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>>>>Thanks for the reply. >>>>Wow, a water heater powered by coal seems really >>>>interesting, like something you would only get in an >>>>old historic house, even if it was probably >>antiquated >>>>these days. >>>> >>>>I guess the kids friends aren't really phased by the >>>>changing table, I probably would be the annoying >>>>friend who couldn't stop asking questions if I were >>in >>>>their position, lol. That probably gives the kids >>more >>>>reason not to deny it's for all of them, along with >>>>your rules about being honest of course. >>>> >>>>What made you decide to start with diaper >discipline? >>>>Diapers to bed is an intriguing concept. Sounds more >>>>like an ongoing way to wind down for the night >>instead >>>>of for specific misbehavior. Does the stepson only >>>>wear diapers during weeks he's with you? >>> >>>It's an old farm house from the 1920s, it had some >>>work done over the years but wasn't up to modern >>>standards when we bought it. The farmland was sold >>>separately, and we basically got the house for the >>>price of land it's on, because it needed so much work >>>done to make it nice again. We did the minimum first >>>to get to where we could move in and then spend >>>another 3 years to modernize it step by step. The >>>remodeling the kids bathroom was one of the last >major >>>projects. >>> >>>I guess the annoying friends don't get invited again. >>>:) We were a bit worried that they might loose some >>>friends over this, but thankfully that hasn't >>>happened. My older daughters best friend is still a >>>bit mad that I introduced her mom to diaper >discipline >>>though. >>> >>>My husbands ex-wife introduced us to it. She read >>>about it on the internet and wanted to start using it >>>with my stepson. We were skeptical at first, but my >>>husband agreed to let her try it, when he stays with >>>her. It seemed to work very well with him, so we >>>decided to use it in our house and with our kids >too. >>> >>>You are right, at this point making them wear diapers >>>at night is not so much a punishment, but a ritual >>>that helps the kids to calm down in the evening. My >>>stepson also wears diapers when he stays with his >>>mother. >>> >>>Trish >> >>The house sounds amazing. Glad you could preserve it >>while making it up to date. >>It's good to hear the kids haven't lost any friends >>over having a changing table. >> >>I take it your oldest daughter's best friend now gets >>diaper discipline too. It must work really well if you >>recommended it to others. Were your kids similarly >>annoyed with your husband's ex for introducing >>diapers, much like how your daughter's friend got a >>bit mad at you? It's great that you have supportive >>and understanding friends overall. Plus, at least she >>knows she isn't the only one in town to get that >>punishment. >> >>Why do you feel the diapers at night help the kids >>calm down? Does this make any of the kids hesitate to >>invite others to spend the night, or prevent them from >>doing an overnight (like sleepover) elsewhere? > >The construction phase was stressful and at times it >felt buying that house was the worst mistake we ever >made, but now I couldn’t be happier with it. It’s >a great place to raise kids. We do have another >project going on at the moment. We decided to have at >least one more child and now need to shuffle some >things around to make room for a nursery. So my >husband is in the processes of converting parts of the >former pig stye he uses as a workshop into an office. >Currently he uses a room in the attic as his home >office, that is supposed to become the room for my >older daughter and step-son. Their current room then >can become the nursery for the new baby. We are also >considering adding a cot big enough for the other >children as part of our diaper discipline. > >You are right, my daughter’s friend now also gets >diaper discipline. Her mom doesn’t use it to the >extend we do, but every once in a while, she gets put >in diapers when she misbehaves. But she can’t be to >mad, her mom has given me some disciplinary ideas as >well. My daughter once told me in secret, that while >she doesn’t want her friend get into trouble, she is >kind of happy that she also has die wear diapers >sometimes. She feels it somehow made them grew even >closer. > >The kids weren’t happy when we introduced diaper >discipline, but I don’t think they were really mad >at my husbands ex-wife. They like her quite a bit and >she is basically another aunt to them. At this point >she is basically part of the family and I consider her >a close friend as well. > >To be honest, I’m not exactly sure why having the >kids wear diapers night, helps calm them down. I just >noticed that it did. A big part is probably the >pacifier we put in their mouth once we put them on the >changing table, less over-excited chatter. Having a >diaper on also takes “I have to use the bathroom” >away as an excuse to get out of bed again. Some of it >might just be that we now have a routine. First, we >all have dinner together. Then the two younger ones >get bathed, diapered and put into bed. Then they get >read their bedtime story and then it’s lights out. >Once we are done it’s the older ones turn, the >routine is pretty much the same. > >We don’t expect the kids to wear diapers, when the >sleep at a friends house. I wouldn’t want to bother >the other parents with it. Also, sleepovers are >supposed to be a treat, where you stay up late and >have fun, and where the rules are relaxed a bit. The >other way around the kids definitely think twice about >which friends they invite to a sleepover, usually >it’s only their one or two closest friends. Their >friends don’t have to wear diapers as well, but our >kids do. The only exceptions are my older daughters >best friend, her mom encouraged us to treat he the >same as our daughter when she in our house, and one of >my 7 year old sons friends, that still wets the bed an >needs diapers. > >Trish

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