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Cloth nappies give babies a helping hand with potty training

As a report shows that many school children are still in nappies when they start at school, The Clean Green Nappy Machine releases a statement saying that real nappies could help children potty train earlier.

(PRWEB UK) 10 May 2013

Cloth nappy company The Clean Green Nappy Machine has released a statement saying that real nappies could help children potty train earlier.

There is a rising trend of children potty training later and later, and figures released this week show that UK schoolchildren are still struggling with using the toilet when they start school.

According to Esma Levendoglu, founder and owner the company, this bears out a trend which has been seen since the early 1980s, when the average age of potty training was 24 months. That has now risen to 33 months. She says that her customers, however, report that the use of modern cloth nappies has shown children potty-training earlier.

“Customers come into the shop and tell me that their babies are potty training much earlier than their peers”, says Ms Levendoglu. She was responding to a study, reported on the BBC this week. The study, which took place across Kent, showed a high number of children were still in nappies when they started at school.

“The health care expert interviewed mentioned the link between a child in terry nappies feeling wet and the discomfort prompting a desire to become dry in the child. We have been saying this for years, and are delighted to see professionals bearing this out. The rise in the age of potty training has coincided with the increased use of disposable nappies.”

She agreed that other factors will have had a part to play in the trend. Child-led parenting dictates that we take our lead from our children a lot more than in previous generations, for example, meaning that we are more likely to allow them to develop in their own time. “The huge jump in age, however, is of concern, and more and more modern parents are turning to cloth nappies and training pants to ensure that their children have the best developmental chance of training at a more socially acceptable age.”

And the great news is that modern reusable nappies are easier to use than ever. With one-piece nappies which are as easy to change as disposables, cloth nappies now use a range of fabrics which are super absorbant, as well as easy to use and care for. And customers love the fun prints and bright colours available, meaning that The Clean Green Nappy Machine is confident that the trend towards cloth is set to keep growing.

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The Clean Green Nappy Machine is one of the best-known and most-trusted online real nappy retailers in the UK, and also runs the only specialist cloth nappy bricks and mortar shop, which opened in 2009. For more information, please visit their website http://www.cleangreennappy.co.uk, or their Facbook page http://www.facebook.com/cleangreennappymachine.

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Cloth nappies give babies a helping hand with potty training – PRWeb

Modern, fun cloth nappies could help children potty train earlier. This picture shows a one-piece nappy made in the UK by TotsBots.

The rise in the age of potty training has coincided with the increased use of disposable nappies.

(PRWEB UK) 10 May 2013

Cloth nappy company The Clean Green Nappy Machine has released a statement saying that real nappies could help children potty train earlier.

There is a rising trend of children potty training later and later, and figures released this week show that UK schoolchildren are still struggling with using the toilet when they start school.

According to Esma Levendoglu, founder and owner the company, this bears out a trend which has been seen since the early 1980s, when the average age of potty training was 24 months. That has now risen to 33 months. She says that her customers, however, report that the use of modern cloth nappies has shown children potty-training earlier.

“Customers come into the shop and tell me that their babies are potty training much earlier than their peers”, says Ms Levendoglu. She was responding to a study, reported on the BBC this week. The study, which took place across Kent, showed a high number of children were still in nappies when they started at school.

“The health care expert interviewed mentioned the link between a child in terry nappies feeling wet and the discomfort prompting a desire to become dry in the child. We have been saying this for years, and are delighted to see professionals bearing this out. The rise in the age of potty training has coincided with the increased use of disposable nappies.”

She agreed that other factors will have had a part to play in the trend. Child-led parenting dictates that we take our lead from our children a lot more than in previous generations, for example, meaning that we are more likely to allow them to develop in their own time. “The huge jump in age, however, is of concern, and more and more modern parents are turning to cloth nappies and training pants to ensure that their children have the best developmental chance of training at a more socially acceptable age.”

And the great news is that modern reusable nappies are easier to use than ever. With one-piece nappies which are as easy to change as disposables, cloth nappies now use a range of fabrics which are super absorbant, as well as easy to use and care for. And customers love the fun prints and bright colours available, meaning that The Clean Green Nappy Machine is confident that the trend towards cloth is set to keep growing.

About:

The Clean Green Nappy Machine is one of the best-known and most-trusted online real nappy retailers in the UK, and also runs the only specialist cloth nappy bricks and mortar shop, which opened in 2009. For more information, please visit their website http://www.cleangreennappy.co.uk, or their Facbook page http://www.facebook.com/cleangreennappymachine.

