Baby 0.5 - The Nappy Test

In these tough economical times I've strayed from the ever reliable Huggies to test out some cheaper brands. Not that I'm a nappy snob but in the past they have been the one brand that has survived anything an explosive babies bum can throw at them!

So this time around I went with Babylove, the brand that has even been advertising the Poo Poo Pouch to catch even the nastiest of poos.

http://www.babyloveclub.com.au/?Poopoopouch

Well here is my unofficial review.

It's been 4 days so far and I must report that the Babylove's did not live up to even a wee let alone an explosive pumpkin fuelled diarrhoea!

Day 2 hubby had Baby 0.5 laying on his lap and all of a sudden had a warm sensation on his leg........ say no more.

Day 4 today and my poor unsuspecting brother looked down whilst cuddling Baby 0.5. We were outside having a BBQ and he thought he spotted a stray spot of dip on his leg and then on his shirt .......... well it WAS pumpkin but not the type mixed with pine nuts that goes with a nice cracker! Thank god he didn't lick it to see what it was!!

Now my brother gags at the smell, sight and even thought of baby poo so to find himself wearing it was very unsettling for him. It was of course hilarious for us as he stood frozen with fear trying not to gag and holding our poor baby girl out at arms length as he begged us to rescue him.

So from the men in our family it's a big FAIL for the Babylove nappies. Time to go back to the Huggies!

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Toddler 2.9 - The final stages of toilet training

Toilet training, one of the longest and toughest stages I think we have had to go through with our little boy.

So far:

Step 1 - Using the potty ✓

Step 2 - No nappies during the day ✓

Step 3 - Using the toilet ✓

Step 4 - No nappies at night ✓

However there is another step but I'm not sure if it's really Step 5 or if we've missed it along the way.

Step 5 - Knowing when you need to go to the toilet without being told

So after washing endless amounts of mini undies we decided to try and encourage Toddler 2.9 to use the toilet on his own without us prompting him. In the past stickers have worked so we went down the well trodden path. Toddler 2.9 and I drew a lovely picture of a pond with our crayons and for that pond we have lots of frog stickers to put on it each time undies are dry.

Our Busy Little Pond

Day 1 - Wet undies 4 v Frog stickers 1
(hmmm maybe stickers just aren't enough this time?)

Day 2 - Wet undies 2 v Frog stickers 5
(still lots of prompting by us but a few "Mummy I need a wee" moments).

So my washing load so far is decreasing slightly but I'm not sure if I'm really teaching Toddler 2.9 how to know when it's time to go to the toilet. I've explained he might feel it in his tummy or his doodle (he often grabs himself just before he does a wee) but is he really getting it?

It has at least given us Toddler Gold moment when this morning I asked if his undies were wet or dry and Toddler 2.9 responded "they were dry as a bone Mummy!" (Courtesy of his visiting country grandma!).

Will the frogs win over the wet undies? Any other ideas how I can do it?