Historic moments

Warning: the following entry contains scatological details that some or our more sensitive readers may find confronting. Zoe is out of nappies (that's diapers for our friends in North America)! We took Auntie Sarah's advice and put her on cold turkey the weekend we came home from our trip. She wasn't given a choice but stripped off her old nappy the moment she woke and had to wear undies instead. Every half hour or so we asked her if she needed to use the toilet - and it worked. Her first real emergency, as in pooing her pants, happened two days later at day care, where they probably forgot to remind her in time. But since then not even a wee-wee gone astray. About time, I hear the grandmas sighing. Apparently back in our days we were out of nappies by 18 months, whereas these days kids stay away from toilets for years. I suspect that wasn't only because of our super-mums but also because disposable nappies weren't quite as ubiquitous as nowadays, giving parents more of an incentive to toilet train.