The Vernon Journal

On October 13th at 6:55 am we welcomed Izabel Ruth into our family. She was born weighing 3.9 kilograms (8 lbs. 10 ounces) after about 2.5 hours of natural labor and childbirth. Both Izi and Lori are doing great. Thus far (she’s only 5 days old as I write this) she’s been a wonderful baby; [...]

Well, things are still going great with our Elimination Communication. Since Abi is a busy little bee lately (and is keeping me busy chasing after her), I’ll keep this update short and simple! The Potty: As you can see from the picture(taken at around 9 months old), Abi is already using this little potty and [...]

You may remember a post a few months back about our plans to “go diaperless“. Many of you have been asking how it’s going, so I thought I’d take a few minutes to fill you in. First of all, “diaperless” is actually a bit of a misnomer for us. I guess that’s why so many [...]

Recently, many of our friends and supporters have been asking us whether the Akha use diapers. Of course this question is inevitably followed by the other pressing question on people’s minds, “What will you do for diapers when the baby comes?” If you had asked me this question two years ago, I would have said [...]