That's a good point about post -partum depression. Yeah I can see how all this new "responsibility" (aside from the normal stuff) could stress someone out and lead her to believe she was an unfit mother.

 

I really have no quarrel with people who wish to EC train. As you've already said too many times to count, your baby = your choices. It seems to me however, that EC is not so much training for babies, but for parents. The baby isn't learning how to use a toilet, t he parent is learning how to run to the toilet when his/her kid makes "that" face. I'm not so sure about it making a tighter bond between mother and child either. I know when my baby is having a BM, even if I don't bring her to the bowl.

I think you make a great point about the added pressure put on new parents. PPD is a serious issue and any extra stress on a new and susceptible mother is a danger. Having said that, should a mom choose to EC, more power to her. My solution to the environmentally unfriendly reality behind diapering is cloth diapers. Simple and no need to hold my baby over a toilet bown multiple times a day.

Thanks for another thought provoking post.

 

Actually, I know someone who would have grandma babysit, and grandma was the one tearing off the diaper from the 2 week old to make sure that she pooped in the toilet "like a good girl." The woman is from Japan, so I thought that maybe thats just how they did things over there. Im going to go read your other post on this.

 

Well thought out and well put. I saw this article the other day, too. I have to say that it seems a little overboard. Parents have plenty to do without this.

 

I tend to be pretty open minded (I think), but the first time I heard about this, I thought it was a joke. I now know that it isn't a joke, and each mom to their own. While I can't see that this 'hurts' the child or the mother in any way (I think some MAY use diapers overnight? Please???), I worry that this is just one way moms 'prove' their supermommy status in some social groups.

 

Children need to be ready to be potty-trained. Controlling your bladder is a learned reaction, so you should have time to learn it.
As for the bond between parent and child...there is such a thing as too much. Independence is am important trait, and I am more than happy to let Violet have her bathroom independence...
However, if EC works for you...Good on ya'. It would definitley be a lot cheaper.

 

A family friend was a baby during WWII in the Netherlands. Her mother HAD to toilet train her at one years old since there was so little water to wash cloth diapers.

I can understand those situations. But I cannot understand the EC movement. Really. I try but cannot.

 

I love all of you guys. Alex, you started another interesting discussion! Thanks.