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Look at my big boy...

Guess what he did there last night?

HE PEED!!

For about the past month or so diaper changes have been getting progressively worse.  I've never had an issue with putting a diaper on him before (well other than the normal wiggly toddler issues), but whenever I put a diaper on him he pulls and pulls at it. He grabs and tries to get the snappi off and then after the cover is on he still sticks his hand inside and tries to pull up on the prefold. He's just been crazy about them. Just cries and holds himself very rigid so that I can't get it on him. I couldn't figure it out. 

My daughter was potty training by now but she initiated it. I didn't want to force him into potty training because it's a huge commitment and I honestly didn't think he was ready. He has cried the few times I sat him on the big one just to test the waters. I was thinking we'd start working on it in summer when it's warm enough to go around naked from the waist down (much less laundry that way).

So I posed this dilemma to the gals on DiaperSwappers and got the feedback from one that he may be ready to potty train showing me that he was unhappy with diapers anymore.  Others said that I should pick something side snapping that could be pulled up and down.  On a whim I thought I would grab a little potty at Target on Saturday and see what happened.  I didn't want to use a little potty but I figured maybe that is what he would be more comfortable with.  I found this cute little froggy potty and thought that since it seemed so simple it would be easier to keep clean so we'd give it a try.  He's obsessed with it. 

Sunday I spent too much money on 6 Dream-Eze AIOs, 6 GADs pockets, & 6 Sandy's.  I figured I used Dream-Eze we had used when E-Man was smaller in their fitted variety and they were great.  GADs were recommended by quite a few people and I was able to actually touch and feel one at a recent playgroup and found they are very similarly shaped to my BayBee AIOs that I just love.  Sandy's I just love and I thought that they would be good when I want his heiny to get some air.  All the diapers can be used as diapers and trainers or night time or day time.  I think these will be great for us to take us through to big boy pants. 

However, it hurts to buy new diapers when I just sized up prefolds a month ago.  Well these things will happen and whether I like it or not prefolds are not potty training friendly diapers. 

Oh and can I add this...

Part of me is already sad that we will *soon* be done with cloth diapers.  Truly.