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Best Parenting Tweets: What Moms And Dads Said On Twitter This Week

As anyone who has potty trained a child knows, the process involves a lot of encouragement and rewards. You start by offering stickers, then MM’s, lollipops and more treats that used to be forbidden — and eventually you are cheering in the bathroom like a tween at One Direction concert. You may even find yourself yelling into a phone “You went pee pee in the potty at school?!? Yayyyy! I’m SO proud of you” from the middle of the HuffPost newsroom (not that any of us have ever done such things). And while experts say positive reinforcement is a good thing during PT, one of our favorite tweets this week comes from a dad who pointed out how it can lead so some slight confusion: “My 2yo son is potty training. Wife sits down on the potty today and he yells, ‘you’re doing it Mama! Dats great Mama!’”

Along with another excellent potty training anecdote, this week’s best tweets were everything from educational to poetic and hilarious. Click through the gallery below to read them all — and vote for your favorites!

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Hot Topics: Potty training children in public – what’s next? – In

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As many moms will tell you, potty training is about as frustrating as it gets when it comes to the toddler years.

But one mom’s interesting approach has parents shaking their heads.

A photo of two toddlers enjoying a fast food lunch while atop potty chairs has circulated the web and created a parenting firestorm.

“The more you thought about it, the more unappetizing everything looked around me,” Kimberly Decker told KSL Utah. “I was like this is not OK, we’re eating, there was a business meeting with about five or six businessmen going on right next to me. The place was packed.”

What SheSays: Obviously, this is a ridiculous practice, not to mention the food-safety issues at hand.

We’re all about businesses and restaurants accommodating parents, but this is just plain weird and gross for those sitting nearby.

What do you think? Join in the conversation at http://SheSaysTV.areavoices.com and watch this week’s episode of “What SheSays.”

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Mom Ticketed After 2-Year-Old Son Pees on Street

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A young boy is quickly learning that in the world of potty training, you can’t always pee where you want.

Caroline Robboy tells NBC10 she was inside a clothing store Sunday night on South Street in Philadelphia with her family when her two children told her they had to go to the bathroom.

“While we’re in the store my 9-year-old and 2-year-old needed to use the bathroom,” said Robboy. “They asked if they could use the bathroom and were told no.”

As Robboy left the store with her elderly in-laws and three children, she says her 2-year-old son Nathaniel ran to a traffic light pole and took matters into his own hands.

“I told him to go over to a grassy patch and make pee,” said Robboy. “Next thing you know I have an officer giving me a police ticket for public urination!”

The officer wrote on the $50 ticket that Robboy told her son to go in the street and never acknowledged it was an accident. Robboy then claims the officer gave her a lecture on parenting.

“He said, ‘I’m doing this for your own protection because God forbid there might have been a pervert out there looking at my son,’” said Robboy.

NBC10 showed the ticket to two women on the street to get their reaction.

“That’s terrible,” said one woman.

“Unbelievable,” said the other. “He’s two! Can we donate or something for her to pay the ticket? Seriously, he’s two!”

Robboy tells NBC10 Nathaniel is a bright child who, aside from Sunday’s misfire, is doing well with his potty training. She also says she plans to fight the ticket.

“It’s not about the $50,” said Robboy. “I want a place that feels friendly to me where my children feel safe and have positive experiences with police officers.”

A spokesperson with the police department tells NBC10 they routinely allow their officers to use their own judgment and discretion. They’re currently trying to contact the officer who issued the ticket to get his side of the story before they take any action.
 

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PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia toddler’s mother was ticketed when her potty-training son urinated on the street.

Caroline Robboy said she was shopping with her 2-year-old son, Nathaniel, and other family members Sunday when the boy said he needed to go to the bathroom. Robboy asked an employee at the store to use a bathroom and was told the facilities weren’t open to the public.

As the family was leaving the store, Nathaniel took matters into his own hands, walking up to a light post and doing his business.

A police officer watching the family came over and wrote Robboy a ticket, which also came with a parenting lecture.

“He said, ‘I’m doing this for your own protection because God forbid there might have been a pervert out there looking at my son,’” Robboy told WCAU-TV, Philadelphia.

The mother said she plans to fight the ticket, which carries a $50 fine.

