Twilli’s second tooth (on the bottom) emerged today! The first one is even more visible! She is just too cute. She seems proud. My baby is growing up TOO FAST!

We will post a photo soon. (DH took some. But I haven’t rescued them from the camera yet.)

Again, I have to say that the Hyland’s Teething Tablets, nursing, and babywearing have saved our hides! I’ve been using the Ergo Baby Carrier like mad! And now Elliott uses it too, since Twilli essentially grew out of the Baby Bjorn that he used to like so much.

I am also in the process of trying to figure out how to make my own Scandi-inspired Mei Tai carrier. I will give updates on that project.

I am so thankful that I have my MacBook Pro, or I would have gotten NOTHING done, through these cluster-feeding sessions!

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Speaking of milestones, we took Twilli to the pediatrician for her belated 6 month well baby exam (and the icky shots :sniffle:). She is doing great! The weighs 17 pounds and is 27.5″ tall.

Dr. Reyes was very impressed that she is using the potty. We explained that we have reduced our diaper consumption by half. He said she is their first patient that has done infant potty training. We have gotten really good reactions from people about this whole thing. I guess

…by switching to POTTY — a continuation of Twilli’s Potty Update

2008.02.21

Yes. I can honestly say we are using HALF the amount of diapers than we were before we started the infant potty training journey! We are often able to “reuse” a diaper 2-3 times, since it is completely dry!

Even more impressive though is the fact that Twilli has been staying dry for 6-10 hours at a time, through the night. So not only does she sleep through the night, she stays DRY!

Can you tell I’m proud? (Just imagine how proud Daddy is!)

2008.02.12

OK. I admit, this is not a proper JOURNAL. (Thus the word “update” in the title now.) I was being so good and keeping a log of her potty successes. But it has been hard to keep that up. I have watched it enough to know some general tendencies.

Twilli is doing very well with it. She GETS it. But sometimes, we’re not as “on top of it” as we need to be. I just missed a poo a few minutes ago. I felt bad that she had to dirty her diaper. But she just smiled at me when I told her, “I’m sorry I didn’t take you to the potty in time.”

We are very pleased with her progress. I would say we’ve easily reduced the diaper consumption by half. We have had one dirty diaper each day, for the last few days.

I realize how unconventional this practice is. And I am trying to find a frame of reference for “normal people” to compare it to. The only other experience I have, or remember at least, is that of my son. But that was many years ago. All I remember is that I had a hard time traditionally potty training my son. And I was a single mom, so I couldn’t demonstrate “sinking the Cheerios”. My dad and brother were too self-conscious. :-/ I’ve heard it is so much easier with girls. I was watching JON & KATE PLUS 8 last night and the girls had been trained a full year before the boys!

This is a continuation of Twilli’s Potty Journal. Read the introduction here.

2008.01.28
I decided to give IPT/EC a shot when DD had just turned 5 months old (DOB 08/07). Even though we’re using disposable diapers, I guessed it wouldn’t hurt to “potty” her after diaper changes, etc. We had some immediate success. But holding her over the toilet wasn’t practical for any length of time.

We bought a potty seat to put over the regular toilet. We put her on it after she awoke from her nap and VOILA! She pooped within about 1 minute! I started taking her once a day, and had results everytime!

So a couple of days ago, I stepped up the effort and started taking her 1st thing in the a.m. (despite the convenience to snuggle and nurse more in our nice co-sleeping arrangement) and after her morning nap.

I’ve only had 1 to 2 occasions that I took her to the potty and she did nothing. She really seems to GET IT! And sometimes, when she’s nursing and stops to look around and fuss a bit, I’ve learned it means she needs to potty! She seems to be glad that MOMMY is getting trained!

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2008.01.29
Twilli pottied 5 out of 6 times that we took her yesterday!! (No poop diapers!!!) And so far today, she’s gone 4 out of 5 times. (3 poops) Again no dirty diapers!

I’m starting to see more of a pattern that if she starts to really fuss (and isn’t hungry or sleepy) then that probably means she wants to potty.

I think she REALLY digs this no dirty diaper situation!:woohoo:

I’m still not brave enough to go diaperless. But we’ll see how things go.

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2008.02.04
Last night we took Twilli to our friend Steve’s house, for a Super Bowl Party. She got a bit antsy so DH took her to use the bathroom. We didn’t have our toilet seat with us. So I wasn’t sure she’d be comfortable enough to use the regular toilet.

But she did great! She went twice while we were there. Everyone (mostly in their 50’s) was SOOOOO impressed! I guess they think she’s a prodigy. We agree. Of course the potty thing is just confirmation.

We’ve only had 1 dirty diaper in the last three days! Twilli can wait for several minutes, for us to take her to the potty, in order to stay clean and dry.

This is the first of an ongoing journal of our experience taking Twilli to the potty. So far, I’m absolutely THRILLED with her adoption of the method. Please leave comments about your experience!

[Originally written on January 23, 2008]

We just started to experiment with infant potty training/elimination communication last week.

I haven’t read any books or anything. But I’ve read a lot about it on forums, and read many testimonials. Now I shall add mine to the list.

Our DD is 5 months old. We bought the padded mini-seat that fits right over the regular toilet seat. We put her on the potty right after a diaper change, and lo and behold, she pooped!!

So far, we’ve taken her to the potty at least once a day since. And every day, she has managed to successfully USE THE POTTY!!

At this point, I’m a believer! Mind you, we still use disposable diapers. And I do not run around with a diaperless baby. BUT, this is teaching DD that the potty is the appropriate (and more comfortable) place to do her business.

Read Part 2 of the Infant Potty Training Journal.

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