Lucy is 4 months old and we are still going strong with the part-time EC!
Right around 2.5 months, her gut slowed way down, and she started having just one BM per day. It was very predictable; almost always in the morning. (Yay! Easy!)
Recently, as she has been engaging with the world more, she is a little less content to sit on the boring old potty. We had a few days recently where she didn't have to go in the morning, and she ended up going when we were out and about and I totally never saw it coming!
As strange as it may seem, it is kind of addicting to catch the poops, and it was making me a little sad when I had a streak of days where I missed them. (Good practice for figuring out cloth diapers though! ... This whole thing is totally a firstborn child thing...) For a couple of days after my streak of misses, I got a little hyper about figuring out her timing. I spent a lot of extra time with her on the potty and wondering when she was going to go. She wasn't a fan, and neither was I. It was starting to feel like my whole day was revolving around her poop! How ridiculous!
I took a step back and reminded myself to redefine success in this area as just offering the potty - it doesn't really matter whether we catch it or not! Poopy diapers aren't that much work (no more work than taking her to the potty and sitting around waiting forever when she doesn't have to go) and this isn't about getting out of diapers freakishly early. It is just about understanding her needs, helping her stay clean, and having FUN. I will have to keep coming back and reminding myself my purpose in doing this unless I want my whole life to revolve around poop ;)
As things are right now, I've been offering it about 10 minutes after she wakes up and/or 10 minutes after first morning feeding. If I get nothing then, I will offer after feedings later in the day. Sometimes I will offer when we are changing diapers and will catch a pee. Fun!
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