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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 toilet). Caregivers either use [[diaper]]s (nappies) as a back-up in case of misses, avoid the use of them altogether, or do a mixture of the(contracted; show full) subtle signals, or no signal at all. These signals vary widely from one infant to another, and include a certain facial expression, a particular cry, squirming, a sudden unexplained fussiness, as well as others. Signals are most effectively observed without diapers for at least 30 minutes a day for the first couple of weeks of starting elimination communication<ref>{{cite book|last=Olson|first=Andrea|title=EC Simplified: Infant Potty Training Made Easy|year=2011|url=http://ecsimplfied}}</ref>.
 This is to be done by laying the baby on a warm, safe space and putting a pad or a layer of cloth under the baby. 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&(contracted; show full)
* [http://www.aitt.evassist.it International Board for the Study, Research and Promotion of Assisted Infant Toilet Training] - Supportive pediatricians, medical journal articles and research

[[Category:Toilet training]]

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