Who's Here? Introductions. - Page 8

[Brown_Eyed_Girl]

Name: Elizabeth
Husband: EW
EC'd Baby: almost 3 months
EC'ing for : about 2 weeks
Diapers: some naked time on the floor, prefolds and snappis, w/ or w/o covers, BumGenius at night
Potty: bathroom sink (next to changing station), BBLP, wanting to come up with something for out and about
Other: We're only doing it part-time (and not at night), but she's often dry after naps and when I pull her out of a carrier. EC is prompting me to change her a lot more often too, because I don't want to train her to sit in a wet diaper.

[staceyAZ]

Name: stacey
Partner: J
EC'd babe(s): jessica 25m-was ec'd read 9/10/08 post.
EC'ing since: day time-9days- 9m of age
Other kids (+ages): expecting 11-08
Diapers (use 'em? what sort? how often?): trainers and sposies now (tried aio but cut her legs)
Favorite 'potty': any toilet, ikea potty and fp royal throne
Other info: relearning bc dd is resistant to any potty
these days!!!

[PicklinQueen]

Name: manon
Partner: Justin
EC'd babe(s): unborn: want to learn now!
EC'ing since:
Other kids (+ages): expecting 04-09
Diapers (use 'em? what sort? how often?): will go cloth, and hopefully ec
Favorite 'potty':
Other info: just heard about ec and am excited about the prospect!

[chloe.speaks]

Name: Claire
Husband: Luigi
EC'd Baby: almost 17 months
EC'ing for : about 1.5 months
Diapers: some naked time or pocket diaper covers only on the floor and furniture, Seventh Generation disposable diapers/training pants, gDiapers at night
Potty: Baby Bjorn 2piece potty, tub if she will do it
Other: Part-time (and not at night). I only discovered early EC existed 2 months ago and began as soon as I did - baby already is used to wearing a diaper. The first day or two however, after the BB potty came, she used it for peeing every time, but thereafter we only get a pee a day if we are lucky and/or determined. Since we are doing it part-time, I am excited when it does happen. One thing which seems a block is that she seems to hold it when I take her then pee and loves playing with pee. She thinks it's like water at the fountain or in the dog dish but we continue on; it may take a bit longer than we expected!

[wendypf]

Name: Wendy
Husband: Matt
EC'd Baby: 7 weeks
EC'ing for : since birth on and off
Diapers: prefolds w/simplycover or disposable (when out for long time, sometimes overnight or when we run out of covers)
Potty: BBLP, sink, plastic bag w/prefold
Other: Started EC from day one, looking for signs and giving cues. First 2 weeks was easy to know when she needed to go, and would just let her go on a cloth diaper instead of in one. Then it got a little difficult knowing and was overwelmed with 1st time mommyhood... but kept with the cues and changing her every time she went. This week started ecing full time and its been going great -- have been catching plenty of pees and poops. Practicing night time ec too, because she won't go while she's sleep and grunts until I put her on potty. Have some misses at night and during day -- the past few days have been using way less diapers, so thats exciting!

Catching pees is a lot easier to do than poops, cause she'll go whenever I give her the cue (if she has anything) so she goes after naps, before BFing, etc. Poops are more difficult, she still goes during/after each feeding (except in the evenings) and sometimes theres no warning (she'll poop w/o even popping off the breast). As I'm catching more, she's complaining more when shes in diaper and needs to go.

[Yukonsylvie]

Introduction

Name: Sylvie
Daddy: Lyndsey
EC'd Babay: 16 months
ECing since: 3 months
Diapers: An array of hand-me-down cloth ('Baby Love' are our favorite -easiy to use, built in covers) and disposable when we go to town (only once every 2 weeks).
Potty: Mostly a kiddie potty, or outside, or the toilet or a sink when we're in town. She's only just begun to use her own potty, ussually we would hold her in position and cue her.
Other: We were sucessful with poops right off the bat, barely a poopy diaper since she was three months, except a relapse when she started crawling, and another just now...
Pees took longer, and she didin't always hold them and wait the way she did with poos. In the night we had total sucess with pees too, i'd pee her every time she woke up and otherwise she'd stay dry.
The last month though she's been resisting being pottied at all during the day. She sat on her pot proudly a few times by herself, but now doesn't want to sit and doesn't want us to help her. I won't force her, but it's hard when I try and she protests and then immeadiatley pees.: It seems that all our work is for nil, but I am hoping it is just a transition, we move with the seasons and are between homes right now, hopefully once we're settled in our winter home she'll get back into it!
(She does hold her stuffies over the pot and make the pssshhhiiing sound at least!)

[mama2peyton]

Name: Kellie
Husband: Wayne
EC'd Baby: Peyton
EC'ing for : I was a late starter at 7 months, so it's going on a month now!
Diapers: mostly we do naked time, when we use diapers it's Bum Genius and Fuzzi Bunz
Potty: BBLP, sink
Other: I'm loving EC, my only problem right now is that by the time I realize DD is giving a cue she is already peeing all over the place inlcuding my feet
Hopefully i'll get better with time!

