Our Daily Work: Elimination Communication, Nursing, and other ins and outs of new parenthood: Resource Page

(Note: this page is still being developed...baby comes first, so we're working slowly. You can help! Add your suggestions in the comment box below!)

Books

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, & Teresa Pitman (Ballantine Books; 8 Rev Upd ed, 2010; ISBN: 0345518446)

Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene by Ingrid Bauer (Plume, Aug 29, 2006; ISBN: 0452287774)

The Diaper-Free Baby: The Natural Toilet Training Alternative by Christine Gross-Loh (White-Boucke Publishing, Jan 2, 2007; ISBN: 1888580305)

The Nursing Mother's Companion by Kathleen Huggins, RN, MS (Harvard Commons Press, 6th ed., 2010; ISBN: 1558327207)

Infant Potty Training: A Gentle and Primeval Method Adapted to Modern Living by Laurie Boucke. (White-Boucke, 2000; ISBN 1-888580-10-0)

Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way by Mayim Bialik. (Touchstone, 2012; ISBN 1451662181) --I include this one because she has a chapter on EC, which I didn't know when I got this book in my pile of library books one day

Websites & Blogs

http://beyondbirthseattle.com/

Beyond Birth Seattle is a non-profit organization of health care professionals who have served the Seattle parent community for decades. Beyond Birth Seattle provides evidenced-based education, counseling, care, and support to families regarding parenting and breastfeeding. We believe professional guidance and peer support helps parents become more confident and capable of caring for their young children.

http://www.nursingmotherscompanion.com

Books for nursing mothers

http://www.llli.org/ (La Leche League)

Our Mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.

http://www.naturalbirthandbabycare.com/elimination-communication.html

Find the information you want on healthy pregnancy, natural childbirth, and baby care. You'll find everything from natural baby care basics to baby carriers and elimination communication.

http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/

DiaperFreeBaby is a network of free support groups promoting a natural approach to responding to babies' elimination needs. This practice is followed worldwide and is known as Elimination Communication, Natural Infant Hygiene, and Infant Potty Training. The process involves observing one's baby's signs and signals, providing cue sounds and elimination-place associations, and can be done with or without any diaper use.

http://www.naturalbabyworld.com/elimination-communication.html

Infant Potty Training

Diaper Free- Getting Started with Elimination Communication

Natural Infant Hygiene

Diaper Free Baby Book Review

Infant Elimination Communication

http://www.ecwear.com/

Welcome to EC Wear. We have a fantastic selection of clothing that will make EC easier for your family!

http://theecstore.com/

http://www.mothering.com/

Local Groups

http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/potty/ec.html

Diaper Free Baby groups (a link to worldwide online groups)

Research

"Cultural Relativity of Toilet Training Readiness: A Perspective From East Africa" by deVries, et al. Pediatrics 1977; 60:2 170-177

"Relationship Between Age at Initiation of Toilet Training and Duration of Training: A Prospective Study" by Nathan J. Blum, Bruce Taubman, and Nicole Nemeth. Pediatrics 2003; 111:4 810-814 (while EC is not synonymous with toilet-training, the article may speak to some common concerns about the practice)