More Hurricanes

Julia took a poo in her potty just now. It was her normal lunch time poo -- time, color, amount, etc.

No poo during the hurricane/power outages though. I offered the potty as usual too but no poo. Pee, but no poo. We fed her pretty much as normal, although the worst night we had to forgo food cubes (power out, doubtful of food safety) and stick to puffed rice cereal.

Same thing happen through the last three hurricanes through here. She held it for 4 days through Charley (we had no power for 5 and I think she just couldn't wait any more), held it through the 2 days we had no power for Frances, and the 3 days with no power for Jeanne.

So I'm wondering again -- is she holding it on purpose? Is she affected by the stress? The change in routine?

I'm not worried and I don't think there's anything wrong with her. It's just curious behaviour on her part and I'm wondering if she's got the bowel control and will to just decide not to be pooping during a storm?

3 hrs!

We are having a STELLAR day! I can't believe it! The same DRY diaper since going to bed last night. She's cueing me reliably today and at the last potty visit, she went for 3 hrs straight dry. OMG!

Go, baby, go!

I have to go out to get my allergy shot later and I expect some problems then. She cues while out, but I can't always stop the car or find a bathroom in time.

But still... 3 hrs.... wheee!

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Caught another pee. So 11:30 - 1:40 is about two hours. Yay!

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I went to empty the pee and thought to myself "I think she's got a poo coming" and by the time I went back to the nursery it was over. I really need to give her longer chances on the potty -- the full 2 minutes and not jsut when I think she's first finished.

Still... doing very good tday...very in tune with her.

Got it. MIssed it.

Today I was well rested and on poo alert. Julia was nursing when she got very still, farted a few times, and it was closing in on noon so I got her on the potty quickly. There she looked kind of spaced out, was tensing her abs, and then let out a good poo.

Soft, but formed, and plopped out with one thunk into the toilet. Hooray! Wiped up the inside of the potty with toilet paper and flushed it all out.

Crazy how happy it makes me when we get one like that and I don't have to deal with even a partial poo diaper.

Yay! :)

Then I missed the one at 5 PM. I was eating, and I did not expect one at this time so I wasn't even in the room. It was runny and green -- not surprising since her nursing today has been distracted and not prolonged enough to get a good amount of hind milk.

Post hurricane

update:

We made it through another hurricane. Slight rash from being in disposables through the power outage (hurricane.) Now back in cloth and it's going away. We had to go with what we could find (Huggies) than our usual disposable brand (7th generation.)

Julia's been doing her best to hold it til we come get her. Julia hates to be in a soiled diaper and normally cries if we miss it. Now she has started crying BEFORE she gets wet instead of after it has happened.

It happened twice -- once on the way home from the grocery store and then again when we thought she was napping. After the store, Paul took her whiel I unloaded the bags. With the nap, she woke up and started to yell and cry and Paul got her and she peed and conked right back out again.

Not sure if this is going to be a new (and reliable) cue yet.

Orange Butterfly HoneyBoy Fitted Diaper

So I've been working on a fitted diaper using the HoneyBoy pattern. I got most of it done last night but I left the back open until I hear from the people on the HB newsgroup for advice on the elastic casings. I could stand to do those again so they are straighter.

I think for my first try at it, it came out pretty good. A little crooked with the elastic but usable. The outer is a butterply print, the inner is dusty purple micorfleece to wick away pee. The soaker inside is sherpa terry and one flannel to stabalize it. (The sherpa is stretchy.)



I was trying to follow the pattern directions exactly but I can already see where I will be making changes like using straight instead of zig-zag to apply the Aplix, zig-zagging raw seams before turning, etc.

I'm having fun. I'll get Julia to model once it's done, washed, and ready to wear.