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July 7, 2006 at 9:15 pm

(1) DrG says:

I think this is more trouble than it is worth. I don’t get the point of going through all these hoops and changes. I guess this is so that the parent won’t have to deal with soiled diapers?

I know there are parents who would do a dance under the moon covered in bird feathers if they thought it would put and end to having to deal with soiled diapers. My husband had a gag reflex every time he came near a poopy diaper, and one time he actually barfed. (eew!) Now, THAT was disgusting. But, I digress.

I am a psychologist and a parent and I am all about doing whatever is easiest and most convenient for me. A happy mommy is a good mommy. So, I guess if soiled diapers really made me miserable (like they did my husband) then I’d give this a shot. But, the whole process described in this article would make me more miserable than changing a soiled diaper, so it wouldn’t make any sense for a mother like me.

August 21, 2006 at 2:07 pm

(2) DrM says:

Interesting that what works for one person wouldn’t work for another! We traditionally diapered our daughter for the first 8 months of her life, at which point she decided she despised diapers and diaper changes so much that she would scream bloody murder every time it was time to change her. THAT was NOT convenient for me, or for her.

So we tried IPT, and she loved it, and so did we. It was infinitely more pleasant, cleaner, and fun to potty my daughter than it was to scrape poop from every crevice after a poopy diaper. Any day of the week, I’d rather read my daughter one of her favorite board books while she happily pooped on the potty. No comparison to our conventional diapering!

So… like so many things, what might seem convenient at first can turn out to be amazingly inconvenient (and the other way around). Diapering seemed great, everyone did it that way, no biggie. But whoa, what a fabulous difference when we decided to do infant potty training. Our daughter was happier, we were happier, we save a ton of money on diapers, we had a better understanding of her health (because her pee/poop patterns would change just prior to an illness or if she had an allergic reaction). We even avoided catheterizing our daughter to get a urine sample because she was willing and able to pee on the potty.

And P.S. - we do use diapers or some sort of butt covering, but it’s only as a backup in case we truly can’t make it to a toilet.