This story describes the “movement.” Sorry for the pun. Excerpt: Dominic is a product of a growing “diaper-free” movement founded on the belief that babies are born with an instinctive ability to signal when they have to answer nature’s call. Parents who practice the so-called “elimination communication” learn to read their children’s body language to help them recognize the need, and they mimic the sounds that a child associates with the bathroom. Erinn Klatt began toilet training her son at birth and said he has not wet his bed at night since he was six months old. Somehow I equate this with the baby sign language movement, i.e, teaching your baby simple signs to communicate things such as “hungry,” “more,” “all done,” “drink,” and so forth. I tend to agree with the … Read entire article »