This episode cracked me up. It was like watching my own life and watching myself hang out with my friends, and I would in no way consider myself extreme. (Though I do vaccinate, I delayed on chicken pox because the vaccine has a shorter lifespan and the decrease in the population being exposed to chicken pox has increased the rate of shingles. Other countries don't require it, considering it a minor illness).
As far as EC goes. She was clearly doing it part time. Her baby was in diapers for the majority of the show. I did a part timed version with both of my children. My first son was in underwear full time at 18m. My second son is 16m and in underwear at home (but I don't risk it out in public). Yes, it's parent training, but it is nice not to deal with diapers. Kids really don't like pooping themselves, and they are born complaining about it. If you never let them get comfortable pooping and peeing in a diaper, you don't have to "retrain" them not to be comfortable with it. We typically spend 2+ years training children to pee in their diapers whenever, then we get frustrated when we have to retrain them not to do that. And I will say that I have found that both of my boys were capable of holding it *briefly* (with enough time to signal to me and let me get them to a potty) by 15m. I started sitting them on the potty at 12m. I'm a diaper hater, so this works really well for me and my family.
I'm really sorry you guys have had bad experiences with breastfeeding mothers judging you for not doing it. I'm an "extreme" in that regard too, having nursed my first son to 2.5yrs and currently nursing my 16mo. But I don't care what other people do. The only thing that bothers me is when they say they tried everything and "couldn't" but really didn't. But I don't say anything about it. I just silently complain to myself.
Placenta consumption wasn't for me (I had c-sections anyway), but it's supposed to be amazing for postpartum depression.