[Ginny's Daddy]

Name: Paul
Wife: Jan
EC'd Baby: Guinevere (Ginny), 2 months
ECing since: Birth (occasional)
Diapers: Mostly Knickernappy pocket diapers and prefolds. Haven't really got the nerve to try diaperless for very long.
Potty: The big toilet, and sometimes a little tin bowl that we call her chamberpot
Other: She definitely has days where she seems to love to trick us, being very stealthy. Night is usually a great time for EC, since she rarely pees in her sleep, and usually I catch her cues before she pees after awaking.

[arelyn]

Name: Amanda
Husband: Mike
EC'd Baby: Kai 14 mo
EC'ing for : 13 months (started at 3 weeks)
Diapers: pocket diapers during the day (yes, pockets, and no, he doesn't like peeing in them, he takes them off to pee now), cotton pants or nakey bum at night
Potty: the big toliet though he used to have a BBLP that we misplaced during a move
Other: I never thought we'd be ECers but I tried it and Kai loved it so we're hooked and now that he's bigger I can't imagine doing it any other way. :

[excited2bemommy09]

I'm a Wana Be

Name:
Husband:
EC'd Baby: Due in January with our first DD
EC'ing for : I'm hoping to start right away
Diapers: I registered at ECwear So I guess we are going to try Thirsties Fitted and then put a cover on at night. I asked for some trainers too because they look easier to get off for pottying. Hoping that works ok?
Potty: registered for acouple bblp. Does anyone know of a diaper bag that can hold the bblp for when we go out? Or maybe something else I should get?
Other: DH and I are very excited to try this even though I think everyone in our family thinks we're nuts. : ) I actually heard about this through my roommate at college before I was even married. I didn't ever expect to find a husband that was on board with trying this too! I'm looking forward to learning from all of you guys!

[frontierpsych]

Name: Kati
Partner: Louie
EC'd babe(s): Brodie (2mo)
EC'ing since: Now!
Other kids (+ages): n/a
Diapers (use 'em? what sort? how often?): kissaluvs or prefolds, just some old used ones, mostly. I'll be using them without covers while home so I can catch potties easier
Favorite 'potty': we have a bjorn little potty
Other info: Just looking into this, our potty came in the mail today, and I'm looking forward to learning.

[tickledeeboo]

Name: Emma
Partner: Seb
EC'd babe: Sophie, 20 months
EC'ing since: part-time from birth, full-time from 3.5 months

Other kids: Anna, 5 y/o (who was conventionally diapered & toilet-trained at 2.5 y/o)

Diapers (use 'em? what sort? how often?): 12 good ole' English terry cloth flat 'nappies', used for early days, nighttime, wiping up accidents ;-)

Favorite 'potty': we have always had several Baby Bjorn LP's placed strategically about the house (and one in the car) ! I also recommend the transparent "Little Elephant" potty out of the UK. Sophie used the toilet (herself) exclusively from 15 mths onward...

Other info: please see our slideshow "tribute" to our dearest diaper-free Sophie at :
http://picasaweb.google.ca/emma.kwas...eedomATribute#
(click on 'Slideshow' at left to see them all, plus commentary)

EC is a paradigm shift -- it's as simple as that !
All you have to do is try it, and you'll be hooked...

[zalesmom]

Hi

I am Lee-Ann
DH: Danny
ECing: Danica 23 months
Since: Birth
Diapers: have filtered through a number of "systems" at various stages. We started with cloth, baby on diaper, used diaper liners inside of tiny panties, just tiny panties, fuzzi bunz, g diapers, or a prefold inside a g diaper cover. At night she sleeps next to me on a sheepskin mat, in either a shirt only or nude, if I think she might pee or am really tired she wears a hemp cloth diap w/o cover.
Potties: BBLP with a fleece potty cover, sinks and toilets (urinals with dad) sometimes I hold her over the diaper pail that sits next to our bed. Since she has been independant (since 18 mos ) she uses the toilet, takes off pants, climbs on goes wipes, flushes, gets down washes hands and sometimes puts pants back on! She also pees in the BBLP or the dog dish, or the trunk of her push car, any bolw shapes receptical lying around! She thinks this is really funny!
Other: she is basically graduated now, but I have to wrap my mind around it as I am still hauling diapers everywhere with me even though she never uses them any more!

[WiseBirdsMom]

Name: Olivia
Husband: Michael
EC'd Baby: Phoenix (4 months)
ECing since: 1 week old
Other kids: Sage (27 months old)- used some EC ideas for him at 18 months
Diapers: Prefolds and wool covers; some AIO's for outings
Potty: The Potty Bowl, and now venturing into using the sink and toilet
Other: I wish I could turn back the hands of time to have started EC with my oldest son when he was a baby! No diaper rash, no poopy butts, and the joy of seeing my baby use his potty and see him smile afterwards. I just wish more people knew of how great EC is! I am now starting to read my babies cues for when he needs to go versus using timing (Phoenix always poops while nursing), but so far, I'm having lots of "misses" with his pees but my "catches" are starting to increase. Yay!

