Diaper Genie – Babies without diapers? No thanks. By Emily Bazelon
I'm interested in EC myself and I practice AP or attachment parenting. My daughter co-slept with us from about 6 months till about 3.5 when she wanted her own bed. The next baby I'm looking into trying EC or elimination communication or using cloth as I have no issues with laundry.
I had issues with her tone like people who do EC or AP are freaks for you know actually paying attention to your child. I think children aren't to be kept in one place and only noticed at meals and when they did something wrong, but they aren't like stuffed animals to be accessories or proof of success or something.
It does boil down to choices and all parents should be supportive-not condoning or condeming but saying "I may not agree with your choice , but if it works for your family and situation, I'll support and defend your decisions"
I am an AP parent who considered EC with my first child but chose to cloth diaper instead. This article is aggrivating, specificaly the line "All of which sounds like the sort of incremental, intimate process that requires near round-the-clock contact."
Isn't that what parenting is?
It is, but like I said some people seem to think that you park your baby and do everything on a schedule.