I'm hardly ignorant. I'm trying to point out that you're comparing apples to oranges.

This method only works well in areas where women are primary caretakers. While it may be effective if you're willing to put in the time, it certainly conflicts with our lifestyle in the US.

So while less industrialized nations may find the method useful, I'm fairly certain that most working women in the US (and women in other industrialized nations) would rather sacrifice a bit of their salaries for diapers and use the rest to pay bills, to add to their 401(k), and to pamper themselves from time to time.

On a personal note, it's a bit too Pavlovian for me. The thought of drooling each time my child grimaces while passing gas is not appealing.

Anonymous wrote:

georgiegirl wrote:Find me credible statistics that show this is a prevalent practice in other "developed" countries. I only find connections to "less industrialized countries" and "hunter-gatherer cultures."

I did come across Ingrid Bauer but unfortunately will not be purchasing her book, Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene. Does she perhaps include statistics on this practice?

If you do respond, please spare me any Dictionary.com definitions.

Anonymous wrote:

georgiegirl wrote:I did post a link for entertainment purposes, yes. It was funny . . . to me - and perhaps to others.

Your "ignorant" comment was not necessary, however, as we do realize that unless a mother has as many hands as an octopus, she will not be able to care for her entire brood at the same time.

But you did mention that mothers in other countries were responsible for the house as well as for the other children, which means that they stay home. So although these mothers may not be clucking after each kid 24-7, they are indeed SAHMs, which helps with this EC process.

I can't see myself doing this as a working mom.

Anonymous wrote:Do you folks realize that mothers who do it in other countries also care for the house and older children at the same time? They're not all day sitting looking at the kid and running towards the bushes once the kid's face gets red...
Are you all this ignorant really? or you're just pretending to keep others entertained?

ignorant, according to the dictionary, means:
1. lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
2. lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact: ignorant of quantum physics.
3. uninformed; unaware.
that's what you all are when you start talking about a subject that you don't know.
sorry if it sounds harsh but it's true. if you don't know something you're ignorant re to that issue.
and nobody is asking you to do EC with your child. my comment was addressed to the person who thought that EC was done in underdeveloped countries due to lack of financial resources to afford hygienic products like diapers what is not true. what's known as EC here in the US has been common practice in other places for centuries, long before pampers and huggies were invented.

I never said it was common practice in other developed countries. I said it's common practice in other places around the globe. Some of them were big empires centuries ago like China for example.

And what's wrong with a dictionary definition? I meant to clarify my point calling some of you ignorant. What you're still showing you are. You lack knowledge in the subject so you're indeed ignorant.

He's too young to aim - and in my limited experience, perhaps a bit too young to potty train.

However, if he is indeed ready, sit him on the toilet and have him aim down (like a girl). Once he has more control, he'll learn how to aim and pee while standing.

Find me credible statistics that show this is a prevalent practice in other "developed" countries. I only find connections to "less industrialized countries" and "hunter-gatherer cultures."

I did come across Ingrid Bauer but unfortunately will not be purchasing her book, Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene. Does she perhaps include statistics on this practice?

If you do respond, please spare me any Dictionary.com definitions.

Anonymous wrote:

georgiegirl wrote:I did post a link for entertainment purposes, yes. It was funny . . . to me - and perhaps to others.

Your "ignorant" comment was not necessary, however, as we do realize that unless a mother has as many hands as an octopus, she will not be able to care for her entire brood at the same time.

But you did mention that mothers in other countries were responsible for the house as well as for the other children, which means that they stay home. So although these mothers may not be clucking after each kid 24-7, they are indeed SAHMs, which helps with this EC process.

I can't see myself doing this as a working mom.

Anonymous wrote:Do you folks realize that mothers who do it in other countries also care for the house and older children at the same time? They're not all day sitting looking at the kid and running towards the bushes once the kid's face gets red...
Are you all this ignorant really? or you're just pretending to keep others entertained?

ignorant, according to the dictionary, means:
1. lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
2. lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact: ignorant of quantum physics.
3. uninformed; unaware.
that's what you all are when you start talking about a subject that you don't know.
sorry if it sounds harsh but it's true. if you don't know something you're ignorant re to that issue.
and nobody is asking you to do EC with your child. my comment was addressed to the person who thought that EC was done in underdeveloped countries due to lack of financial resources to afford hygienic products like diapers what is not true. what's known as EC here in the US has been common practice in other places for centuries, long before pampers and huggies were invented.

I never thought I was popular - too much of a GDI to join anything really.

But at the 10-yr. high school reunion, people I barely recognized came up to me to tell me how funny I was.

Go figure.

I did post a link for entertainment purposes, yes. It was funny . . . to me - and perhaps to others.

Your "ignorant" comment was not necessary, however, as we do realize that unless a mother has as many hands as an octopus, she will not be able to care for her entire brood at the same time.

But you did mention that mothers in other countries were responsible for the house as well as for the other children, which means that they stay home. So although these mothers may not be clucking after each kid 24-7, they are indeed SAHMs, which helps with this EC process.

I can't see myself doing this as a working mom.

Anonymous wrote:Do you folks realize that mothers who do it in other countries also care for the house and older children at the same time? They're not all day sitting looking at the kid and running towards the bushes once the kid's face gets red...
Are you all this ignorant really? or you're just pretending to keep others entertained?

Here's a website in support of EC - http://www.freewebs.com/freetoec/

And below is an excerpt from the fan who claims she is not a ". . . hippie throwback living in a pee-stained shack in some warm climate."

Enjoy!

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People who have met me purely online often have assumed that I must be some sort of hippie throwback living in a pee-stained shack in some warm climate. Let me assure you: my husband and I both have graduate degrees, we live in a very chi-chi neighbourhood in an urban setting, and as I write this, there is snow on the ground.

EC is not just for African bush-women.

EC is not just for free-living hippies.

EC is not just for those who enjoy getting peed on....