Cooper just turned one and it's gotten me thinking about (drum roll, please): Potty Training. Many parents of twelve-month
olds are not thinking about potty training any more than they're thinking about sending their baby off to college: He's not ready! She's too young. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Though no studies have been done that I'm aware of, many moms say that babies in cloth train faster and that disposable pull-ups do nothing but prolong the process. Cloth diapers, unlike their disposable-Sodium-Polacrylate-filled counterparts, feel wet to the touch when they are wet or soiled. This means two things: babies and toddlers learn to dislike the wet feeling and have more of a motivation to stay dry AND they learn the cause and effect of their bodily functions: I pee, I feel wet. Toddlers who pee in a disposable diaper lose that cause and effect lessen: I pee, I still feel pretty dry. Why stop playing to use the potty when you can pee right in your disposable and feel just as good? I think pull-up disposables were invented for two reasons:
- so they would "seem" more like underwear because they pull up and down like underwear and
- they are easier to put on a standing baby. As a former nanny (over ten years, thank you very much) I stayed with each family I worked with for an average of three years---birth right through potty training, until the kids were off to preschool. So between helping to potty-train three children I nannied for and so far two of my own, it's fair to say I have some experience.
My little guy is only 6 mos. and I’m already thinking of potty training with one side of my brain, and wishing him to stay 6 mos forever with the other side!!
All I have to say is awesome! Hope this kiddo is easier to potty train.
I am looking forward to more on potty training in cloth. My son is 20 months and suddenly decided he wanted to use the potty. He knows when he goes pee or pooh, but his interest only lasted a few days before he didn’t want to sit on the potty anymore. Back in cloth we go. Not sure what to do to regain his interest.
I was wondering if (cloth) training pants are necessary or if fitted diapers can be used. I guess he won’t be able to pull up the fitted diaper on his own?
I am hopeful that potty training our son will not be too hard, given that he will only have been cloth diapered.
This is so helpful, thank you!
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