Is ECing easier when you give up diapers?

[NotOkay]

My 9.5 month old has been ECing since birth and wears cloth diapers. We do pretty well (mostly pee misses in the morning and never poop). I'm mostly going by timing.

I was wondering if you found ECing got easier when you gave up diapers? He's aware when he's wet since he wears cloth, so I didn't know if it would make a difference. Any personal experiences you'd like to share?

Thank you!
Amy

[Sheryl1678]

My personal opinion is that EC goes much better without diapers. I find diapers to be a crutch. I can pay less attention so I catch less. It doesn't matter how old my little one is.

[emmaegbert]

for me allowing myself to use diapers w/ DD made me happy to do EC. I don't think they were a "crutch" for me and instead made it realistic for me to do EC.

I am a full-time student, work part-time, have an older child, and had wall-to-wall carpeting, bed share, and don't have a laundry machine in my home. Infant/toddler pottying was just not going to take precedence over all other things for us. Though DD is almost always dry at night (probably wet less than 2x per month) *I* sleep much better when she has a diaper on, b/c I am not worried about waking up in a wet bed! And, FWIW, all the other IRL families I know who are doing EC use diapers with their babies at least some of the time, and have lots of catches, but don't sweat the misses.

[yamilee21]

I find EC much easier WITH diapers, much less stressful.