Plans

[2much2luv]

Do you plan to . . .

Have a natural birth?
Breastfeed?
Co-sleep?
Cloth diaper?
EC?
Anything else I'm not thinking of?

[amnda527]

I'm planning on having a homebirth, breastfeeding, cloth diapering, slinging, and becoming a SAHM. What is EC? And what are your plans?

[sleet76]

Have a natural birth? Yes.
Breastfeed? Yes.
Co-sleep? Initially we will be co-sleeping. With both of our kids, we have had the babies in the bed for a few months, and then *very gently!* transitioned them to sleeping in a crib when they're able to stay asleep for longer periods at night--around 3-4 months.
Cloth diaper? yes
EC? No.
Anything else I'm not thinking of? I happily use my Kangaroo Korner Fleece Pouch and my Ergo to carry them a lot.

[springbabes]

Yes to everything but the ECing. I don't think I have it in me.

[2much2luv]

Originally Posted by amnda527

I'm planning on having a homebirth, breastfeeding, cloth diapering, slinging, and becoming a SAHM. What is EC? And what are your plans?

EC=Elimination Communication . . . infant potty learning


Have a natural birth? Yes
Breastfeed? Yes.
Co-sleep? Yes
Cloth diaper? I'm thinking about it. : My three others were all cloth diapered and I feel sort of sick of it (isnt' that horrible! ) Plus we have coin-op laundry. I will probably end up cloth diapering and using disposables maybe at night and when out. We'll see.
EC? I don't know how I could ever manage it with everything else I have to do.:
Anything else I'm not thinking of? I do use slings.

[beana's mommy]

Have a natural birth?
we'll see how it goes. I had an epidural last time for the last 3 hours, and I really did love it, since I wasn't relaxed and able to talk to anyone or enjoy the moment at all before. But, if I can handle it, I'd definitely go without getting a needle stuck in my back! LOL

Breastfeed?
definitely. my 14 month old is still doing so.

Co-sleep?
definitely. Started co-sleeping (had been using the arms reach cosleeper) when our dd was about 1 week old and never turned back. Still haven't figured out what we're going to do about her though in terms of co-sleeping. I'm a little nervous about having a 2 year old in bed with a newborn.

Cloth diaper?
definitely. We only use disposables for trips.

EC?
maybe... I didn't hear about it until my dd was 6 months old. Tried it a little even though she was older and we had some success. Then she ended up getting really sick (intestinal bug, ear infection and bladder infection all at the same time), and then we never got back into the swing of it. But, I'm not sure if I'll have the time to devote for EC with trying to take care of both of our children.

Anything else I'm not thinking of?
Definitely will be babywearing. I'm an addict, and I make all my own and am starting to sell them, too! I'm trying to figure out what we want to do about a stroller since I won't be able to carry both of them for long distances. We've only used a stroller for jogging.

I'll be continuing my SAHM status, also!

[mirthfulmum]

Have a natural birth?Yes
Breastfeed? Yes
Co-sleep?Yes, but I have got to figure out how we're going to get 1 more person into our already full cramped bed (there's 4 of us in there already)
Cloth diaper?Yes, but this time I'm not going to use a service. This time I plan to do it myself and do it right this time.
EC?Going to try. I have a couple of friends who have been quite successful so I'm looking to them for inspiration.
Anything else I'm not thinking of? Vaccinating??? We delay and selectively vax.
Babywearing?Most definitely. I'm the Canadian distributor for the Ergo Baby Carrier, so baby wearing is a way of life here.

[mirthfulmum]

Originally Posted by amnda527

What is EC?

Elimination Communication, or baby toilet training. Parents learn to read baby's cues as to when they need to pee or poop and take them to the toilet rather than have them pee or poop in their diaper.

[2much2luv]

Originally Posted by beana's mommy

Have a natural birth?
we'll see how it goes. I had an epidural last time for the last 3 hours, and I really did love it, since I wasn't relaxed and able to talk to anyone or enjoy the moment at all before. But, if I can handle it, I'd definitely go without getting a needle stuck in my back! LOL

If I could get an epidural at home I'd totally go for it.

[trmpetplaya]

Yes to all the above! And we'll be using cloth diapers as backup for ECing like we did with dd. I totally dig having an EC'd 11 month old and don't see why I wouldn't EC the next babe.

I highly recommend EC to all of you! Please check out the EC board if you think you might at all be interested It works best if you start right away or within the first couple months, though I have a friend who started her son at 5 months and another friend who just started her 8 week old son.

