disposables vs cloth nappies - is there any truth

[HarrietTheSpy]

to the idea that children using disposable nappies are harder to potty train (i.e. moisture whisked away so don't feel 'wet')? DD1 has taken a long time to train - we've been Pampers junkies. Am considering cloth nappies for DD2 - this concept is one of the reasons it's potentially attractive to me.

Thoughts?

[Denny185]

DD1 was in disposables, trained at 18 months, only took 2 days and not a single accident.

DS is 22 months in cloth nappies, started training 4 weeks ago 85% successful to date.

With both I went cold turkey, straight into pants/knickers and just training pants to go out the house for the first week or so. My personal opinion is the confusion for Lo's comes with pull ups/using nappies whilst training - one minute they can pee in their pants and the next they can't no wonder the little buggers get confused.

[Octothechildherder]

I think its more down to whether they are ready tbh.

[alarkaspree]

Pampers now make special potty-training nappies with a special highly technical advance that allows them to not whisk the moisture away, mimicking the wet feeling of cloth nappies. Genius eh?

I don't think it makes any difference. Dd was mainly in cloth, potty trained at 2.3. Ds mainly in disposables, potty trained at 22 months.

[Octothechildherder]

Genius

[BigBadMouse]

I'm not sure it makes a huge difference either but at least if it does take an age to potty train a cloth rearer DC it won't cost you any extra money.

DD potty trained at 3.1 in disposables and it cost a fortune in nappies. If DD2 and DS do the same it won't matter that much as we have all the cloth nappies we need for them - an extra wash every 2 days or so is no trouble really.

[Jas]

If it is true, I can't imagine how much harder the dds would have been.Both in cloth until over three, and took a long time to potty train.

DS is in cloth and at 2.4, showing o interest at all.

I do agree it is saving me money though, as he could well be in nappies for another year,and even longer at night.

[Octothechildherder]

I should add that both mine were in cloth and ds1 was dry at 2.1 and ds2 dry at 2.4 - ds3 has a fascination with toilets but thinking 1.2 is a little young

[chipmonkey]

ds1 and ds2 waere in dispies and ds3 was in cloth. ds3 was thonly one who told me "I'm doing a wee-wee"

[chipmonkey]

the only one

[shrinkingsagpuss]

I echo Octo - i think it is much more down to the individual child - and also our parents generations all had children potted from very early ages, and they tended to be out of nappies much earlier too. (which I grant has sod all to do with the OP!!)

[mummypig]

I agree, down to the individual child.

[HarrietTheSpy]

Thanks for your messages. Sorry it took me a while to get back to this one.

Am using so many nappies for new DD, I really feel motivated to move to cloth. Sorry it's becoming primarily an economic thing for me. And DD1 is still in nappies at night. It's costing us a fortune.

[JsOtherHalf]

DS is 18 months, and mostly wears cloth nappies. He has been able to tell me that he was either needing the toilet or it was too late (signing) since he was about 15 months old.

My friend little boy is the youngest of 3 boys - all cloth nappied. He was 3 in March, and is only now toilet trained. The other two were trained at 2 1/2.

[juuule]

I don't think there's any truth in it. It didn't make any differece to my children's toilet training.