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<blockquote data-quote="Pink Elephant" data-source="post: 730022" data-attributes="member: 21572"><p>Gosh, you and I were so alike when it came to toilet training. In fact, I became more and more lax with each kid born.</p><p></p><p>I was always a stay-at-home mom, too, so tending to my kids bottoms was never an issue, nor was tending to the washing of the diapers either. No diaper service in our house. Just old-fashioned home-laundered style. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I witnessed mothers in my day who spanked and were excessively strict when it came to toilet training, and I wanted no part of that. Unhealthy for mom, unhealthy for the child.</p><p></p><p>Yes, the cost of disposable diapers, wow! I'm always so shocked when I see a young mother exit a department store or supermarket with two huge jumbo packs of diapers in the shopping cart. I think, how in the world can you afford it!</p><p></p><p>I remember when my kids started showing signs they were ready to start using the potty, they'd pull at their diapers or pat them (front and back) when they went and needed changing. I taught them that when I'd change them, giving them a few pats on the bum when they were dirty, or a few pats on the front of their didies when they were wet.</p><p></p><p>I remember when my youngest was still in diapers at age 4-1/2 (nighttime), and how I used to question the properness of such in the morning when I'd change him. Not having to change wet crib sheets of pyjama bottoms was a blessing, and if that meant pinning a diaper on him each night before he went to bed, then I was good with using diapers, regardless of what others may have thought.</p><p></p><p>There's not a doubt in my mind that going the old-fashioned route of traditional cloth diapers with pins and rubber pants added to my day (think workload, etc), albeit mildly, however, cloth was the answer in our home and worked well.</p><p></p><p>Besides, I'm of the mindset that diapers shouldn't be fancy. Diapers are there to get the job done, nothing more. No cute colours, no cute anything. In my opinion, good ole cloth diapers and rubber pants fit the bill! As utilitarian as it gets! Plain-Jane diapers! Or as one of my old babysitters used to call them, <em>marshmallow diapers</em>! LOL! I gather because they looked like a big marshmallow on the kids bum! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pink Elephant, post: 730022, member: 21572"] Gosh, you and I were so alike when it came to toilet training. In fact, I became more and more lax with each kid born. I was always a stay-at-home mom, too, so tending to my kids bottoms was never an issue, nor was tending to the washing of the diapers either. No diaper service in our house. Just old-fashioned home-laundered style. :) I witnessed mothers in my day who spanked and were excessively strict when it came to toilet training, and I wanted no part of that. Unhealthy for mom, unhealthy for the child. Yes, the cost of disposable diapers, wow! I'm always so shocked when I see a young mother exit a department store or supermarket with two huge jumbo packs of diapers in the shopping cart. I think, how in the world can you afford it! I remember when my kids started showing signs they were ready to start using the potty, they'd pull at their diapers or pat them (front and back) when they went and needed changing. I taught them that when I'd change them, giving them a few pats on the bum when they were dirty, or a few pats on the front of their didies when they were wet. I remember when my youngest was still in diapers at age 4-1/2 (nighttime), and how I used to question the properness of such in the morning when I'd change him. Not having to change wet crib sheets of pyjama bottoms was a blessing, and if that meant pinning a diaper on him each night before he went to bed, then I was good with using diapers, regardless of what others may have thought. There's not a doubt in my mind that going the old-fashioned route of traditional cloth diapers with pins and rubber pants added to my day (think workload, etc), albeit mildly, however, cloth was the answer in our home and worked well. Besides, I'm of the mindset that diapers shouldn't be fancy. Diapers are there to get the job done, nothing more. No cute colours, no cute anything. In my opinion, good ole cloth diapers and rubber pants fit the bill! As utilitarian as it gets! Plain-Jane diapers! Or as one of my old babysitters used to call them, [I]marshmallow diapers[/I]! LOL! I gather because they looked like a big marshmallow on the kids bum! :) [/QUOTE]
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