We've been ECing for two weeks tomorrow, so I feel it is a good time to take a look back at previous entries to collate a list of actions our baby did before eliminating, and try to spot any patterns.
- Frustration*
- Fussiness*
- Struggling to stay on the breast*
- Avoiding eye contact
- Tensing muscles*
- Bracing feet against me and pushing herself up and away (this has stopped doing this so much in the last couple of days)
- Look of concentration
- Bug eyed look
- Wingey cry, cry of discomfort* rather than hunger or tiredness (not always easy to tell the difference though)
- Farts
I guess the hardest thing is that while all those things could be cues, she can also do them just because she's feeling a bit sad or tired or uncomfortable. Or she could just feel frustrated, fussy, or need to fart.
So how do I tell when she is doing those actions to communicate her need to eliminate? It is not elementary, dear Watson, not yet anyway.
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