[apexalpha]

>Just thought I'd pass along the one training suggestion I have. Cloth or disposable.. when you're ready for them to move off it - it really helps if they're able to see and associate their bowel and bladder movements with the physical artifacts.

Cloth diapers help a lot with this. It's one of the reasons kids on cloth diapers are usually much earlier trained.

Modern diapers are so good there's essentially no feedback.

[kannanvijayan]

That's why we started with cloth. We just didn't have the tenacity to pull through and gave in within a year.

I agree that the modern diaper is so good that it effectively disconnects the feeling of evacuation from the consequence of it.

I think the other thing kids pick up on when you're mopping up their floor leavings is the grossness aspect, which is a bit more learned. They see you grimacing every time you touch it - they see you taking care to ensure that it doesn't get on other parts of your body. Toddlers watch body language and reactions a lot to understand how they should relate to things.