Also, Lydia poops in the toilet! We're trying something called Natural Infant Hygeine, and so far it's pretty fuck*ng cool.
Wow, that Natural Infant Hygeine website is wiggity whack. I have to admit, I don't have the fortitude to try it. I was actively pooped on four times in Pearce's first six days of life, and I can tell you without a shred of doubt that he has not even considered signalling me when he has to go. I feel like I'm pretty in tune with the boy, but most of the time poops seem to catch us all by surprise, usually while I'm changing his already poopy diaper. We are, however, using cloth diapers at least 90% of the time; we use disposeables when we know we're going to be away from the house for an extended period and won't have enough space in the diaper bag to pack out the soiled clothies.
We've also started co-sleeping, more out of necessity than any philisophical predisposition. We had decided against co-sleeping because Pedro experinces what sleep therapists call confusional arousals, which is far less sexy than it sounds. Basically, it's similar to sleepwalking but involves more hallucination and, often, actual night terrors. So we were worried about bringing our baby in bed because the problem tends to get worse when Pedro is stressed or sleep deprived. We've had a few incidents but nothing dangerous or scary -- mostly Pedro thinks he's holding the baby when he's really cradling his pillow. So Pearce sleeps on my side of the bed mostly, and it seems to work out. Unfortunately, we don't sleep as soundly with him in the bed, so last night my Mom came over to hold him while we slept, and he went six hours without waking up to eat. :woohoo:
Anyway, good luck with the natural hygeine thing. Let me know how that goes. I have a friend who might be interested; I'll share the website with her.
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