It's All About Consideration...

... and comfort and cleanliness and communication and saving the planet (or at least contributing less to landfill) and doing less washing (though at first you might have to do a whole lot more) and understanding and connecting with your baby and enjoying the time you spend together...

When you hear fathers talking about their newborns someone will often say:

'All they do for the first few months is eat, sleep and poo!'.

Three things.

There are books and courses and whole organisations dedicated to helping parents to help their child with the first two: 'this is how you help your baby get a good latch on the breast'; 'this is how you tell that she is hungry'; 'this is how you know that he is tired'; 'this is how you can help her go to sleep'.

The third is barely mentioned and then focuses mainly on the parents' point of view: disposable nappies are convenient but an ongoing expense; cloth nappies have up-front costs but are cheaper in the long run.

Rarely do you hear: 'this is how you help your baby to relax and wee', 'this is how you know he is uncomfortable and needs help to poo'.

Why not? There were only three things in the list, after all...

Don't worry, it's not that hard - and you can find out about it here.

When you get the timing right, the whole operation is over in a matter of seconds. Don't imagine poor children being unable to play because they spend hours on the potty!

Pants down, position, cue, instant response, wipe, pants up. Done. The end-to-end process is a lot quicker than a nappy change.