my first in three weeks, I would love to learn more about this method.
Mine are already out of diapers but I’d pass this on to a preggo friend of mine.
I’ve been thinking about giving it a try, I’d love to win!
I am DYING to try this with my 5-month old son!
I’ve got a 2 year old who is just starting with potty training and a 7 week old who I would love to start EC with. It would be great to have them both out of diapers ASAP!
Tried and failed with our first bub, who ended up potty-training relatively late. Second bub is almost here and I want to give it another try…and also somehow persuade my other half that it’s not impossible…
I’m in! My little one is 7 weeks and I’m a SAHM now so this could be a happy thing for us.
Curious to try with the next one!
Those tiny undies are so dang cute!
Willing to give this a shit!
OMG shot!
Pick me pick me!! I would love to get out of diapers without the whole potty training business. I have a 3 month old
Count us in, thanks.
Me, me, pick me! I never win anything!
I’ve been curious about this for awhile. I can tell when my 13 month old is going potty but I don’t know how to communicate we should try it on the potty! The one time I did she cried the whole time… 🙁
I would love to give this a try with my 6 month old!
I tried EC with my son when he was a baby. It worked and it didn’t work. It worked in that at 8 months old I got him to poo and pee on the potty and it didn’t work in that by two and a half he still wasn’t toilet “learned”.
i reckon life would be sweet(er) if we could pull it off
EC works if your child is wired for it. My first just about EC’d herself, and was potty trained by 10 months. My second two wizzled on their feet every five minutes, and seemed shocked by it every time, until they got it figured out at three.
It’s a lot like sleep training. Fabulous for the kids who take to it like ducks to water. It does not mean it is an infallible, natural method for kids who don’t. It does make for parents who think it’s their parenting, not their kids, who make it work.
I would love to give this to my sister, who is having her first and has told me that she would like to try EC.
We’ll be potty training number two soon… and I hope to make it easier than the first child…
I’ve always been too afraid/lazy to try. Maybe I should…
As cute as tiny diapes are, I would love to learn how to EC with my almost 3 month old baby girl 🙂
Oooh, I would love a copy of this book for my lending library, so my Lamaze students and doula clients can learn more about the wonder that is EC. All 3 of my babies have been ECed and we love, love, love it!!! And oh, the tiny underwear… I love tiny undies on my tiny babies. 3 pair would get us well started on undies for baby #4. 🙂
I’d heard of this method long before having my kiddo, and now that he’s closer to the “normal” potty-training age, I’m up for trying anything!
Have been playing with EC but not as on board as I’d like to be. Would love some more EC support!
Pick me! I want tiny underwear!
LO has been pooping on the potty since around 1, but she turns 2 in a few months and peeing only happens once in awhile. I could use a bit of help.
I’m willing to try anything that makes using diapers irrelevant!
Hate diapers! Would love to give this a try!
I love the tiny undies! I didn’t think it would be logical to train now because of the lack of undies that would fit. Love this!
Tiny Undies Please! I would love to try this with my 9 mo old. Thanks.
I ECed my first son, and am still in process with my second, I’ve never read this particular EC book, and would definitely like to, as I have found that just like with everything else, both kids need and want different things.
Thanks for reposting! Husband has ruminated on it and is ready to take the plunge with our 15 month old.
Thanks for the giveaway!
We EC but would love this resource.
I will get so much use out of this if I win, I’ve been planning on EC for next baby.
I am willing to give this a try if it means no more diapers!
Pick me please!
I’d love to win!
We did EC with our daughter and she truly was out of diapers by 15 months. Would still love this giveaway for next time do we can avoid mistakes we made.
I Love the adorable underwear!!!
My first 4 were standard babies (potty training at 2-4 years old), but this time I want to do it differently.
_After_ my 4th was potty-trained, I went to a lecture by a European Waldorf childcare center owner, and she said that fully potty-training before the 2-word stage (generally 18 months) is the way to do it, as the babies _get_it_ non-verbally in a way that they cannot get it verbally until much, much later. So, waiting for kids to be able to TALK about their elimination functions is the completely wrong way to go about it!
Oh I would love this help!
Sounds good to me!
I would go for that!
I read about EC while my first son was an infant and “tried it” a couple times. We didn’t go all in until the birth of our second son. I am so proud of my husband, who takes Ben to the potty whenever he gives his signals! I don’t know anyone who EC’s so having the book and the private chat would be so helpful.
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I think this is a great idea, I can’t wait to try it!
I’d love to give it a try!
I always knew when my LO went, but I would love to know how to appropriately use that to determine before it ends up in diaper
Our 10 month old recently decided he want to go for EC. Itwas an accident, but one my husband and I are very excited about. It’s been slow going, but we’ve had a couple of days of not peeing in a diaper. Hoo-ray for fewer dirty diapers at least!
Baby #2 will be here in October and I’d LOVE to not have 2 in diapers!
This sounds amazing. I CD my 24 mo and would love to speed along the PT process because he already pees on the potty sometimes but not at all predictably. He’s a good talker so I think he’d be ready to do more EC.
Oooh! Pick me, pick me! This sounds amazing! Skipping all that potty training ack & washing diapers sounds amazing.
Super easy? Hot dog! Sign me up. I’d love to be able to go more than two days without doing laundry.
id love to try this it sounds awesome!!
TINY UNDERWEAR!! 😀 My son would look so cute.
I started at 6 months with my first –and it went down the drain at 8 months. Would love to start fresh with my 4 month old.
I wish we had known enough to start EC earlier, but are thinking about it now at 18 months. 🙂
Oooh pick me pick me! I’ve been thinking about starting with my 17 month old…hope that isn’t too late!
I was just reading about this and considering it for my baby due 9/6. This is fate. I’m meant to win this contest.
what an amazing giveaway…thanks for the chance!
I wanna do this.
Hello! Thank you very much for posting this giveaway! I am trying to buy a copy of the 18 month+ EC book from her site but I do not see a place to use the coupon code. Am I missing something? Only an hour left so I hope someone can help! Thank you!
This sounds like it would be worth a try
I would love to try this!
The oldest is STILL working on potty training at 4. The youngest is getting interested at 19 months. I think I need something like this. 🙂