"No I will not pee sitting down"...an EC update

So, I have to post the EC update. Austin is 6 1/2 months now, and I haven't put him in EC undies/prefolds for several days now (except when we go out of course). There was a period of a couple weeks where we were cranking through every prefold we had in two days...and then he got a tooth. Common EC knowledge dictates that during major moments of physical or phsycological growth, you are going to have more misses than normal. So, we had lots of misses, but then Austin got his first little tooth. Ta-dah!

So, he's now been on a kick where he does NOT want to pee on his tiny potty anymore. Any weeing that involves "wee-position" (which is holding him so his back is against your tummy and hands supporting him behind each knee) is SO 'last month'. If I try, he arches his little back and makes his whole body straight as a board...which is sort of funny by itself too. Apparently, the new "in" way to pee is to walk yourself (supported by your tech crew, Mom, underneath your armpits) into the fabulous bathroom Papa Ross and Nana built, step onto the nice stone ledge overlooking the pool of flat river rocks on the bottom of the shower, have said tech crew (Mom) pull out the special effects of running water (I turn the shower nozzle on just a tiny bit) and quick whip your pants down and VOILA! As soon as the water hits the drain, Austin is standing there with his little naked butt, peeing in the shower.

Now, the funnier part is that he's SO proud of himself. After weeing, he looks up and finds my face and smiles and giggles with this incredulous look on his face as if to say, "Holy Cow! Did you just see that!?" And recently, he's realized that HE is the source of this fascinating stream, and follows the stream from the drain back to himself. In doing so, he bends forward at the waist to see where all this excitement is coming from...and pees on his britches. But hey, who's counting...he's 6 1/2 months old and can pee in the shower and poop in the tiny potty. And the tech crew (Mom) does the happy dance!

While I'm sure we aren't at the end of the road and there are plenty more developmental milestones and teeth, prefolds and EC undies to go through, this is encouraging and fun.