I already crashed the summer babies thread cuz my DD was born a week early, but I'll join you here, too, if that's OK with you
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First of all, let me say how awesome it is that you started from birth, and that as a new mom I can't imagine how much time and energy it takes to care for your 2yo and a newborn at the same time! I really have a newfound admiration for parents, especially those who have more than one. I've done my share of crying, but not just cuz of EC, but because everything about having a baby was and still is overwhelming to me. Not to mention those crazy hormones.
We do pretty much what you do - DD sits on prefolds all day at home. Too chicken to go out diaperless yet, but we did catch two pees yesterday (one in a toilet stall, one in a parking lot) and missed a poo (always while nursing!) while we were out for almost 5 hrs. We don't use a timer, but I can see how that would be helpful with another child to look after. And chores? Hmmm, haven't done those in a while...I'm one of those people who tries to get things done when the baby sleeps and then wind up being sleep-deprived myself. Seriously, when are you supposed to do stuff otherwise??
DH is totally on board and always helps EC when he gets home and at night. He tells one person at work all the "crazy" stuff we do, like EC, cloth dipes, homebirth...While his co-worker is not what I would call supportive, he at least listens and says, "Wow, wild" after everything. Probably just thinks we're big weirdos, but at least he doesn't judge (we live in a conservative part of LA county). My parents and in-laws are cool with it, too. They helped EC her while they were here (ok, just the moms, not the dads). Perhaps because the parents are all from Asia (Hong Kong and India, and DH and I were born in the usa as they say) they are kinda more open about this method, even though they didn't raise us here that way. I'm a 'sposie babe myself, but my mom said she started pottying me at 6mo cuz I hated my diaper.
Otherwise, we pretty much don't care what anyone else thinks, and if people ask why we EC we just explain that we take her to potty cuz we don't like her sitting in her own waste and that she can actually tell us when she needs to go. I think most people think we are either forcing her to go or we have a super-genius baby, but whatever. Like you, we're doing it cuz like you we know it's right and it just makes sense. Hope I can keep it up like the rest of the mommas on this board!
First of all, let me say how awesome it is that you started from birth, and that as a new mom I can't imagine how much time and energy it takes to care for your 2yo and a newborn at the same time! I really have a newfound admiration for parents, especially those who have more than one. I've done my share of crying, but not just cuz of EC, but because everything about having a baby was and still is overwhelming to me. Not to mention those crazy hormones.
We do pretty much what you do - DD sits on prefolds all day at home. Too chicken to go out diaperless yet, but we did catch two pees yesterday (one in a toilet stall, one in a parking lot) and missed a poo (always while nursing!) while we were out for almost 5 hrs. We don't use a timer, but I can see how that would be helpful with another child to look after. And chores? Hmmm, haven't done those in a while...I'm one of those people who tries to get things done when the baby sleeps and then wind up being sleep-deprived myself. Seriously, when are you supposed to do stuff otherwise??
DH is totally on board and always helps EC when he gets home and at night. He tells one person at work all the "crazy" stuff we do, like EC, cloth dipes, homebirth...While his co-worker is not what I would call supportive, he at least listens and says, "Wow, wild" after everything. Probably just thinks we're big weirdos, but at least he doesn't judge (we live in a conservative part of LA county). My parents and in-laws are cool with it, too. They helped EC her while they were here (ok, just the moms, not the dads). Perhaps because the parents are all from Asia (Hong Kong and India, and DH and I were born in the usa as they say) they are kinda more open about this method, even though they didn't raise us here that way. I'm a 'sposie babe myself, but my mom said she started pottying me at 6mo cuz I hated my diaper.
Otherwise, we pretty much don't care what anyone else thinks, and if people ask why we EC we just explain that we take her to potty cuz we don't like her sitting in her own waste and that she can actually tell us when she needs to go. I think most people think we are either forcing her to go or we have a super-genius baby, but whatever. Like you, we're doing it cuz like you we know it's right and it just makes sense. Hope I can keep it up like the rest of the mommas on this board!
