The Diaper-Free Baby Movement is founded on the belief that babies are born with an instinctive ability to signal when they have to go to the bathroom. Parents who practice this form of "elimination communication" mimic their children's body language and the sounds children associate with the bathroom in order to train them to recognize their own elimination needs.
When a child needs to go, he or she is held over a toilet or portable pot whose contents can be flushed.
Diaper-Free Baby Blogs
While the mainstream press just seems to be catching on to the diaper-free baby movement, blogs have been covering the parenting option for the past couple of years.
Slate Magazine: Babies without diapers? No thanks. (October 15, 2005)
Huffington Post: Introducing The Diaper-Free Movement (August 27, 2007)
Lifehacker: Diaper Free Baby (December 12, 2005)
Cool Tools: Diaper Free Baby (December 5, 2005)
Babylune: Diaper or Nappy Guilt (April 19, 2007)
Bookworm Room: The scoop on poop (August 27, 2007)
TreeHugger: Diaper Free Babies? (December 21, 2005)
