Welcome to the website of The Diaper-Free Baby: The Natural Toilet Training Alternative, by Christine Gross-Loh (ReganBooks/Harper Collins, January 2007)
When you're expecting a new baby, diapers usually top the list of supplies you think you'll need. More and more parents, though, are learning that diapers are not an inevitable part of new parenthood. Imagine infants free of painful diaper rash, thousands of dollars saved on diapering costs, a natural, non-coercive alternative to traditional toilet training struggles, and most importantly, happy babies and parents. That's what you can experience if you practice Elimination Communication, or EC.
My baby was eleven weeks old when I heard about EC. He had had eight weeks of severe diaper rash and was in so much pain. Everyone kept telling me to leave his diaper off to air him out. As soon as I learned about EC and started doing it, he had no more diaper rash at all. Those eight weeks before EC were the most miserable weeks of his life.
-Jenna, mom to David, 10 months
