| Potty training is supposed to be one of those stressful | | | | training because your child has already experienced |
| parenting jobs you have to do and as a parent to a 2 | | | | the wetness and this will help. I now believe that this |
| and a half year, I was always worried about this | | | | doesn't really mean anything when it comes to potty |
| aspect of parenting. Luckily though my son was | | | | training. |
| absolutely fantastic, and with every decision I have | | | | Anyway I did some reading and discovered elimination |
| made with my son, it was very easy going to get him | | | | communication, which I think I may try with my next |
| to use the potty, in fact he chose to himself. | | | | child. With what I read I decided to introduce the potty |
| Just before I go into my potty training experience, I just | | | | but my son showed no interest and I decided that it |
| wanted to give some background to it all. My son | | | | was too much trouble to try and force it. I am glad I did |
| wore cloth diapers until he was about 1 years old. I | | | | because when he turned 2, he suddenly got this |
| really enjoyed using the cloth diapers, but I couldn't | | | | interest in using the toilet. From that moment on he has |
| afford to get pull-up cloth diapers in order to continue | | | | initiated using it and uses it all the time now (at 2 and |
| using them and as my son started walking at 10 | | | | half). At first he would pick and choose when using it |
| months he was just getting annoyed with me laying | | | | but I didn't mind I just let him get on with what he |
| him down to change. I decided to use cloth at night and | | | | wanted to do, and now he HAS to use it. He isn't |
| then eco disposables during the day, which was a hard | | | | trained at night yet but he is completely trained during |
| decision for me, but my son was happy to throw on a | | | | the day and I didn't do it he did it himself. |
| pull-up and not happy to have to lay down and wait | | | | I think that we need to take more cues from our |
| for a diaper to be put on him. I wish I could have found | | | | children and have faith in their ability to pick things up |
| the money to buy pull-up reusables but even ebay | | | | on their own. I have always been really laidback with |
| didn't have any. I was using prefolds which are | | | | my son and I think this has been to my advantage. |
| extremely cheap and pull-up styles are about 10 | | | | While I have seen others getting stressed and |
| pounds/15 dollars just for one and my son is a heavy | | | | flustered over making sure their child is doing |
| wetter - having lots of changes a day. | | | | something by a certain age, I haven't worried and now |
| I thought changing to disposables during the day would | | | | my son is potty trained but because he chose to not |
| be a bad thing in terms of potty training because I had | | | | because I decided it was time. |
| read a lot about cloth diapers being better for potty | | | | |