tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53183430891064882282011-11-27T15:43:31.137-08:00Starting out with nothing more than an intense desire to bond and communicate as much as possible with their infant daughter, the Schutts forge into a largly unknown American subculture to become an "EC Family".Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16928873758848970354noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5318343089106488228.post-71959676059917543842010-07-23T12:19:00.000-07:002010-07-23T13:23:39.810-07:00

Our gorgeos little Valentine Feb. 2010I wrote this in February and didn't get to posting it until now:Last week my sweet Grandfather took his leave. This resulted in lots of sadness as well as another last minute trip to Seattle to attend his memorial service. We flew to and from Seattle in a span of 9 hours from start to finish. I noticed that, like our last plane trip, this one also threw off

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It’s been a while- what was I thinking starting a blog at the same time I started motherhood? I’m going to attempt the latest news in a few increments. I’ll start by saying that a teensy little yellow potty now resides in our home. It’s adorable. I went with the Bjorn brand and bought it on amazon.com. There were itty bitty plastic potties at IKEA as well, but were not recyclable, so that

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Hoping to make it to this upcoming session in LA on Elimination Communicaiton on March 8.If you are going, email me so we can meet up! There's always more to learn- right?Elimination Communication – How to Have a Diaper FreeBaby!Ever wonder how much money you spend on disposable diapers each week? Ever think about how much you are contributing to our landfills? Ever consider how so many other

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We took an unexpected trip to Seattle. This was Fauna’s first time on a plane, being away from home and the daddy it belongs to. She was a champ but a little potty shy. That makes me want to get more into the deeper EC issues…I need a book. A couple of members of the Yahoo group I joined gave me some suggestions.Fauna did go a few times while we were away but I must admit, I wasn’t really on the

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About three days in to this EC thing there were a few problems that I came across:Very, very few American families know about this process. I know one other person who has embraced EC whole-heartedly. At work the other day I was changing a baby’s standard disposable diaper and thought to myself, “I bet I’d lose a ton of work if parents knew I was using Elimination Communication with my own child.

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I'll admit it. Day 1 wasn't all it was cracked up to be. I'd read lots of EC enthusiasts online and they encouraged me to, "just give it one day." If you are a parent who wants to try EC and are not super on the ball the first day, I'd have to encourage you to give it just one more than that…that’s what we needed to convince us anyway.DAY 1, Sunday- Griff is home and we are both going to try to

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I'm not an extremist...really I'm not! I was told by lots of my friends that I was being radical when I decided to cloth diaper my baby. Radical? Cloth diapers are practically as easy as disposables these days. You wash them twice a week and then stuff them, which takes about five minutes. The diapers attach like disposables and function even better, so while the term, "cloth diapering" might

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After posting 2 status updates on facebook about starting EC with my 10 week old daughter, I've received lots of questions, messages, and WTH!? comments. So, if you REALLY want to follow us on this journey, subscribe to the blog. I will update it as we go. If there are not enough people interested, I'll just stick to the one-liner status updates.(:Oh and I promise not to blog about other issues

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