Dolls...and Poop

That pretty much sums up my day :)

The girls and I are still sick and had a rough day but I got a lot done on D's birthday gift!

For S's 1st birthday I made my first Waldorf doll! It was so much fun, but a lot of work at the time! I am way faster at sewing and following patterns than I was 2 years ago! So D is almost 1 and I wanted to make her a doll since she is always trying to steal S's . I'll have to get a picture of the first one later...the girlies are in bed at the moment.

Nakey butt time :)

So back to our day. We have been doing well at pottying. We had a fantastic day yesterday (okay maybe not to today just yet); we caught more in the potty than the floor AND we caught a poop. A sweet glorious poop which hasn't happened in a couple of weeks so you can imagine how excited I was. If you have been following since the days of S you know how much I hate poop; actually is a big reason I love ECing in the first place. You don't realize how crappy cleaning up poop is until you don't have to...okay maybe you do know how crappy it is. But that just makes it so much more exciting when you don't have to do it!

Watching the birds!

So this morning I got up the courage to go to pet smart to get dog brushes (I'll explain in a moment) and I ONLY put pants on D. NO DIAPER!! I am pretty sure this is my first time. Well I guess I have done panties only but that was when she was younger and we were gelling a bit better on the potty front. And no accidents! We got home and she peed AND pooped! I was one proud mama...until...



She then pooped on the floor afterwards. And then again. And then again... and then in the potty :) And then on S's floor...and then on her bed. Seriously.So.Much.Poop!!! I don't know how something so tiny can poop that much! And they were all big poops!!! Ugh, it seemed like everytime I finished cleaning up S would yell, "Agh, she pooped again!" So not fun, especially when sick but really never.

I was really close to just calling it a day and putting a diaper on. Well I guess I kind of did actually because we went out to get food...there was no way I was cooking :( And there was a diaper for that trip and I didn't take it off until bedtime which was when I found, go ahead and guess...Yep more poop!

So...about the doll making, which I am sure you are much more interested in reading about :)
I am making my second Waldorf Doll and this time I am doing jointed limbs. Maybe one day I will make a tutorial...hmm one day when I have extra time that doesn't exist!

I got the dog brushes because I was given about 20 fleeces from a neighbor's flock of sheep and it needs to be carded before using in the dolls. I have some leftover wool from S's doll that I used up and used a tiny amount of our new wool that I washed all by myself thank you very much! (Don't be too impressed I only did one fleece! I am still up to my ears in poop covered wool!) Anyways, real carders are expensive and I didn't want to wait to order them anyways. The dog brushes were about $5 a piece and they worked really well. It will take me a while to get through the whole fleece but I plan working on it whenever Chris and I watch a movie.

Here is the wool I carded.

So here are some pictures of the doll making process...

Lopsided Belly

I used a colored pencil to make pink cheeks.

Arm

Leftover wool before stuffing.

This is just the wool I carded. It squishes down a lot!

Close up of the face. The eyes are a bit crooked but oh well :)

In case you were wondering this is my machine!

 So hopefully I will have to finished product done tonight other than the hair. I can't decide if I want to order this fantastic yarn I found or use the kind I already bought...Stay tuned!

Maybe I will pick this back up...

I stumbled upon my old blog tonight and saw how many pageviews its gotten. Apparently people want to read more about EC and parenting :)

So maybe if I can find time in my busy life I will pick this back up.

A quick update since it is my bedtime...

Sammy is now 2 1/2!! So hard to believe! She is fully potty trained during the day and has been for over a year now. She does wet the bed at night but it started happening when her sister was born.

Which leads me to announcing that Samantha now has a little sister, Dakota who is currently 10 months old! As far as EC is going for Dakota...its good but not going as well as with Sammy for multiple reasons. We have had a few transitions during her younger months like moving. And I wasn't a diligent to potty her as a was with Sammy. My thoughts were that it wasn't necessarily quantity of catches with Sammy as it was quality but that isn't always true. I depended on diapers a lot more with D especially during the move which the whole process took about 2 months. We are working at it but now he cloth diapers have severe amonia build up from the well water so we have been using disposables for night and outings which really hinder us. But she is still on ly 10 months and she knows to go, just need her to cue to me :) I hopefully can post more on this later.

Another transition that hindered D's pottying was my first trimester for our 3rd baby! That's right I am now 14 weeks into my 3rd pregnancy :) Planning on another homebirth. We are in the process of moving yet again a couple of hours away to where my husband has been relocated for work. It is a crazy time right now but we are making the most of it.

This next babe I am planning on keeping it diaper free the vast majority of the time including out and about. Having depended on diapers so much with D it really makes me not want to this time especially after going back and reading how well we did with Sammy from such an early age.

So there is the quick update of it all. We shall see if I can find the time to come back later and add more!!

Dakota 10 months

Sammy being silly- 2 1/2 yrs