A baby has a special way of bringing joy to every single day

Life with a one year old

Some tidbits from the past few weeks and more:
Meredith has been enjoying helping to dress herself for a while now.  I kind of wish I’d taken more notice on when it started, not that it matters but I like to write things like that down in her baby book.  Probably before she turned a year, [...]

Cushy Bottoms

There have been a few days lately that I wonder if Meredith will be out of diapers any time soon.  Other days I think it could be any time.
For one thing, she has been dry through the night a lot recently.  She rarely wants to be pottied in the middle of the night, but she [...]

Diaper-Free

A friend once told me she knew she was a real mom the day she started talking casually about her daughter’s bowel movements. I thought pushing a baby out was a pretty good sign too, but here I am talking about my daughter’s bathroom habits.
We EC with Meredith. To me, EC is basically recognizing [...]

Baby Bottoms

We’ve been doing EC since Meredith was about 3 weeks old. She “got it” very quickly. We started by making a “psss” sound whenever she peed or pooped, and then started holding her over a toilet or sink and making the sound. It was neat to see her visibly trying to go [...]