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'''Elimination communication''' (EC) is a [[toilet training]] practice in which a caregiver uses timing, signals, cues, and intuition to address  an [[infant|infant's]] need to eliminate waste.  Caregivers try to recognize and respond to babies' bodily needs and enable them to urinate and defecate in an appropriate place (e.g. a potty). Caregivers either use [[diaper]]s as a back-up in case of misses, avoid the use of of them altogether, or do a mixture of the two.  E(contracted; show full)fant to another, and include a certain facial expression, a particular cry, squirming, a sudden unexplained fussiness, as well as others. Babies who are nursing will often start delatching and relatching repeatedly when they need to eliminate. For defecation, many babies will grunt or pass gas as a signal. As babies get older their signals become more conscious and babies often point to, or look at, a caregiver or potty to indicate need. Older babies can learn a gesture or [[baby sign]] for "[[potty]]
.". Later they may learn a word as part of their early acquisition of language.<ref>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ecuk/</ref><ref>"The Diaper-Free Baby" by Christine Gross Loh (Los Angeles: Regan, 2007)</ref>

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[[es:Higiene natural infantil]]
[[fr:Hygiène naturelle infantile]]
[[ru:Естественная гигиена новорожденного]]