Palo Alto Parents Using ‘Elimination Communication’ on Babies to Ditch Diapers

A gaggle of Palo Alto babies is learning that there are alternatives to sitting in uncomfortable wet diapers.

‘Elimination communication’, the practice of making infants self-aware of their bodily functions so that they can avoid diapers, is growing in popularity locally, according to the Washington Post.

As novel as potty-training an infant might sound, it turns out the practice of ditching diapers in the first few weeks after childbirth goes back centuries, according to the Post.

The novel approach is being promoted by local parent resource center .

It's not the first time we've seen some wild diaper ideas from Blossom Birth. The group attempted to land in the Guinness Book of World Records last spring with .