IrishOboe

I’m writing this while one hand is holding my 3-week-old Vivienne.  She’s nursing and she’s wearing a long sleeved shirt and wrapped in a blanket.  She has no diaper and no pants. [Interruption – continued three hours later]  Why did I think I’d be able to write a whole post one-handed without getting interrupted?  Anyway, the point is I’ve been attempting to do more EC with Vivienne than I did with Joseph earlier on.  I place a cloth under her bum and wrap a blanket around her to keep her warm in this chilly winter weather. [Interruption – continued three days later]  I shouldn’t bother to be prolific.  My kids don’t let me take the time.  The point of starting this post was to say that Vivienne pooed right away on the toilet for me.  Since I started this post she has done it numerous times and I am amazed how I can tell she needs to go even if Stephan and I are in intense discussion, and that I can carry her naked-bottomed from one room to the bathroom and she’ll wait to go until I have her in position and then go right away.  It’s not always that easy, but it’s so much easier than I ever imagined it could be.  I don’t often change a dirty diaper and when I do I am so thankful that most of her poos go in the toilet or the plastic bowl at the side of our bed.  The best is discovering she likes the toilet position.  She is even mostly happy peeing there (she hates peeing whether it’s in her diaper or in any other position).  No wiping, no changing table fights, just *flush* and it’s gone!  Poos are starting to get more infrequent at night, so some nights she hardly pees in her diapers at all but saves it for when I put her on the pot.  Time to move on, this post must be done.