This awesome info! I tried that with my grandson, but did not really have the understanding. This was in 2009. Yes, it's true. Babies are not born to pee in a diaper. It's technically a dirty practice, not healthy for babies. When you really think about the reality of babies sleeping in their poop or pee. It's really gross that technically we as parents teach them to be fine with it and suddenly tell them it's not good and put pressure on them to do what they already knew. Funny how other cultures seem to know and practice such great things that common sense. I hope no diapering becomes big, like homeschooling. Both are better for your child. Remember it's not about you. It's about your child. So don't vaccinate either.
Well I never used disposable diapers because of 1 the expense and 2 tossing into trash seemed detrimental. I made cloth ones and used and washed them as my mother and grandmother had. I had read a small book, 'Potty Training in a Say or Less' written by some folks who developed a system that worked with severely disabled adults and had them potty trained in a week or less. They said once a child understands the difference between Yes and No, they can be trained easily. I used the method w my daughter at 1 a,d she was fully trained within 7;hrs and never had an 'accident' after. My son, who was autistic, was closer to 2 yrs and it took 3 days to fully train him. Still not too bad, tho. I've since used the method to train nieces and nephews who never lived w me, and generally done and trained in 2 days. I've also made cloth diapers for many, but young folks today don't want to use them and think they are gross to touch or wash. The brainwashing by disposable diaper companies has been complete. Arghhh
Thank you for this. I remember knowing about it when my girls were babies. We used nappies but I also gave them a lot of nappy free time and the biggest cause of accidents was when out and about and nowhere for them to defacate naturally.
Quick question, as a historian it has got me wondering what our ancestors did re babies and toddlers in Anglo Saxon and Medieval times. Do you have any information on this? Xx
To answer your question, I believe the same as this article demonstrates. My mother, raised in New Mexico by an Indian mother and Spanish father (from Spain) must have used the same technique because she passed it onto her 6 children. We were all potty trained by 9 months. I didn't know any of this when I had my boys.
For me it was an issue of expense. I used cloth diapers at home and gave disposables to my sitters. It got to the point they were using a whole package in one week. I stopped that and allowed them 3 a day max. At home they wore cloth or onesies with no diaper. By the time they were able to sit up straight, they were put on a potty multiple times daily. I just wanted the diaper expense to go away and in doing what I did, kinda unbeknownst to me, they were both trained under a year old.
Since I had boys, I would say "peepee time" and I'd have a plastic cup in most rooms and they'd run to me and pee in a cup. That continued till they were able to navigate steps safely as the only bathroom was upstairs. By 3 yrs old they graduated to grown up toilets. I also insisted on peepee time, always, before we left the house to go anywhere. To me, what I did was just common sense. Heck, I'm old now and I never leave the house without emptying out. My granddaughter, almost 4, still in diapers.
the diaper years of my two kids were certainly not my favorite processing times.
I could've used this information back then but hadn't run into it during my wide swath of researching kid care.
at least we dodged the bullet on diaper costs. the several hundred dollar investment in cloth diapers (costly even with some homemade and some gifted by family and friends) was a real bite in the butt financially but nothing compared to the thousands we'd have had to spend on plastic disposable diapers.
I can't tell you how excited I am about this post. This whole concept has kinda been chasing me lately, and this article was the last little push I needed. I have a two-year-old with Down Syndrome, and everything I've read so far has told me that kids with DS are notoriously hard to potty train. After reading this on Saturday, I decided at last to get started. I'm actually getting ready to publish on my own Substack (Kristen's Upside Downs) about how things are going so far. I'm only going about it casually for now, and I do want to read the book as well. Thank you so much for sharing this! It was just what we needed.
This awesome info! I tried that with my grandson, but did not really have the understanding. This was in 2009. Yes, it's true. Babies are not born to pee in a diaper. It's technically a dirty practice, not healthy for babies. When you really think about the reality of babies sleeping in their poop or pee. It's really gross that technically we as parents teach them to be fine with it and suddenly tell them it's not good and put pressure on them to do what they already knew. Funny how other cultures seem to know and practice such great things that common sense. I hope no diapering becomes big, like homeschooling. Both are better for your child. Remember it's not about you. It's about your child. So don't vaccinate either.
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Well I never used disposable diapers because of 1 the expense and 2 tossing into trash seemed detrimental. I made cloth ones and used and washed them as my mother and grandmother had. I had read a small book, 'Potty Training in a Say or Less' written by some folks who developed a system that worked with severely disabled adults and had them potty trained in a week or less. They said once a child understands the difference between Yes and No, they can be trained easily. I used the method w my daughter at 1 a,d she was fully trained within 7;hrs and never had an 'accident' after. My son, who was autistic, was closer to 2 yrs and it took 3 days to fully train him. Still not too bad, tho. I've since used the method to train nieces and nephews who never lived w me, and generally done and trained in 2 days. I've also made cloth diapers for many, but young folks today don't want to use them and think they are gross to touch or wash. The brainwashing by disposable diaper companies has been complete. Arghhh
Thank you!
is this the book?
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/0671693808?ref_=mr_referred_us_au_au
Yes, that's it. Glad it's still being printed.
Thank you for this. I remember knowing about it when my girls were babies. We used nappies but I also gave them a lot of nappy free time and the biggest cause of accidents was when out and about and nowhere for them to defacate naturally.
Quick question, as a historian it has got me wondering what our ancestors did re babies and toddlers in Anglo Saxon and Medieval times. Do you have any information on this? Xx
To answer your question, I believe the same as this article demonstrates. My mother, raised in New Mexico by an Indian mother and Spanish father (from Spain) must have used the same technique because she passed it onto her 6 children. We were all potty trained by 9 months. I didn't know any of this when I had my boys.
For me it was an issue of expense. I used cloth diapers at home and gave disposables to my sitters. It got to the point they were using a whole package in one week. I stopped that and allowed them 3 a day max. At home they wore cloth or onesies with no diaper. By the time they were able to sit up straight, they were put on a potty multiple times daily. I just wanted the diaper expense to go away and in doing what I did, kinda unbeknownst to me, they were both trained under a year old.
Since I had boys, I would say "peepee time" and I'd have a plastic cup in most rooms and they'd run to me and pee in a cup. That continued till they were able to navigate steps safely as the only bathroom was upstairs. By 3 yrs old they graduated to grown up toilets. I also insisted on peepee time, always, before we left the house to go anywhere. To me, what I did was just common sense. Heck, I'm old now and I never leave the house without emptying out. My granddaughter, almost 4, still in diapers.
My daughter & son-in-law used this with my grandson! It works!
This makes so much sense!
the diaper years of my two kids were certainly not my favorite processing times.
I could've used this information back then but hadn't run into it during my wide swath of researching kid care.
at least we dodged the bullet on diaper costs. the several hundred dollar investment in cloth diapers (costly even with some homemade and some gifted by family and friends) was a real bite in the butt financially but nothing compared to the thousands we'd have had to spend on plastic disposable diapers.
I can't tell you how excited I am about this post. This whole concept has kinda been chasing me lately, and this article was the last little push I needed. I have a two-year-old with Down Syndrome, and everything I've read so far has told me that kids with DS are notoriously hard to potty train. After reading this on Saturday, I decided at last to get started. I'm actually getting ready to publish on my own Substack (Kristen's Upside Downs) about how things are going so far. I'm only going about it casually for now, and I do want to read the book as well. Thank you so much for sharing this! It was just what we needed.
Wow mind opening