EC: Day 5

This will be a pretty short blog.  There was a lot going on this day.  Both David and I were at work and Jude was with grandma Covington.  Hearing the events of the day Jude pooped in the toilet and also ate a lot of fruit.  I was thinking "oh no the next poop is going to be a doozy!" I had left my debit card all the way in Chino Hills the night before at dinner so after work I spent most of my time battling traffic picking up my card and then headed over to Toys R Us to find a cool gift for my nephew, Lucas. It was close to 6 p.m. before I got to David's parents.  After picking up Jude I headed over to my parents where we were having a dinner to celebrate the birth of Lucas, who just turned 8!  Jude played diaper free in the backyard with his water table and then we went out front to watch Lucas ride his new bike.  He did not pee or poop any of the time he was diaper free.  It started getting breezy and we ate dinner outside but I ended up putting him in a diaper so he could be fully clothed.  Basically, he was in a diaper the rest of the night.  Most parents concentrate EC while they are in their own home.  Especially those that do not care about messes.  It is hard to expect family and friends to be ok with messes like you are and it is perfectly normal to just practice in your own home setting.  We came home went to bed with a diaper on and that was it.  I have noticed a new sign though.  Jude is starting to become aware of when he is wet, especially while sleeping!  I was ready for a diaper changing night ahead of me.  I had extra diapers tucked into Jude's crib bumper ( we co sleep and side car sleep) and was prepared to change diapers.  I had changed his diaper twice during the night and both times he had signaled me non verbally by whining in his sleep or tossing and turning.  It was amazing how as soon as I stripped him of his diaper, all was right with the world again and he stopped stirring and laid so comfortably. We are making progress!