Hey everyone! This is Twyla, my 5th and final baby. (Or so at the time...i thought!!) 🙉 I snapped this photo of T when she was 7 months old (she will be 4 in a couple months!). At 7 months old, we could count on two hands how many times Twyla had pooped her biodegradable diaper backup (@getdyper) - this girl was ON IT! ⁠ ⁠ But, we did have some potty resistance - for a time she would NOT pee when we took her. #teethingbaby Gee thanks kid! 😋 ⁠ ⁠ I had Twyla in a beautiful 75 minute #unassistedbirth #freebirth. My midwife quit...BY TEXT...3 days before my due date because she didn't want to drive out for an appt. So I got mad. Then I got smart. I studied my draft manuscript of The Unassisted Birth Manual (now known as Brave New Birth!!) for 5 days and then shipped all the kids off to grandma's house. Next morning 4am, easeful #waterbirth with partner at the time. 🙏 ⁠ We started #eliminationcommunication with her the very first day. We pottied her when she woke up, (still do a wake up pee with her!!) when she screamed out (her fave poop signal!) while playing contentedly on the floor, at transition times, and when she became wriggly in our arms or baby carrier. ⁠ ⁠ She was SUCH a chill baby (did you read my story about Cooper a few days ago? HAD to be the unassisted birth!). 😍 Twyla is so loving. So vocal. She was already signing "toilet" and "hungry" and "tired" - at 7 months OLD!! and she DANCES when her siblings ask Alexa to play ANY music, esp funky 80's stuff. ⁠ ⁠ 📆 Our plans? To take her out of daytime diapers right after she masters walking, to continue to teach her the words associated with needing to go, moving to the bathroom, and going in the toilet, and to wrap things up between 12-18 months by teaching her...and SAVORING every moment of it! ⁠ We did this successfully and she was out of diapers at 13 months!!⁠ ⁠ 📷 At this age, Twyla was adored by her siblings and was a real go getter when crawling...she wanted to catch that cat so badly 😂 •⁠ •⁠ 📕 Start EC easily with my popular book, Go Diaper Free - link in Insty bio.⁠ •⁠ xx Andrea at godiaperfree.com⁠ •⁠ #diaperfreebaby #diaperfree #pottytrained without #pottytraining #7monthsold