I started ECing DS a little less than a week ago, and he is 13 days old now. I am amazed and how the cue "pssss" gets him to pee, almost every single time! DS is a screamer during diaper changes, at least for now, and occasionally he is screaming so hard that when I try to pee him over the bowl, he won't go, probably b/c he is screaming so hard and can't hear the cue!
We haven't had much nakey time mostly because it's cold here. It actually snowed this morning! Anyway, a couple of afternoons earlier this week we would hang out in the afternoon and nurse and try to catch pees/poos. He almost always poops during bfing, though even that, I have noticed, is changing.
I've been offering upon wakening (which, he will usually pee, but often he has already wet and/or soiled his dipe when he wakes up from naps), and any time he is fussy for unexplained reasons. Because I don't always offer DURING a nursing session, I will change him immediately after he poops (though, I usually forget to cue
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I have a couple of questions:
1. When I offer and cue, he never poops, just pees, and he almost always pees. He will only poop during bf, or at another time, and I haven't figured out his cue yet. Should I be expecting to be able to cue him to poop, or will I have to wait until he no longer poops every time he feeds (and if so, when might that be?)? Or am I likely to have a baby who just poops when he eats and I'm going to have to breastfeed with a bowl between my legs for a long time?
2. What's the best way to start to go diaper free at night? We're still trying to figure out the best way to sleep at night - we cosleep, but DS likes to be snuggled up right next to me, so I'm not sure how to protect our bedding (and me!) from the spray!
I have started changing him every time he wakes at night, even though just nursing him will usually quiet him.
I'm trying to stay relaxed about all of this, but I want to eventually be able to go dipe free as much as possible. I just really don't know how you would go truly dipe free with a newborn!
We haven't had much nakey time mostly because it's cold here. It actually snowed this morning! Anyway, a couple of afternoons earlier this week we would hang out in the afternoon and nurse and try to catch pees/poos. He almost always poops during bfing, though even that, I have noticed, is changing.
I've been offering upon wakening (which, he will usually pee, but often he has already wet and/or soiled his dipe when he wakes up from naps), and any time he is fussy for unexplained reasons. Because I don't always offer DURING a nursing session, I will change him immediately after he poops (though, I usually forget to cue
)I have a couple of questions:
1. When I offer and cue, he never poops, just pees, and he almost always pees. He will only poop during bf, or at another time, and I haven't figured out his cue yet. Should I be expecting to be able to cue him to poop, or will I have to wait until he no longer poops every time he feeds (and if so, when might that be?)? Or am I likely to have a baby who just poops when he eats and I'm going to have to breastfeed with a bowl between my legs for a long time?
2. What's the best way to start to go diaper free at night? We're still trying to figure out the best way to sleep at night - we cosleep, but DS likes to be snuggled up right next to me, so I'm not sure how to protect our bedding (and me!) from the spray!
I have started changing him every time he wakes at night, even though just nursing him will usually quiet him.
I'm trying to stay relaxed about all of this, but I want to eventually be able to go dipe free as much as possible. I just really don't know how you would go truly dipe free with a newborn!
, and she's a girl so there's no spray, but a couple thoughts for you that I plan on trying the next time around:
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). I do remember that by three months the majority of her poops were in the toilet. So definitely by then.
