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Growing 'Diaper-Free' Movement Relies on Babies' Instincts, Body Language
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| Monday, August 27, 2007
Posted on 08/27/2007 1:47:41 PM PDT by Sopater
SUTTON, Mass. Thirteen-month-old Dominic Klatt stopped banging the furniture in the verandah, looked at his mother and clasped his right hand around his left wrist to signal that he needed to go to the bathroom.
His mother took the diaper-less tot to a tree in the yard, held him in a squatting position and made a gentle hissing sound prompting the infant to relieve himself on cue before he rushed back to play.
Dominic is a product of a growing "diaper-free" movement founded on the belief that babies are born with an instinctive ability to signal when they have to answer nature's call. Parents who practice the so-called "elimination communication" learn to read their children's body language to help them recognize the need, and they mimic the sounds that a child associates with the bathroom.
Erinn Klatt began toilet training her son at birth and said he has not wet his bed at night since he was six months old.
"The nice part is ... really getting the majority of poops in the toilet versus having to clean that," Klatt said. "I don't have to wake up at night and change diapers or have wet sheets anywhere. That's really nice.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: diapers; potty; training
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To: mtbopfuyn
The other day I saw a 18-20 year old wash her feet in a store's sink...Could it have been a Muslim? I saw that in the Middle East. Something aobut having to wash one's feet before prayer.
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posted on
08/27/2007 2:42:49 PM PDT
by
Martin Tell
("It is the right, good old way you are in: keep in it.")
To: Tijeras_Slim
I knew there was a reasonable explanation ... babies do what babies do ... I can’t imagine that the absence of a diaper tells them to hold their functions.
To: Tijeras_Slim
How often did you lose that fight?
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posted on
08/27/2007 2:47:49 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
To: Sopater
Had to train my grandson not to pee on trees when he is in town. No way will I trot across 600 feet of yard to find a toilet, never expected he would either. I sure do have some pretty trees!
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posted on
08/27/2007 2:52:33 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: Tamar1973
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posted on
08/27/2007 2:52:59 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: mtbopfuyn
I don’t understand. What is really wrong with washing your feet in a sink? Why is that different than washing your hands in a sink? Your feet are probably cleaner than your hands are after going to the bathroom.
I realise it’s awkward to get one’s feet into a sink, but why does having someone wash their feet in a sink bother people?
To: Tax-chick
Isis works at a preschool for homeless children. Good for Isis. She should be able to see the effects of poor hygiene first hand!
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posted on
08/27/2007 3:02:21 PM PDT
by
Magnolia
To: Magnolia
>>Isis Arnesen, 33, of Boston, has a 14-week-old daughter, Lucia, who is diaper-free. She said it can be awkward to explain the process to people, such as when she helped Lucia relieve herself in a sink at a public restroom.<<
THIRD WORLD MENTALITY.
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posted on
08/27/2007 4:53:26 PM PDT
by
ishabibble
(ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
To: Bigg Red
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posted on
08/27/2007 4:55:08 PM PDT
by
ishabibble
(ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
To: Bigg Red
If she had taken the child into a stall to hold it over a toilet, no one would have known that she is such a special, enlightened parent, so above us neanderthals..BINGO! Nailed it!
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posted on
08/27/2007 5:33:30 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
( America: “...the most benign hegemon in history.” —Mark Steyn)
To: Sopater
Well, I don’t know, but I think it’s a lot better than seeing 3 & 4 year olds in diapers.
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posted on
08/27/2007 6:29:56 PM PDT
by
gracie1
(Why can't I pay my visa with my mastercard?)
To: Sopater
Isn’t that illegal? Putting human waste in the environment?
Not to mention unsanitary?
Third world hell holes are that in part because of the lack of sanitation.
Besides, that’s only going to work in a climate that allows your child to run around naked.
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posted on
08/27/2007 7:57:54 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
08/27/2007 8:01:28 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Sopater
Parents who practice the so-called "elimination communication" learn to read their children's body language to help them recognize the need, and they mimic the sounds that a child associates with the bathroom. Makes you wonder who's really getting trained there.
That must be a real hoot when you see the showoffs letting their babies relieve themselves in the sinks.
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posted on
08/27/2007 8:03:48 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Greg F
lol, so how is a working single mother going to pull this one off?
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posted on
08/27/2007 8:05:17 PM PDT
by
television is just wrong
(deport all illegal aliens NOW. Put all AMERICANS TO WORK FIRST. END WELFARE.i)
To: Sopater
"...clasped his right hand around his left wrist to signal that he needed to go to the bathroom tree."
To: Sopater
"His mother took the diaper-less tot to a tree in the yard, held him in a squatting position and made a gentle hissing sound prompting the infant to relieve himself on cue before he rushed back to play."
Somebody call the Health Dept. on these morons!
Weird is not the word for it; UNSANITARY is.
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posted on
08/27/2007 8:19:43 PM PDT
by
penowa
To: metmom; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
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posted on
08/27/2007 8:51:10 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Be deranged in a consistent manner. Manson was nuts, but at least he was always on message." --dead)
To: television is just wrong
The same way the one’s who are dropping off their little bundles at daycare.
Hard to find a diaperless daycare?
Too bad.
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posted on
08/27/2007 9:11:13 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Greg F
Spoken like a true man. You try it.
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posted on
08/27/2007 9:12:13 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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