Using cloth nappies when practicing EC is a helpful strategy for several reasons - it helps the baby to stay aware of their body - feeling the sensations of when they go to the toilet, noticing the wetness.

Using cloth helps Mum to be aware of baby's rhythms and patterns of elimination - a basic of practicing EC.

Begin to use your nappies part time by learning some simple skills of EC (Elimination Communication).

EC is something you start at home, when you have some quiet time with your baby.

You support your baby’s natural elimination awaresness by offering them the opportunity to wee in a potty now and then – at nappy changes is a Prime Time as their nappy is already off. (As is when you check to find their nappy is dry)

Imagine your nappy bucket taking twice as long to fill..

Imagine managing a lot fewer pooey nappies...

Imagine your baby's nappy staying dry for several hours...

While learning, and practicing a spot of EC with your baby, nappies become a parenting tool, something you use fully at times, only casually some of the time, not at all at other times, without fear about wee everywhere, as you slowly get to know your baby’s rhythms.

Don't worry that you've wasted all your money buying nappies - you'll still use them, EC is a process - if it was so easy to simply go nappy-free instead, we would all still be doing it!

But, if you've invested in cloth nappies, EC is a logical addition to make it even easier on the environment, and on yourself as well - less washing.

If you consider a well-functioning cloth nappy system takes about 5 minutes more a day than using disposable nappies or diapers, you'll be ahead very soon by catching a few poos in a bucket rather than letting the nappy do it, then having to clean up...