Mervyn Hoe: My Daily Happenings

I'm so proud that currently, Josh is 100% diaperless. And for Kate, we are in the process of reducing her usage of diapers in the day. Night time for her is still required. Probably when she is about 2 years old, then we will let her practice. Kate is currently 21 months old and she uses about 3 diapers a day now. Diapers is actually very wasteful and usually a new born will use about 8 to 10 diapers a day! It's really not so eco-friendly. However, it is hygienic.  Using alternatives such as nappies, is good but the amount of washing, drying and folding is quite extensive. However, when the baby gets older, the nappies may not be able to hold the urine and will leak! I can still remember that Josh effectively didn't wear diapers when he is 31 months old. The process is difficult! Just like the weaning of the breastfeeding. Process of diaperless for Josh When Josh was a baby, we tried different ways to be eco-friendly. 1. Nappy : It's very comfortable for the ba...

I'm so glad that these four days, we didn't use diapers on Josh, and especially at night already. This is really commendable because all along, during night time, we would use a diaper for him. Of course we tried to wean him out of diapers at night from July onwards. However, he urinated on the bed sheets quite a few times, and I had to clear the mess and change his clothes. Really want to thank God that he is able to be diaper less!! Which means effective date is 1st September 2012! Journey ---------- His journey to diaper less is not smooth but we kept pressing on. Last December, we started to let him read this book entitled: Boys' Potty Time. It's an engaging book where it teaches children to sit on potty for their small and big business- we term as 'pass urine' and 'pass motion'. Soon he started to pass motion in it! We are so amazed and since after my birthday, 22nd Dec 2011, he has began to potty train in the day. At night, he still used ...