Comments on: Elimination Communication: How Dads Can Ditch Diapering

By: brt

brt — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:36:06 +0000

I dunno what the fuss is about, guys. We have a 3 yo girl and a 1.5 yo boy. I typically end up with 2-3 changes per day each. After the first week of the first child, it just became a routine. Hurray for Balmex and Triple Paste!

As for the kids squirming, or hiding, or running, or whatever, I think firm and consistent response cures the rpoblem. When our fist tried that on me for the first time, I very sternly made sure that she understood that I was not going to play along or tolerate it. She tried for about a week, and then gave it up as unwinnable – and has been pretty much perfect ever since. The second one tried it at about the same age and it took even less time.

The interesting part is that both can still drive my wife to distraction with the same behavior. She never established the ground rules, and so they learned that they can get away with it with her. But as soon as I show up in the room and put my hand gently on their head or chest, they quiet right down, and stay put.

On the other hand, when they wake up, no matter who shows up (me, their granparents, favorite aunt or uncles), all they want is MOMMMMMMYYYYYYYY!!!!!! :-)

But diapers? Easiest thing in the world. What really scares me are two words: “driving” and “dating” ….

By: How Dads Can Ditch Diapering at Dethroner at patrick.veverka.net

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By: josh

josh — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:26:24 +0000

The PPTP could definitely be a worthwhile investment. Kids seem to have a sixth sense that recognizes when they can do the most peripheral damage to clothes, furniture, their own faces, etc. (i.e. when the diaper is off).

By: cmarsh

cmarsh — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:36:14 +0000

I’m learning a lot here…

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:27:34 +0000

We’ve tried gDiapers. Wet diapers are not a problem, #2 is a whole different issue. When you’re trying to take out the flushable insert from the cutesy plastic outer shell, and there’s poo slime (yeah, poo slime) all over the place, you start to realize that gDiapers may not be the best solution.

We also tried Fuzzy Bunz (my wife picked them, I swear!), which are fully cloth diapers. They’re nice when the kid’s the right size for the diaper, but when she’s too small or grows out of the size you have, you end up with more blowouts.

Right now, we’re using a mix. At home, it’s cloth diapers (Fuzzy Buns and Bum genius…) and we use landfill stuffing disposables when we’re out and about.

Less than ideal, but still better than nothing.

By: Rye

Rye — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:34:53 +0000

I do not have any children of my own yet, but my experience in diaper changing is vast due to the fact that I have 3 Nephews on my wife’s side and 3 Nieces on mine. This diaper deluge is further compounded by the Dutch Reformed Catholic Mafia that is my extended family who have a total of 12 children under 5.
The entire diaper situation will never be remotely acceptable as a past-time, but I have always been fascinated by the lack of cooperation I have encountered, in what always turns out to be some kind of hide-and-go-seek game of deception.
Both in terms of detection and disposal, my families’ progeny tend toward pretending that their eliminations have never actually occurred, which is followed by the, bound to fail, attempt to wrangle to small (at this point quite ripe) child in order to confirm that they are in fact contributing toward our ever increasing investment into *insert un-named faceless diaper producing magnate*. The disposal of said elimination very much frowned upon by these giggling heathens, who seem quite reluctant to part with their soiled under-roos.
I’m quite shocked that some women will allow their, husbands or significant others to become mysteriously scarce at these frequent points in the development of their offspring. I can clearly picture any attempts I would ever make at escaping these special moments together to end poorly, after all there are knives in our house and my wife knows where they are.
No one is too good to deal with a Diaper.

By: manifoldstore.com

manifoldstore.com — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:19:31 +0000

If you can't get out of changing diapers, at least be prepared. At the store we have the PPTP, which you use to cover his baby junk when changing so you don't get sprayed. I must confess, I've never had to change a diaper. I thought the PPTP was just a fun novelty gift. Since we started selling them, I've had a bunch of people (mostly women) tell me that something about the temp change when you open a diaper causes little boys (and grown men???) to start with the golden showers. If I ever get into a golden shower, I want to make sure I'm on the giving end, so I'll gladly use this.