[traceface]

Name: Tracy
Partner: Sasha
EC'd baby: Luka, born 2-20-08 (9 mo old)
ECing since: 2 mo old
Other kids: Leo (d/n EC him, but cloth diapered. He potty-learned about 2.5 years with lots of slippage on the pee-pee part up to 3.3 years or so
Diapers: A few Fuzzibunz, which I prefer and would like more of. Then prefolds with various covers, snappied prefolds at night with wool Aristocrat soaker
Potty: BBLP - but I am still mostly holding him over the sink in the bathroom. (then I clean the sink each time, no worries!) It's hard to hold him over the actual toilet and if I'm not comfortable I give up too early. Over the sink I have fun flirting with him in the mirror and singing to him
Other: We are having great luck with poops, like I catch 98% of them. He always goes in the morning first thing. Sometimes at other times but I can tell beforehand. I swear, I have intuition about it. And I'm not a naturally very in-tune intuition type of person! Pee-pee we're more casual about. He's nakey at home a lot, I try him after naps and after taking him out of his sling. when his Dad is home, he's very good about taking him every 45 min or so when we're just spending the day at home.
When we're out I hardly ever try him but I'd like to start that soon.

[katmtb]

Name: Keri-Ann
Partner: Nick
EC'd baby: Besnik (8.18.08)
ECing since: yesterday!
Other kids: none
Diapers: he's been hanging around in prefolds without covers and BumGenius at night
Potty: a big pot until our BBLP arrives; he gets a little freaked out when I hold him over the toilet or sink -- we're still working on that
Other: I was a little afraid to get started but we caught 7 pees yesterday just through timing and giving him lots of opportunities and, you all were right, it IS addictive!

[babysnyder'smommy]

Name: Lorinda, 26
Partner: Josh, 27
EC'd babe: Laila, 4.5 months
EC'ing since: 1 month old (8/8/08)
Other kids: none
Diapers: G diapers with prefold cloth inserts only!
Fav Potty: BBLP only!
Other info: She loves using her potty in the car!!

[psychethemuse]

Name: Christina
Partner: Alex
EC'd babe(s): Lyra, 12 months
EC'ing since: 3 weeks
Diapers (use 'em? what sort? how often?): Cloth prefolds with a velcro-affixed cover, double stuffed pockets at night
Favorite 'potty': Regular toilet with me or DH sitting backwards. She had a BBLP but stopped using it, and has a bigger potty but doesn't care for it much either.
Other info: We've had days with nary a miss (almost) and days where we change 12 diapers. It depends on how we're feeling. Lyra wakes up dry unless she sleeps extra long. I'm really enjoying EC and I think it's because I don't expect to catch every pee. I do wish she'd start signaling her poop again (we've had issues since solids/becoming mobile).

[podalyria]

Name: Mellissa
Partner: Ant
EC'd babe: Luke 2 weeks
EC'ing since: birth
Diapers (use 'em? what sort? how often?): Anything absorbent held loosely under the bottom without a wrap. Waterproof sheet on the bed covered with a square terry at night. Use disposables at night when I need sleep, but that's not working because he wakes immediately after every pee.
Favorite 'potty': The bathroom basins and a round plastic tub that fits between my legs when breastfeeding. Sometimes on the toilet when I go.
Other info: Amazing how early I could start reading the signals! I never expected to, was just planning on watching and catching everything on the cloth and putting more effort into it later. But we get most of the wees into the sink and a lot of the poos. Started off with so much laundry (clothes, bedding, nappies, towels) but now MUCH less and starting to feel like a good idea and not craziness. Some people are so sceptical about newborns signalling and being able to hold on, but babies do it.

[nudhistbudhist]

Name: Chrissy
Partner:Erin
EC'd babe(s): Skyy
EC'ing since: One week
Other kids (+ages): just animals
Diapers (use 'em? what sort? how often?): At night, cloth, on occasion
Favorite 'potty': small rectangular tupperware, the "tim hortons cup"
Other info:

I'm SOOOOOO happy that we are doing EC! I picked up a book on it while I was pregnant, and was so impressed, that I told my family I was determined to do it. They all laughed! A baby that doesn't wear diapers? As if! They already thought I was crazy planning a home water birth, and baby sign language, but EC they thought was impossible. Boy are they happy now, since they realized they never have to change his diapers! My DH just said last night "You know what, I don't think I even know how to change a diaper!"

One thing I forgot to add: In the beginning, we took is diaper off to pee him. Then after a week of that, we took him out of diapers completely. I did this because I found that having him with NO BACK UP meant I was 200 times more aware, plus, it was easier to see what my husband so fondly calls DW, which stands for Danger Willy. That is when his little penis stands up partially, a sign that pee will soon follow.