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Parents:
Print out the following pages (1-9).
Fill out all the blanks in this form, check
all the appropriate boxes, and give to
your caregiver.
Be sure to demonstrate pottying for
him/her and supply the necessary
pottying gear.
For support along the way, visit
www.ECSimplified.com/Resources
Happy pottying!
~Andrea
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Elimination Communication
Guide for Caregivers
Dear _______________________________,
As weve discussed, our family has chosen to do infant pottying with our
baby...also known as Elimination Communication, or EC for short. Since we both
have also chosen to work outside of the home, we need help caring for our baby.
Because weve chosen you to be our babys caregiver, wed like to share some
information about EC with you and wed like to teach you how to potty our baby.
We encourage you to begin incorporating EC as much as you can into the caring
you provide for our baby while we are away.
What is EC?
EC is a non-coercive, gentle way to potty an infant from birth, following a
babys natural awareness of its elimination and its desire to keep itself, its
caregivers, and its bed dry. It is practiced by over half the worlds population and
has been adapted to fit modern lifestyle.
Keys to EC
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when noticing the baby needs to eat or sleep) while doing everyday grownup things with baby carried along.
5. EC is fun. Laugh often. Marvel in the awesomeness of what youre
witnessing (both the easy and the challenging times!).
6. If you find yourself becoming frustrated about or stressed out by ECing,
take a breath, regain your center, let a few misses happen, refrain from
punishing or complaining to the baby, and talk to us openly about it when
we next arrive (or even call us right away if you need to!). We KNOW it can
be challenging. We are here to help support YOU because you are so
lovingly supporting our baby! Anyone who does EC needs support, and we
are yours.
See the enclosed sheet titled The 4 Roads to Potty Time to see a
comprehensive list of common signals, times, and intuitive thoughts that
can tell you its potty time.
The next section shares our more personal habits around offering
pottytunities.
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Our/Your Intuition
Sometimes you may have a thought about our baby needing to potty...if
this happens, act on it! You may grow to have intuitions around pottying
needs over time, which can look like:
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When you think it may be potty time (one of those 4 things above has
happened), heres how to offer our baby a pottytunity:
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We prefer to potty our baby here (environment):
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...on/over this (receptacle):
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When you hold our baby in position, please be sure the baby is
comfortable, warm, and feels safe and secure.
Classic EC Position
Cradled Classic EC
Bottom-back Position
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When our baby is in position, we Cue to let baby know its okay to go. A
Cue is a noise we make that baby associates with releasing a pee/poo.
When our baby pees & poos at the same time, we cue like this:
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Wed like you to help our baby relax by: (circle one)
Other: _________________________________________
If our baby protests your efforts to potty her (struggles, cries, etc.),
change the scenery as our baby may still need to go.
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4. How Our Baby Says Im finished & I dont need to potty now.
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it means Im finished.
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7. Cleaning Up
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Great! So that was a quick run-down of how to potty our baby. If youre curious,
you can watch a couple of videos on EC here.
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In closing...
We are very excited that youve expressed a willingness to learn how to EC our
baby in our absence...thank you for joining us on this wonderful journey!
Sincerely,
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Generic Timing
Common times babies generally need to go
Other Pottytunities
offer potty before leaving anywhere
offer potty upon arriving anywhere
Your Intuition
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