day four April 2, 2008

the term potty has probably evolved overtime. i just looked it up and it means, the place where defacation goes. i looked it up because i thought of potty as more of a verb; the action of a baby going poop or pee. maybe i have just been completely mad this whole time but i guess that’s what diapering and parenting taught me. mainstream society tells me that to ask your kid, “do you want to go potty?” sounds more like, “do you want to go and just go on yourself? more like, “i don’t plan on taking you anywhere to do it,” because i have been trained to teach you to “do it on yourself and then i change you” and then i go buy as many diapers as i can. just another shortcut in a society where everything is faster, easier, less self consuming (so that we can be fatter, sicker, and more self absorbed) think about this logically. why should we, who live in the United States of America, who have TOILETS abound think this is okay? THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES barely have this luxury that we call toilets, yet we don’t use them because we are a lazy society and putting a baby on a toilet would mean that diapers are useless. third world country people, obviously can’t afford disposable diapers, much less toilets but how odd that they don’t believe in letting their kids crap on themselves. they are simpler-minded but all the more sensible. sure, they have more time on their hands, but there are plenty of stay at home mom’s out there and if you are a stay at home mom, this is definitely something worth exploring. i can admit that i never in 100 million years thought i would buy into this crunchiness. but here i am , advocating that we be more like third world country people. whatever principles might have driven you to think breastfeeding is better are the same principles applied here, sorry, mama. i am no expert, but i picture the third world country people holding their babies , arms out and to let them poo. it seem uncivilized, but as it turns out, us diapering our kids is more uncivilized. who made it okay to dismiss this notion that babies should poop like the rest of us in a potty? anyways, my point is, this is day four (in a row!!) of my six and a half month old going to the potty to make poo poo. i can only equate the feeling of accomplishment and excitement to that of riding a wave the first time surfing. i know, deep, huh? when i started this on day one, i had not the slightest idea that we would be here day four believing in elimination communication, early potty training, and possibly having a diaper free baby. God willing, the consumerism gods had me buying everything under the sun for my son, but i will not let the big diaper companies take all my money too!!