 EC clothing and equipment The Natural Mother shop is run by WAHM, Sonia, who practises EC with her own daughter. She stocks her own designs of underwear, Bright bots training pants, eco potties, longies, split crotch trousers and more. She also stocks slings and washable nappies. www.natural-mother.co.uk The EC Store is a great US site selling a range of exclusively EC related clothing and equipment. Ships to the UK A Victorian enamelled child's potty is perfect for night-time and travelling. The Continuum Family is a Canadian based shop selling all things natural parenting: cooperative board games; slings; baby supplies and of course lots of great EC gear. Type in the code NFB10 for a 10% discount. Ships to the UK http://continuum-family.com Cloth nappies The Nappy Shed is a cloth nappy company based in Oxfordshire. Sally demonstrates her washable nappies at a monthly stall in Oxford alongside tumbebe. She sells a variety of cloth nappies, plus waterproof pads etc online and also hires out trial systems. www.thenappyshed.co.uk Plush pants is another Oxfordshire based company who specialises in cloth nappies and natural menstrual products. She has a range of small sized training pants and the wonderful hippychick brand www.plushpants.co.uk www.goreal.org.uk Formally the Real Nappy Campaign, Go Real is a central meeting point for all things cloth. Slings Tumbebe is an online shop selling a range of slings including wraps, pouches, ring slings and soft structured carriers. Peggy also does sling consultations. She appears at a monthly stall alongside the nappy shed in Oxford. www.tumbebe.co.uk Joey Slings sells beautiful Mei Tai slings. Based in London www.joeyslings.co.uk Other Websites with information on EC Established in 2004, Diaper Free Baby is an international EC organisation. It hosts articles and forums, and publishes a quarterly newsletter. It has an EC shop. DFB organises a mentor system throughout the states and across the world, with mentors promoting the DFB method and organising workshops in their area. www.diaperfreebaby.org An Australian website covering many aspects of natural parenting. Including a new site explaining part time EC www.tribalbaby.org Laurie Boucke, a pioneer of EC, created this website www.TimL.com/ipt Follow Zoe's experiences with EC on her blog: http://nappy-free.com/ EC Forums and Chat groups Please see the Find a group page for more info. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ecuk/ is a friendly UK email chat group, less busy since the launch of bornready.co.uk. www.bornready.co.uk is a public forum devoted to EC. It includes a local groups section. There is also a new facebook page. Books about EC The Diaper-free Baby: The Natural Toilet Training Alternative for a Happier, Healthier Baby or Toddler by Christine Gross-Loh (2007). An extremely practical step by step guide to practising EC - with different chapters explaining how to start and continue at different stages in a child's development. It gives excellent advice about overcoming obstacles. It includes countless personal anecdotes from other parents practising EC.Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene by Ingrid Bauer (2008). An inspiring (and often personal) account of Bauer's experience of EC. This book sets EC firmly within an attachment parenting context. It takes a holistic viewpoint and explains how EC is the natural extension of a nurturing relationship with a baby.shortened version of a much larger book available in the states. Boucke explains how to practise infant potty training. She examines how baby care differs in this area throughout history, and throughout the world. She explains how potty training is a cultural concept, rather than a biological one. An eye opening read. Attachment Parenting websites and forums www.attachmentparentinguk.com is a new UK based website providing information on Attachment Parenting and bringing together resources across the UK. www.naturalmamas.co.uk friendly forum which focuses on slings, but also covers a range of AP topics. www.eco-baby.co.uk is a forum devoted to natural parenting, including breastfeeding, babywearing, baby-led weaning and cloth nappies. (There is limited discussion on EC.) Online Documents Baby pottying basics. Short leaflet explaining nappy free basics. Devised by Antonia King in order to be sent out to Health Professionals and support people in Oxford. Please feel free to print this off and use it in you own area. (Please do let us know.) This extremely well researched factfile is provided by Buckinghamshire County Council. http://www.bucksinfo.net/recycleforbuckinghamshire/assets/documents/brni-fact-file-1-feb09 Want to add a link? Let me know. |