Prefold "squish"

My style of putting a prefold diaper on

I call it the "squish" because you squish the middle instead of folding it.
Because I've noticed folding it can be hard with a pro-diaper escapee

Step 1) fold the middle in about one inch on either side, this makes it catch any solids that could leak out the sides.

Step 2) SQUISH it all together (make sure to keep the folds)

Step 3) Place baby in center of the squish.

Step 4) Pull up from the squish to cover babys crotch. Pull up tight as it will loosen when appling the snappy

Step 5) Snappy as quick as you can. Careful baby may roll

Here's the back

And cutie patootie posing.

A day in the life of. (warning pictures of poo and side boob)

8:10am

Final wake up.

(first wake ups at 4:45ish and 6:20ish)

Happy sleepy Henry says "wake up momma"

8:12

First things first.

COFFEE

(macadamia nut)

6 cups brewing.

3 scoops of sugar and lots o' cream please!

(Carmal vanilla cream too oooooh yummie)

8:13

Diaper change momma!

(he moves FAR to much can't get a good picture about half the time)

8:22

Keep cleaning up all this mess Momma!

Seesh, were you raised in a barn?

8:28

Green is the color of the day

Time to get dressed.

Strike a pose!

8:34

Worst part of the day.

Spraying poo of diapers.

Ewwwieeeeee.

(These poos are from his 4:45 and 6:20 wake up. I LOVE being woken up to poo..... not)

8:40

Time to eat.

Oh, and short nap

9:10

Wake up and play!

10:10

Feed dogs.

Look at them waiting, such good puppies!

Watching the dogs eat.

Playing in my exersaucer

No I'm not tired.

10:30

Watering the lawn.

11:20

Nap time again!

11:40

Mommas lunch.

Yes I put pickles on my hotdogs!

Oh and seasonal Mtn Dew is YUMMMIE!

1:00

Good nap, time to play with momma!

Reading One! Two! Three! by Sandra Boynton

1:30

Poppa is on the phone!!!!

1:30-5:20

I have no photos from this 4 hour time span.

I don't know why.

We just played around the house, some facebook.

Maybe a nap.

*shrugs*

5:22

Henry knocked over the baby gate.

AND LOOK I CAN CLIMB IT MOMMA!

5:30-7

Dinner time.

Pork chops coated in a sweet basil and Jack Daniels sauce, Long grain rice, and Green beans.

I ate it all before I could take a picture.

7:18

Dressed for bed!

8:22

Asleep for the night.

Obviously I started slacking in the pictures the later part of the day.

But as you can tell, we have a pretty boring life.

Occasionally we'll go out.

But eah, we prefer to just hang out around the house.

Trying out EC

Yay for trying new things!

This morning as I went on facebook I read on my Peppermint group about EC.
Previously to this I have read up on EC(Elimination Communication), I like the idea but I’m TOTALY not patience, or intuitive enough (or so I thought)
So I thought “what the heck I’ll give it a shot”
I mean all I do all day is take care of Henry, do slight clean up, and surf the web.
Besides I occasionally take Henry’s diaper off after a nap and aim for him to potty in the toilet. (though I have to admit that is rare)
So I tried it out.
Today after his first nap I took his diaper off and headed straight for the potty.
And he went! I go a big smile, and praised him "GOOD JOB HENRY!"
Beginers luck, first timers fluke right?
So about 20 min later I try again, take his diaper off and straight to the potty.
Again! He went! Another big smile, more "Good job Henry!!!"
Let him go back to playing on the floor. He coo'd happly with his toys for a while.
But then he started to get fussy, figured he was hungry so I started to feed him.
He would latch on then pop off and make an angry face, try and latch again, would get fustrated and pop off and make another angry face.
So I thought, "hey maybe he has to poo"
So I again took his diaper off and went straight to the toilet.
Blew some fart noises at him, laughed and played with him.
Within a min he was pooping! IN THE TOILET!
I got so happy and excited! "MY WORD!!! GREAT JOB! YAAAAAAAY HENRY!"
He was so proud of himself, smiling at me, telling me all about it!
Afterwards I fed him and he went down for a nap.
He slept for a good 2 hours (YAY for meeeee!)
Once he woke up, again straight to the potty and lo and behold he pee's again!
More praise! (always got to praise so it becomes a positive thing to pee in the toilet right?)
Started to play on the floor with him, and he gets a perplexed look on his face and lets out a REALLY loud fart.
I got excited. (wow am I that lame? getting excited over a fart?)
Again diaper off, bathroom here we come!
2 poops in a day!
I can't belive it! praise praise praise!

So as you can see we are off to a great start!
Lets hope the rest of today and tomorrow run just as smoothly :)