No nappies!!! Listen to radio 4

mink35

gremlin wrote:

PMSL

My OH usually gives small signs like picking up the newspaper and disappearing for an hour!

snap!

Tells me he's going to do paperwork, lol!

rushnowt

i'm pmsl reading some of these

I thought one nappy was bad enough but when i was told one of my kids had a clicky hip i was gutted when they told me i had to put her in double nappies and the terry type for thickness.

I didnt have a dryer or any facilities to hang out to dry at the time as i lived in a flat and i had to dry them on maidens in front of the fire :eek:

I was so pleased when at her next check up they said it was fine and i could go back to disposables.

Dont know how i'd have coped letting them be without a nappy at all, potty training was bad enough :eek: :eek:

jo_b_2

Poppy9 wrote:

I did wonder how they managed in third world countries. So how exactly do you train a baby?

I have posted before that I think disposable nappies are so nice and comfy these days that there is no incentive for babies to potty train. A friend told me try really cheap and nasty nappies (poundstretcher 50p for 100 - ok I exaggerate ) anyway after a couple of days of these dreadful things hanging around the knees nappies were consigned to the bin for ever. Friends and family have also tried this method and it seems to work.

That's a new suggestion. Might be worth giving it a go with my lad who is in no hurry to say goodbye to his nappies!

Sarahsaver

In China babies' clothes are made with a slit in the bum for the littluns to wee. Nappies are not traditional there.

gremlin

Judi wrote:

The widget or the jobbie?

Both Judi!

Theyre both boys

Once they discovered their little ahem 'friends' they have never left them alone !

jellyhead

it's a few years back but i don't think my son actually knew himself when he needed the loo, even at 3 when still in nappies. i couldn't have worked out when he needed the toilet i don't think. i read one old fashioned book about potty training young babies and it recommended rubbing your own spit onto the genitals if you wanted the baby to 'go' because you had to leave the house and didn't want any accidents outside - eeep! young spud had diarrhoea for at least 2 years anyhow, it never went away, i think he needed the nappies!

Bargain_Rzl

BG_Porgy wrote:

then there was the floater that popped up in the bath when his big sister was in it as well....!

Ewwwww...

I still have a memory of being about 3 years old (maximum) and being put in the bath with a slightly younger child (son of my parents' friends) who then did a poo in it.

I have a very detailed memory of my early childhood and remember exactly who it was! Should I ever be introduced to the person in question, who would be at least 25 now, I am convinced that the only thing I could think of to say would be "oh yes, YOU're the boy who pooed in my bath!" :rotfl:

Str4berr3

this give me memories wheni woke up hearing my 9 months old daughter back then gagging cos she woke up took her nappy off then try to eat what she must of thought was Malteasers.
Dont know how to deal with my boy though as i know when it comes to potty training this will not be as easy as my daughter cos his poo's are pretty soft and eh, kinda mushy. (think i will have to cut out the raisin's, sweetcorn etc for a while with him) :eek:

Turning_into_scrooge

Lillibet wrote:

I read an article about this last month in either prima baby or parent & baby magazine, it's all about potty training them from birth! Apparently it is really common in third world countires. Not sure I fancy trying it, more stressful for Mum than baby I imagine!

I think the difference is that they have time to sit nursing the baby all day so they can spot the signs. I think we lead busier lives and don't have the same time that allot of these women do :cool: thier lives run at a slower pace than ours do. I sometimes wonder which is best :eek:

Freebie_Hunter_2

Third world countries usually consist of open sewers and they aren't the epitoime of hygiene so I guess to them it doesn't matter if they do it where they stand.
Don't forget that it's the only way of life they know - they probably think it's strange to put a piece of material round our babies bums' for them to poop or wee in and let it stay next to their skin rather than just get rid of it straight out (excuse the pun!).