Chapter 8: EC Clothing

You can buy Baby Legs or modify knee socks.  I'm no seamstress, so I brought some socks that I had purchased for a little over a dollar (at Target on Clearance) to Michigan with me to get my mom's help!

It's cold today, but I'm really trying to work on a bit more diaper free time.  So E has on a jacket and some homemade Baby Legs and the cutest bare butt I've ever seen (if I do say so myself!).

Also, I remember reading about how pottying in different places can help and that outside is especially enticing to little ones.  So - we watered the plants on our back (mostly private) patio!  And by we I mean  E!  :)

Chapter 7: The Next Chapter

September 28^th – October 9^th, 2010

·         EC is going well, but starting to get complacent with it. I don't offer as much as I should and still forget sometimes after nursing.

·         She varies at night in terms of success.  Sometimes we go almost the whole night with a dry diaper, other times, she wakes 3-4 times and goes through 2-3 diapers.

·         She is teething (we feel teeth popping through in her bottom gums), so maybe that is what is causing this?  What I have read in EC books is that life stages/milestones can affect EC.

·         On the positive side, we have changed VERY few poopy diapers.  We did get one this morning (10/9/10) after a poop in the toilet, but I fed her plums for breakfast, so perhaps that had something to do with it!  And I got a tiny “shart” the other day, but it wasn’t a disgusting “oh my gosh” diaper!

·         I think next up I am going to look for some sheepskin or something that I can let her play on the floor on and try to leave her diaper off more – and work on timing, offering pees every 20-30 minutes.  Yes, probably will be setting my watch.  Maybe I can do diaper free times during the morning in this fashion?  Although, I have also read that the mornings are typically the heaviest peeing times.  I guess  I can experiment and figure out how many times I end up cleaning up the floor!