The Go Diaper Free Podcast
Andrea Olson of Go Diaper Free explains elimination communication - the concept of pottying your baby, as early as birth - which is what people have done for all of human history and in today’s world where there are no diapers. She makes it easy to integrate EC into your modern lifestyle as a new parent, demystifies how to know your baby needs to go, how to take them to the toilet instead of primarily relying on the diaper, and makes EC approachable, accessible, and fun, for all parents...whether part-time, with or without diapers, and in any region of the world. Contrary to popular marketing messages, diapers are tools, not toilets, and babies are ALL born “ready” to use the toilet. Learn how to connect with your baby on this very natural level with Andrea’s expert guidance, and experience the freedom of a life without dependence upon diapers, a life without traumatic toilet training, a life where your baby gets a head start on developing motor skills, communication, and learning by prioritizing this age-appropriate skill (0-18 months). EC honors your baby’s dignity and makes parenting THAT much easier! Stop changing blowouts...and learn how to listen to your baby’s requests for good hygiene. Learn more at godiaperfree.com. (PS - Andrea also occasionally covers potty training, for those of you who find us after 18 months.)
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 275
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
#149 My baby hates sitting on the potty but always pees outside easily. What should I do?
Today’s episode is about a very, very common issue with elimination communication: My baby hates sitting on the potty but always pees outside easily. What should I do?
Today we’ll answer this reader’…
#148 Confession: Why I Potty Trained My Son at 15-Months-Old
Today’s episode is a guest post from Robin Kinney, our EC Coach in Madison, Wisconsin. I love how Robin has learned how to weave EC with potty training and I hope you are inspired by her story!
How b…
#147 What Would an Indigenous Person Say About Pottying Their Baby?
What would an indigenous person say about pottying their baby? How do babies go diaper free in indigenous cultures? Do babies even wear diapers in intact communities and third world countries?
Today …
#145 How to EC an Extremely Fussy Baby
Today I share about “How to EC an Extremely Fussy Baby”...to help you figure out WHY your baby is so fussy in the first place, what works in terms of doing EC anyway, and, overall, how to manage this…
#144 Potty Training after Elimination Communication (does it make you a failure?)
Are you a failure if you wrap up elimination communication with potty training?? Our guest post today is from Ariane, one of our certified coaches who started EC at 3 months and, at 22 months, was as…
#143 Pros and Cons of Starting EC with a Young Toddler
Today I’m sharing the audio from my video on the Pros and Cons of Starting EC with a Young Toddler. You can watch the video over on the Go Diaper Free YouTube Channel, or listen to it today, right he…
#142 What is the one thing you would tell people to keep in mind when doing EC?
One of my fave readers asked me many years ago: What is the one thing you would tell people to keep in mind when doing elimination communication?
And my answer hasn’t changed much since the first tim…
#141 Pros and Cons of Starting EC with a Mobile Baby
Today I’m sharing the audio from my video on the Pros and Cons of Starting EC with a Mobile Baby. (Listen to episode 139 on Newborns if you haven’t already.) You can watch the video over on the Go Di…
#140 How do I get my baby to shift his morning poo to a slightly later time?
So what do you do if your baby poops REALLY early every single morning? YOU want to get more sleep. I’ve been there. But BABY has other plans. Poop plans.
Today I answer this very question from a rea…
#139 Pros and Cons of Starting EC with a Newborn Baby
Today I’m sharing the audio from my video on the Pros and Cons of Starting EC with a Newborn Baby. You can watch the video over on the Go Diaper Free YouTube Channel, or listen to it today, right her…
#138 How to have an undisturbed, and maybe even unassisted, birth
If you’re curious about freebirth 🤰 today’s show is definitely for you. Yeah, this isn’t EC or potty training, but it’s related. Because HOW your baby comes into the world MATTERS.
Even if you don’t …
#137 Why (& How) We Skipped Naked Observation Time
When you're getting started with elimination communication, observation time is a crucial component. However, our Certified Coach Natalie Robbins would go so far to say naked observation time can act…
#136 5 Reasons to stick with the Potty Training Plan (even if you want to quit!)
Today’s show is a guest post from our Certified Coach, Kate Falk, about 5 Reasons to stick with the Potty Training Plan (even if you want to quit!) and 5 Tips for getting through the hard parts. Kate…
#135 Encouraging Independent Play
Today I’ve got a special guest on the show: Avital from The Parenting Junkie. She teaches parents how to love parenting and parent from love. We’re going to talk about the importance of independent p…
#134 Starting Elimination Communication at 2 years old
Today I’m going to answer a question from one of our readers: can I start Elimination Communication at 2 years old?
Is Elimination Communication (EC) age-appropriate for older toddlers, or should we …
#133 Privacy on the potty
Tell me if this has happened to you: Your baby has been using the potty fine and all of the sudden is resistant and won’t sit on the potty, perhaps peeing on the floor 5 minutes later or in the diape…
#132 No mo' diapers
If you're one of those who was caught between shopping trips and other parents got to the diapers and wipes aisle first, this is my heart-into-action for you: what you can do if you're running out of…
#131 How parents are ruining the environment
This is a little letter that I wrote to parents several months ago. I think it was around Earth Day, around when we do Go Diaper Free Week every year. And it started off as a bit of a rant, but it tu…
#130 The gentlest form of respectful parenting
Today is a guest post from our Certified Coach, Maru, from London. She shares: If you, like me, follow a gentle and respectful parenting approach, you might be confused about whether EC is part of th…
#129 How to tell a brand new mom about elimination communication
In today’s episode, I'm going to teach you how to talk about Elimination Communication. I'm going to model it by sharing how I tell new moms about EC. And for all you new moms who are listening to th…