For crying out loud, girls, do something about it already. Wetting yourself, whether dribbling or full-on going in your pants, as well as having to pee tiny amounts every hour or so, may be more common than realized but it is not "normal" or healthy.
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When I first heard about diaper sprayers, I said there had to be a way to create a homemade one and this woman has.
Here's an up-to-date debunking of ten myths about reusable baby diapers.
To myth #9 about the environment, I would reiterate just how reusable cloth diapers are and add the following two arguments:
a) Especially given the fact most parents don't dump the poop, the urine, feces and chemicals in the disposables leech into the groundwater once they're sitting in the landfill. Sure, you're using extra water to wash cloth diapers, but by using disposables you're polluting the future water supply.
b) On average, from what I've heard anyway, babies in fluff tend to toilet train faster. Therefore, the use of cloth diapers is not comparable to that of disposables both because the same diaper will be used over and over again and your child will ultimately be using them for a shorter period of time.
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Only two episodes of this show were ever produced.
Its always great to hear about how different people got into cloth diapering.
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I wouldn't necessarily toilet train my kids the way the host of this podcast did, but its always interesting to hear how different people toilet trained their children. At the time of this recording, the host's grandson was being potty trained so these podcasts are neat to listen to from a cycle of life standpoint, too.
"Psychological damage is never done by potty training."
Exactly! In fact, the root of toilet training readiness itself is a myth. Freud never said toilet training too early harms a child. Here's what Freud actually believed and some other information, too.
"The whole idea of not pushing a kid is absurd..."
Exactly again! I wonder if the whole thinking about not pushing a child to toilet train has anything to do with the fact that nowadays we have so many young adults with no interest in learning to drive, move out of their parents house, marry, or have children.
"I have to actually teach him a skillset for the first time in my life and his life."
This was one of the things in Jamie Glowacki's book that jumped out at me, too. Using the toilet is the first at all complex set of skills we learn, whereas, up to then, things like walking, talking and eating have largely been learned through mimicry.
However, I believe mimicry should be an important component in toilet training as well. Let the child in the bathroom with you, even from infancy.
"There's big pharma, there's big diaper."
Right on for the third time, Jamie! Kimberley Clark and P&G, prove me wrong by launching ad campaigns featuring people who practice elimination communication, early toilet training or cloth diapering-using your products suplementarily-without portraying them as snobbish, far-out, evil whackos in the process.
"You have a five year habit. That's really hard to break."
"I had a dad that was like "You gotta go really bad. I gotta go really bad."
This brings up what I think is the other key to toilet training, or to preparation for toilet training, besides letting them into the bathroom with you from the time they're babies. Namely, create a potty positive environment. For so many households-though maybe fewer today than in yesteryear-pee, poop and the potty are very hidden things. From birth, talk to the child about what they've done in their diaper. Be open in talking about what you are doing in the bathroom. Even be kind of cheeky and playful about the things you say to them. Above all, children need to get that using the toilet is a normal part of the daily existence of every mature human being and though it is done in private, that doesn't mean its wrong or something to be embarrassed about.
Everybody pay attention to what Jamie says about whether or not boys are harder to toilet train than girls at about the 30 minute mark.
"There's expected behaviour from our kids that they shouldn't be rewarded and we have an epidemic of entitled kids."
Right on #4! As said above, using the toilet is a normal part of everyone's life. The success that comes with knowing how to relieve yourself in the toilet instead of your pants should be its own reward.
Hand in hand with my above-made point about a potty positive environment, it should be made clear to toddlers that it feels good to pee and poop in the toilet.
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I didn't know what they were myself until just a minute ago but they sound neat and helpful as explained in this video.
How can she have two kids and not know how to change a really poopy diaper?
Here's some more useful information about changing a baby who's in a spica cast.
Was reading in the March issue of Maclean's, a Canadian publication that used to be a news magazine, about Vancouver Tiktoker Kris Collins, callmekris. The article mentioned this young woman is a fan of Canadian "rock" band Nickelback "even though Collins was in diapers when the group was at its zenith."
The Albertan cancon staples didn't even have their first hit till the internet star, born in 1996, was four years old, and they weren't at their peak, at least in terms of having successive hits with no break in between, till about 2006. Are you therefore implying, Maclean's, that Miss Collins wasn't toilet trained until she was ten years old?
Poor parents and teachers.
Changing your baby or toddler in a standing position is a great way to put a new diaper on a child who doesn't want to lie still, to involve them in their care, or to introduce concepts related to potty training. Here is a visual demonstration of how to change your little one standing up, here's a more auditory one, , and here's an article.
Came across Canadian comic Randee Neumeyer a few weeks ago. Here's her bit about her Diva Cup and here she is talking about wetting the bed till thirteen.
Here's the accomplished actress and voice actress, whom I remember from "Care Bears", in a commercial for Pampers from 1995.
Hope their diapers didn't cause cancer like their baby powder.
This video seems like it would be helpful for disabled and able-bodied parents alike so I thought I'd post it here.
Bathing your bottom is important, just like bathing the rest of your body. This video contains a lot of useful information on how to deep clean your bum, especially for women.
