Description of Challenge
waste, landfills, parenting, natural parenting, communication
When we tap into our children's natural ability to communicate their elimination needs, we can raise babies without diapers!
Solution
Babies are born with a natural ability to control their sphincter muscles on a basic level. When we put diapers on them, they gradually lose this natural ability, and then at the age of 2 or so, we need to re-teach them something that they already knew – that is, we need to fix what we have broken!
Furthermore, babies are born with an innate expectation of us parents to respond to their elimination needs & signals, and to take them somewhere to eliminate when needed.
For centuries, babies were raised without diapers, and they still are in many parts of the world. Fortunately, we can re-learn how to tap into our babies’ natural signals and support them in eliminating in a ‘proper’ spot such as a potty, toilet, tree, etc…
Raising diaper-free babies is an amazing process that connects us with our baby, promotes bonding and communication, and of course saves LOTS of waste and money!
