Posts by AndreaOlson

My top frugal tip is to do Elimination Communication (aka infant potty training) from birth with your baby, and cut back on diapering costs (including purchasing disposable diapers, washing cloth diapers, and buying all the cloth...

First of all, it is actually really common for babies who tend to spit up to spit up during EC. So know that you're not alone; lots of my readers actually have that problem. If you want to try a position that might not put as much...

It's not really common to have problems at 2 months already, but you do and that's where you are. Honestly, all babies are different and so are all the ladies who do EC. What I would do is try to start over, recording everything during...

Something to consider is that some babies will pop off the breast and seem like they're finished eating when they actually need to go pee or poo, so that sort of disturbs their feeding session long enough for them to get it out, and...

I'd suggest the Beco carriers. They pretty much look like an Ergo but the Beco Gemini has a fold-up and fold-down headrest and the Beco Butterfly 2 has a removable headrest or sleeping hood and both of them can be used for what you...

Easy there, mama. I don't mean to cause any kind of wars here. What I do wanna say though is that I've had several conversations - as a DiaperFreeBaby mentor myself - with the Associate Director of DiaperFreeBaby.org about the...

This may or may not be the problem but sometimes a baby will disengage her latch because she actually needs to go pee or poop. So you might wanna look into elimination communication and maybe learn how to do some part time EC and it...

Hey there! This is totally not easy to be in and I'm sending you lots of support. At 17 months, it sounds like he is nearing the point of needing to do things himself a little bit more, so what I would recommend right here is teaching...

Yup, I've definitely felt like the odd one in Mommy and Baby Yoga before and at the playground. I would just say nothing when you leave, if you can, and if somebody asks, just say you're gonna go tend to the diaper. I don't really find...

Since it sounds like your son likes the position but doesn't like the dressing and the undressing part, I would recommend when switching from disposables to move straight to something like split-crotch pants plus a cover or chaps plus...