Bit of short background... I tried ECing off and on w/ DD but I didn't spend enough time or start it early enough (she was 13 months at our first attempt and failure) or do it frequently enough, etc. And even now, she's not potty trained... but that's my internal drama for another thread.
Anyway now that I have a newbie, I thought I might give it another halfhearted try. DD never gave any signals or indications at all that she was going to go or had just gone or anything. But DS will stop nursing and pop on and off and then poop, then will finish nursing w/o popping on and off. Other times, he'll just poop. lol.
Anyway he took about a 3.5 hour nap today, and when he woke up, his diaper was sopping wet, but there was no poop in it. So I thought I'd give it a try. I took his old diaper off and then held him over the potty... and he got MAD MAD MAD. So I held a bigger diaper around him and grabbed a bowl and got comfy w/ him on the couch so I could nurse him. He was starving and wanted to eat.
He gulped down a bunch of air though and stopped nursing after a few minutes. So now that he had a little something in his tummy, I thought I'd give the toilet another try. He was still not too pleased to be there, but he was only "pouty" about it instead of MAD like he was earlier. I held him there for less than a minute and then the pee came!
I wasn't expecting pee, since his nap diaper was so soaked. And I didn't catch "all" of it b/c although I was trying to hold him down... well, you know how strong a little boy's stream can be, lol. But I did get most of it into the toilet. I was excited. Not sure if he was, though.
If I continue this, it will be very part-time b/c of about a million other things that I have going on, but I just wanted to share my excitement. It'll probably end up being the only thing I catch ever, but it's still neat for me today.
Anyway now that I have a newbie, I thought I might give it another halfhearted try. DD never gave any signals or indications at all that she was going to go or had just gone or anything. But DS will stop nursing and pop on and off and then poop, then will finish nursing w/o popping on and off. Other times, he'll just poop. lol.
Anyway he took about a 3.5 hour nap today, and when he woke up, his diaper was sopping wet, but there was no poop in it. So I thought I'd give it a try. I took his old diaper off and then held him over the potty... and he got MAD MAD MAD. So I held a bigger diaper around him and grabbed a bowl and got comfy w/ him on the couch so I could nurse him. He was starving and wanted to eat.
He gulped down a bunch of air though and stopped nursing after a few minutes. So now that he had a little something in his tummy, I thought I'd give the toilet another try. He was still not too pleased to be there, but he was only "pouty" about it instead of MAD like he was earlier. I held him there for less than a minute and then the pee came!
I wasn't expecting pee, since his nap diaper was so soaked. And I didn't catch "all" of it b/c although I was trying to hold him down... well, you know how strong a little boy's stream can be, lol. But I did get most of it into the toilet. I was excited. Not sure if he was, though.
If I continue this, it will be very part-time b/c of about a million other things that I have going on, but I just wanted to share my excitement. It'll probably end up being the only thing I catch ever, but it's still neat for me today.
I caught some pee and poop again tonight after we got home from church. I only had to hold him over the potty for about a minute. This is kind of fun, lol. DH walked in about 10 seconds before DS did the bulk of his #2 and was greatly amused, lol.
