Tonight’s Maternally Yours focused on Elimination
Communication. Elimination Communication (or “EC”) is a parenting choice which
tends to receive a great deal of intense reactions. Whether you’re a parent who
can’t stop expressing their love of EC or one whose left a little weary at the
idea of going diaper free, our show tonight is for you!
Elimination Communication is also known as “EC” “Natural
Infant Hygiene”, “natural infant pottying, and Infant Toilet training, and
Diaper-Free Parenting Elimination Communication. Elimination Communication is a
practice in which a caregiver uses timing, signals, cues, and intuition to
address an infant's need to eliminate waste. EC emphasizes communication
between the caregiver and child, helping them both become more attuned to the
child's innate bodily rhythms and ability to control urination and defecation.
We spoke tonight to Stephanie Savalli. Stephanie is a wife
and mother to 3 amazing little people with a 4th on the way. She facilitates a
local EC group that meets at Rosemary Birthing Home. Stephanie also runs her
own business, “Your Space. Beautiful.” Through
her consulting, Stephanie helps families to realize an organized, non-toxic,
and functional living space that supports the physical and spiritual health of
the entire family.
Stephanie provided us a great deal of information on her own
journey with EC, which she prefers to call “diaper free!” Stephanie worked to
encourage confidence of parents who may be having some difficulty getting
started, and shared her own experiences, challenges, and successes as motivation.
Stephanie worked to dispel the idea that EC has to be something you “do,” and
instead worked to frame EC has a natural relationship that can develop between
parent and child- similar to rhythms of
breast feeding. Stephanie also talked about the different relationships one can
have with each child, and how it is important to keep in mind that these
differences don’t signify “success” or “failure.” Stephanie also got into the
nitty gritty of EC, to dispel fears that parents have about mess and embarrassment
that they worried are related to the process.
TONIGHT’S RIGHT: Every woman has the right to be informed if
her caregivers wish to enroll her or her infant in a research study. She should
receive full information about all known and possible benefits and risks of
participation; and she has the right to decide whether to participate, free
from coercion and without negative consequences. To learn more about your
rights, please visit ChildbirthConnection.org.
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