Why Go Diaper Free Really Resonated with Me
by Ken Lozano, Founder, President & Owner
Executive Summary (the TLDR)
KML Affiliate Marketing are an affiliate of Go Diaper Free, a company that teaches elimination communication, a method that helps parents potty their baby from birth and use diapers as a backup, not a full-time wearable toilet.
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Why This Program Hits Different for Me
I'll be honest with you: I've had an aversion to diapers for nearly three decades (and I still somewhat have one). It's part of why I chose not to have kids, why I didn't like small children for the longest time, and why even the idea of caring for them or being around them grossed me out (even though I eventually grew to enjoy holding them). So, when I came across an article about a mother of six who had every single one of her children out of diapers by the time they were walking, I paid attention, and something in my mind clicked.
Yes — you read that correctly. ALL SIX of her children were out of diapers by the time they were WALKING!
That mother is Andrea Olson, and her method is called elimination communication, or "EC" for short. Here's what it is: instead of treating a diaper as a full-time wearable toilet, you use the diaper as a backup — a just-in-case. You learn to read your baby's natural cues (they give them!), and when you see the signs, you take them to the toilet (or a portable potty) so they can relieve themselves hygienically. Some parents do EC part-time and use a diaper backup until their baby is 9–16 months old. Others do EC full-time.
And let me clear up an obvious question: no, EC is not babies or toddlers crawling or running around naked from the waist down peeing and pooping everywhere. That would be a disaster! It's a gentle, practical approach that works in real life.
What resonated with me?
Andrea has taught over a million parents through Go Diaper Free, and she also runs Tiny Undies — a line of EC-friendly clothing and training pants designed for babies and toddlers. She built these resources because she lived it with all six of her own children, from birth. As a result, Andrea has saved an estimated $10,000 in diaper costs.
What got me wasn't just the method — Andrea's work gave me words for something that had bothered me for 30 years. I'd always felt this "ick" about babies using diapers as wearable toilets and couldn't explain why. Even Andrea herself said "diapers are gross" during an interview with Alex Clark of Culture Apothecary while Andrea was a guest on one of Alex's podcast episodes called "Taking a Crap on Big Diaper." Hearing Andrea explain EC so clearly — the diaper as a backup, not a wearable toilet, babies giving cues from birth — finally made sense of why the whole subject of babies wearing diapers and peeing/pooping in them always sat wrong with me. Andrea babysat in her younger years and consequently changed many poopy diapers (which she said was her "least favourite part [of babysitting]"; that part of childcare caused her not to want to have kids). Truth be told, nobody actually likes changing dirty/poopy diapers; parents and caregivers just get used to doing it.
Oh, the blowout and explosive poopy diapers (where the poop goes everywhere) that shock and gross out so many of us? They ARE so gross — because there IS something inherently wrong with letting babies poop exclusively in their diapers. That's not a small thing. When something you've felt for decades suddenly has a name and a framework, it changes how you see it!
Who is this for?
If you're a parent or caregiver up to your elbows in diapers — or if you know someone who is — I genuinely believe this program is worth checking out. Go Diaper Free gave me language for something that had bothered me for 30 years, and it might do the same for you.
And yes — you absolutely CAN do this. Click or tap any of the buttons below to get started on your journey toward fewer poopy diapers.
(Language note: A "diaper" (plural "diapers") is known as a "nappy" (plural "nappies") in other parts of the world. Both terms refer to the same thing.)