“It’s not about the $50,” Robboy said. “I want a place that feels friendly to me where my children feel safe and have positive experiences with police officers.”

A police department spokesman said the officer was within his authority to write the ticket.

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Is potty training your toddler in a restaurant a good idea?

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Moms, you might get away with breast feeding your child in a public venue (and I say why not?) but hell have no fury should you try potty training your young one in a public venue, say like a restaurant.

Confused? Don’t be, let’s read a blog entry courtesy of one disgruntled diner who couldn’t believe what was happening in front of her at one local Utah restaurant.

Courtesy of Kimberly Decker:

“While we sat down to have lunch, I noticed this young Mother was potty training her two twin daughters at the table. It didn’t quite register at first what was happening, but when I took a second glance I realized this is NOT OK! I decided to snap a picture of the whole incident and then later that afternoon as a ‘joke’ I decided to post it on Facebook. I couldn’t believe the response I got,”

Interesting. What’s the expression? Different strokes for different folks. But seriously maybe training your kids to do that stuff amongst strangers who are also eating isn’t probably going to win you the best behavior award. After all who wants to be reminded about something so personal at the dinner table and by kids who you know are probably making a mess of it too? Makes you wonder what else goes on at home never mind in public.

Offers Kimberly Decker further who initially thought the kids were merely sitting in booster seats until of course she realized otherwise:

“She had to undo the jumpsuits, and take them all the way down so they were completely nude, with the jumpsuits down to their ankles just eating their chicken nuggets, sitting on little toddler potties,”

Eating those nuggets while creating other little nuggets, oh dear.

Of course the following comment courtesy of one reader caught my eye too:

Commenters on KSLTV’s website agreed that the mom (who hasn’t been identified) made an outrageous choice. “Parenting is difficult! Yes, we’ve all been through it, and potty-training is tough….. BUT, what you did is wrong in so many ways! First, you must teach your children the proper time and place to go potty – and public places, especially in crowded restaurants is NOT NOT NOT the place. Children are not animals – they are small versions of you! “ user ad8835 wrote.

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Potty Training Should Start Before Age 3

I started potty training my son when he turned 3. He always uses the potty independently when he is completely naked from the waist down. But when he’s wearing underwear or even shorts with no underwear, he pees and poops on himself, chairs, the floor, etc. I know I caused the problem by putting him in pull-ups at naps, night, and when leaving the house. What should I do to help him be successful when wearing underwear or clothes? He can’t go naked forever!

A: You actually set the stage for this problem by waiting until he was 3 to train him. Studies find that toilet training after 32 months is associated with increases in bowel control problems, including “holding.” As I say in my latest book, “Toilet Training without Tantrums,” the optimal window for toilet training is between 18 and 24 months. The post-1960s recommendation to wait until certain bogus readiness signs have emerged and let children train themselves has proved a huge flop. It’s transformed something a pre-1960s mom did in a week or so, with little hassle, into the most stressful parenting event of the preschool years, often dragging on for months.

And yes, so-called “pull-ups” will only delay a child’s success. Bulky fabric around the pelvic area is associated with permission to release at will, without regard to time or place. At this point, the solution to your problem lies in what I call the “potty bell.” Put your son in thin cotton underwear when he’s at home. Set the stove timer to ring every hour. When it rings, the rule is that he has to go to the bathroom and use the potty, and he can’t come out until he’s had success. This procedure will slowly but surely train him to pay attention to the need to go when he’s wearing clothing.

Q: The first time my 3-year-old called his 4-year-old brother “stupid” I was caught off guard and probably made too big a deal over it. I told him that he is not allowed to call a person stupid because it is hurtful. He promptly began calling the dog, his cup, and everything else under the sun “stupid.” He loves to call people “stoopy” or “foopid” or “poopid” (especially that one, since it combines two words he knows annoy me!) I’ve created a monster, haven’t I? I have started ignoring the behavior, but what should I do when he directs the term at a friend or just some random kid at the playground?

A: Yep, you’ve created a monster, but monsters can be starved into submission. At this stage of the game, you’re doing the right thing by ignoring the stupids (including every creative variation on the word) completely, or as completely as possible. If he calls a friend or stranger “stupid,” you need to make him apologize. If he resists, sit him in a “thinking chair” (or whatever is available) until he complies. If you react calmly but authoritatively in those situations and ignore the rest, the stupids should die a natural death in, oh, anywhere from a couple of months to a couple of years. Hang in there!

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