Elimination Communication saves diaper

This is the first time that I’ve heard about Elimination Communication – a tool that any parent can use to their babies (without the use of a diaper).

Elimination Communication is knowing the natural process of bodily elimination of your baby.

The parent learns the signs or cues from their child, and with practice, the child learns the signs that that parent is “prompting” the elimination behavior. In a relatively short time, the parent/child team makes the elimination process a simple natural thing.

Elimination Communication was first introduced by a woman named Ingrid Bauer. She was touring India and noticed that the new mothers over there were not using diapers like new mothers do in the West. In 2000, she put these ideas into a book, Diaper Free – The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene.

I was watching the video and it looks risky though.