DD turned one in september, and we have now turned our sights on TT; so we are trying to research as much as possible so that we are ready for it when the time comes.
So the other night, in the wee hours of the morning, I had this thought: do toddlers who are in cloth nappies TT earlier than those in disposables?
ALso I was wondering do you think that it is too late to swap from disposables to cloth? Do you think it would help with TT?
I am not at the TT phase yet but have watched a close friend TT my god son and her 3 other boys. She had them all in a combination of cloth and disposable but found training pants a god send when TT. She thought it helped them to learn when they were wet (what being wet felt like).
I do know she waited until her boys showed an interest in the toilet and what went on in the loo when others were in there. I think most of the boys were 2 or older.
I switched from sposies to cloth when DS1 was 2 1/2 and not far off TT, and DS2 was 12 months. So no, it's not too late. And my only regret is that I didn't switch to cloth earlier. All that money I could have saved!!
I am actually not really sure whether cloth had an impact on DS1's TT or not. But the things I came up with that MCN (Modern Cloth) would be easier for TT as he would feel wet (I deliberately didn't put liners in for this reason) and harder because he wouldn't be able to get them off so easily. As it turned out he got them off just fine, and in fact that caused me a lot of grief - he would take them off and make a mess. But he did that with sposies anyway so it didn't make a difference in that sense.
If you are thinking of switching, I recommend it. Although if you are not planning any more babies you won't get the same value for money. But it took me under 6 months of not buying sposies to cover the cost of the cloth, so it should still be worth it for you. GL with your decision.
DD is just TT now and she has been in cloth since birth. I don't think it made her train earlier but when she was ready she trained in a few days with no real accidents. She just has nappies for sleeps now. I didn't need to use training pants as she just went straight to underpants.
I'm not sure that is always the case but I do understand the logic.
M wasn't interested in TT at all till he was 3 1/2 and he was in sposies but we think that was an issue that was related to him having aspergers disorder, A TT himself at just on 2 1/2 and he was in sposies, C is showing some interest at 2/2mths and telling me when he has to go but freaking out at sitting and he is in cloth.
I think they need to be more aware of needing to go before the fact and recognising what to do and be willing to do it (ie holding on till they can get on the potty and doing it there) rather than recognising the feeling of wet.
So today I went out an brought everything I need to get dd onto cloth nappies!!!
All I have to do now is wash everything!
By the way, whilst I was buying up, the sales assistant swore black and blue that cloth nappies did help with tt;
Also once I showed dh what the nappies looked like and how easy they are to use, he realised that I must be onto something! YAY!
Oh well off to wash, Im so excited! cant wait to start these new ones!!!
You were RAK'ed in 2015.
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