Mom Tried

The last time I was over at Mom's house she woke me up form a nap to nurse the baby and informed me that Julia peed.

Mom went on to tell me that Julia had woken from a nap and she took her to the adult bathroom like I do and tried to get her to pee with no success. So she switched to the little bear potty they have and managed to get her to pee in that.

I'm actually pleased with my Mom's effort to support me in potty training Julia. Initially Mom said no way, she didn't have that kind of patience, blahdeblah. Which is ok too -- it's not her job to do it after all. But she decided to give it another try even though the last time she tried it nothing happened.

Hey, sometimes Julia's gotta go, sometimes she doesn't.

Mega poo

For the last few days and esp. since starting solids, Julia's been saving up her poo for once a day. Either in the morning or the late evening. Bam. One big mega poo. Sometimes I get it all in the potty. Sometimes I miss. But it's looking like it's changing... still soft but getting a bit firmer.

Not to gross people out, but more like mashed potato texture than runny, all over breastmilk poo was.

Doing Well

We're doing well. In the same diaper all day until this evening after nursing her. Paul brought in the mail and I did not give her the chance to go before I got all involved in sorting the mail. Then when I finally noticed and changed her pee diaper, I failed to give her a chance to go some more and she made poo a short while after.

Both times I KNEW I should give her the opportunity but I did not listen to my inner voice. I need to learn not to self doubt it.

I got the new Large Alexis vinyl covers. They won't come close to fitting her for another 2 lbs or so but it will be nice to have it for use with the fabric diapers I make so we can see and enjoy the funky prints. Also, a trimmer fit.

Dreams

Julia dreams. She nurses the air in her sleep, laughs, makes faces, and sometimes whimpers or cries out.

She cried out now and it sounded like a bad dream so I checked her diaper (dry), comforted her, set her back down when she calmed and then went back to cleaning.

I had to go back when a short while later she was crying again.

This time she peed her diaper. Tiny one. Possibly in anger or protest because she was upset. All the pets we've ever had all do that -- I don't see why a baby wouldn't.

I need to give her the opportunity to go when she wakes from sleep even though it's not her usual cue (squirming and raising her butt up in the air) for pee in sleep.

Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap

Did a load of diapers with Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap.

I love these soaps, even as I hate the crazy labels. There's no useful dilution information on it and the website suggested 1/4 cup or adjsut to your needs. Too vague for me.

So I went 3/4 cup which was probably too much but I wanted to make sure the poo came off. Made the garage smell pretty and the diapers came out much softer from the dryer than with detergent. I don't use fabric softener since than can affect absorbancy and I don't use vinegar because the acid can break down fibers over time.

I don't know if a natural soap will cause absorbancy problems or build up but we will see.

It's a nice change though.

Long stretches, FT cloth

Julia is going for logner stretches dry. I haven't been home enough to do notes, but I'm still proud of her. We did a whole grocery store thing this week and she went and came back and stayed dry for a while ever after getting home. Hooray!

Right now we're having trouble with the volume of when she finally DOES go. She's learning to hold it it, but when she's close to popping I have to get to her fast or she bursts. trying to offset this by giving her chances to go even though she's not cueing at the moment.

We enjoyed AP playgroup last sunday and afterwards, Paul floored me by telling me he's ready to go cloth FT instead of at home and then disposables out. I think listening to the EC talk and seeing other families coping with it made him realzie it wasn't going to be as big a deal as he thought.

I'm thrilled -- means I have to get some more cloth diapers/try sewing some more fitteds but after we have anough cloth and run through the disposables we already have it will be a blessing not to have to buy any more.

Julia just does better in cloth -- she hollers if I miss a catch in cloth and in disposables she can't tell she's wet so she does not react. Since I don't want her to get used to letting it go in the diaper, I rather have her in cloth where there's the incentive to try to hold it because she hates to be wet.

Dry!

I last changed Julia at 8:30 and put her down to sleep. She got up at 1 AM to nurse so we did that and read her a story and gave her several opportunities on the potty. Fell asleep nursing and I got us both up at 2:45 AM and gave her another shot at the potty and she finally went. That's a little over 6 hrs dry! Woohoo!

Visiting

Lot of visiting this weekend.

My FIL came from TN to meet the new grandkids. Sautday was at our house and then Sunday was a Greg's.

Julia did really well both days with cues despite the distractions. Paul did exceptionally well monitoring her with our guests and getting her up and to the potty and bringing her back. Really proud of him -- I think he's getting in to the swing of it and finding it easier to do.

My niece made me laugh inside when she watched me potty Julia and asked her mother why they don't potty their baby.

I was very surprsied Julia would get back to it with all the stimulus. She'd been having a few days of potty strike while she was coping with new sitting, standing, and scooting skills. I expecte a lapse like that so it was no big deal. I was just surprised that she'd return to cueing over a busy weekend.