Anyone planning on doing EC?

Definitely! Probably a little more easy going with it in the infant stage though. I didn't learn about EC until my DD was 11 months old. Well, we started EC when she was 11 months old (even though I worked part-time outside the home- my DH did it while I was gone even though he claimed he couldn't, he rocked at it!) and DD was completely in underwear and potty learned by 15/16 months. She started by signing the ASL sign for "toilet" when she had to go and as her language progressed would just tell us when she had to go. She was dry at night by a little past a year I'd say.

She turned two the end of Feb and I can't even remember what diapers are like!! I didn't even really have to change toddler poopy diapers for that long! People are STILL amazed that my 2year old is potty trained, but it's kind of old news to me since she's been in underwear fulltime for 11 months or so now.

I'm having a boy this time and I hear they are harder in this aspect... my DD was so ridiculously easy. Yes, we did have some pee on the floor if she didn't tell me in time for those months we were learning, but maybe because she was vocal and so into communicating so early we just picked it up really quickly.

I encourage everyone to try it, even if only part-time. If you leave your child in a diaper they loose that sense of when they are going and the longer you wait I feel like the harder it is for them to relearn that sense of knowing when they are going that they are innately born with (my mom grew up in west africa- they didn't have diapers and the women there would just know when their babies would have to go and hold them over the side of the road).

I never dealt with potty training. My daughter had a problem where she didn't empty her bladder all the way (thus causing UTI and bloody urine), and the doctor told me NEVER TRY TO POTTY TRAIN THIS CHILD.... when she does it on her own, she should grow out of this. So we never potty trained. One day when she was 2 1/2 she said 'I want a teeny tiny potty just for me' so I took her to the store and let her pick one out. Then the next day she said 'I want teeny tiny panties just for me' so again to the store and she picked out panties. That was it. The end.

I have known some ECers and it seemed to me like they were running to the toilet or sink a lot which just is NOT something I can do, having MS and not being the most stable of walkers. In fact I bought a bassinet that rolls to be able to put my son in and push him around the house so if I fall the odds of him getting hurt are drastically lower than if I had him in a sling. Once I get to my destination then I will put him back in a sling or in my arms.

Diapers never seemed like a chore to me, and I got a lot of pleasure out of watching nasty diapers come out white and smelling good and fluffy when I was done washing them. LOL!

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We didn't really worry about night-time EC. Who knows- I might this time- but I just really did EC during the day and after not too long she was holding it all night and going to the bathroom when we woke up in the morning. I think once babies "get" that they can hold it- they do! Sometimes still my 2 yr old will wake up needing to go to the bathroom, but she always comes and finds me and tells me she has to go.

And yeah... I think I'm more too lazy to change diapers. Plus, I feel like EC is just so natural and makes so much sense. Why train a baby to constantly eliminate in a diaper if you can help them retain the ability to know when they are going (why do you think newborns always seem to pee as soon as their diaper is removed?).

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See, this is exactly how I am feeling...it seems like so much more work and I am not sure why. I am sure it is like anything else - a little overwhelming at first but once it becomes part of the usual routine it's just fine. When my son was about 3 months old I made the transition to cloth diapers. That seemed REALLY overwhelming at first but now I couldn't imagine using disposables ever again. It was so much easier than I thought it would be.