It's so nice to have an 11 mo who is dry all night long and who most of the time will tell us she needs to potty. I didn't miss changing dirty diapers at all We never had to deal with diaper rash either. And we won't have to ever have two babies in diapers at the same time

It doesn't work for everyone, but definitely come check it out!

ETA - I'm also planning on tandem nursing.

love and peace.

[Lissybug]

Originally Posted by 2much2luv

If I could get an epidural at home I'd totally go for it.

it would be tempting.

[Lissybug]

Have a natural birth? Natural, homebirth
Breastfeed? Yes
Co-sleep? Yes- now- will we be moving the Squeak out? not sure yet... Probably, but where to?
Cloth diaper? Yes, but some disposables too. Cloth's a pain while traveling.
EC? No
Anything else I'm not thinking of? I'm a total sling and Ergo nut.
Vax? We partially/delay vax
Go crazy again evaluating the choices in parenting? yes (sigh... I wish I was able to lighten up sometimes!)

[mommy-X-2]

Have a natural birth? Ih ave to have a c-section so thats not a posibility.
Breastfeed? I Tried with my DD but wasnt able to but I plan on trying with this one too hopefully it goes better this time.
Co-sleep? Yes at first
Cloth diaper? nope
EC? nope
I also plan on babywaering.

[2much2luv]

[QUOTE=mommy-X-2;6398284]Breastfeed? I Tried with my DD but wasnt able to but I plan on trying with this one too hopefully it goes better this time.[QUOTE]

Good luck to you.

[Lissybug]

Originally Posted by mommy-X-2

Breastfeed? I Tried with my DD but wasnt able to but I plan on trying with this one too hopefully it goes better this time.

I also wish you a successful go at it this time. Hopefully with your prior little bit of experience and lots of support it'll work for you. By the way, my DS loves the boucy smiley faces in your signature. He keeps pointing them out to me.

[IamPink]

Have a natural birth? Natural, homebirth
Breastfeed? Yes
Co-sleep? Yes, but only for a month or so like the other 3 did
Cloth diaper? Yes, I'm a CD virgin though! I have no idea about covers and prefolds and all that! :
EC? No
Anything else I'm not thinking of? I wanna buy a sling- or even better make one and try wearing my baby... can ya tell I'm new at all this!
Vax? we do vax : we're one of the only 2 states that require it for school with zero exceptions :


I'm a Doula and this will be our last baby... I know exactly the way that I want things to go- no, I know how they need to be!

[amym72]

Do you plan to . . .

Have a natural birth? YES
Breastfeed? YES
Co-sleep? I want to Dh isn't too thrilled with the idea b/c dd is still cosleeping at almost 4 yrs, if not baby will be right next to me.
Cloth diaper? DEFINATELY, I already have a large chunk of my stash bought. I cloth!!
EC? No
Anything else I'm not thinking of? Will definately sling, plan to make my own Babyfood, selectively vax and no circ if it's a boy.

[phathui5]

Have a natural birth? Yes, hopefully at home. Maybe at the birth center.
Breastfeed? Of course
Co-sleep? Yup
Cloth diaper? Yes
EC? Nope
Anything else I'm not thinking of? I am going to get more help around the house this time for after I have the baby, and have more prepared meals in my freezer.

[wendyland]

Good thread...

Do you plan to . . .

Have a natural birth? I've had two epidurals. Both times I had the intention of going natural. Midwives are illegal here, so homebirths are pretty costly. I had back labor with the first and couldn't take the pain. The second time I was induced and had been up the last couple nights with the flu. Had no energy to keep it up. I'm going to go to Bradley classes this time and hope to have my last baby naturally.

Breastfeed? definitely. Only did it 7 weeks with my first because I had to go back to work and didn't have a place to pump. Had a hard time getting milk to come in and baby had bf jaundice the seconde time, so I gave up. I wish I had kept it up. My current dh is a huge advocate, so he'll give me that push to keep going this time.

Co-sleep? No, I usually have a bassinet right next to the bed and do take naps with baby. I don't sleep well with baby in bed.

Cloth diaper? Haven't done it before. I'm thinking about doing a mixture of both.

I do have a sling, although I'm thinking of geting a different kind. Mine is the kind with the rings. Will also make my own baby food.

[guestmama9915]

Originally Posted by 2much2luv

Do you plan to . . .

Have a natural birth?
Breastfeed?
Co-sleep?
Cloth diaper?
EC?
Anything else I'm not thinking of?

I plan to have a natural hospital birth (again), breastfeed, co-sleep (is there room for 3 babies in this bed?!?), maybe finally cloth diaper, no EC.