As a mother of a very large 3 year old (50lbs & 50" tall, who's in size 5-6 clothes) he was in size 6 diapers by the time he was 2 years old. Not all kids are the same size and not all follow the 'average' weight and height ratio. My son didn't potty train until just after his 3rd birthday, and trust me, we tried before that, however I firmly believe that you can try as you might, but kids will not train until they are truly ready and something 'clicks' for them. Every child is different.
Not all kids train by 2.5, and that's ok! I don't think there should be a stigma placed on kids who take longer or for parents who wait longer. To each their own.

Posted on Sunday November 16, 2008 at 11:38PM

I completely agree with you.. my daughter is 18 months and she is almost completely potty trained with a few accidents throughout the day! She was telling me at one year when she had to poop! There should be no need for diapers for children older than 3.

Posted on Monday November 17, 2008 at 01:08PM by Erin Jenness

For the mother of a very large 3 year old. Are you aware of the HAPPY NAPPY promise? If your baby is not toilet trained bt 30 months your service is free after that point. Win win for someone in your case. I also want to point out that the national average of toilet training has jumped to over 30 months. It is now very close to 3.2 years.

Posted on Wednesday November 19, 2008 at 11:14AM by Brent P

This is in reference to what Brent P. said about the national average jumping to almost 3.2 years....Is it all remotely possible that the disposable diaper companies could have anything to do with this? Children can't possibly be getting less capable as time goes on, they use to potty train around 18 months (on average), why would it now be taking 36 + months? I think this is exactly what all the disposable diaper companies want, parents to think that their children are not able to potty train sooner-it means more $$$$ in their pockets. More absorbent chemicals in bigger diapers means later potty training (over 30 months).

Posted on Tuesday March 17, 2009 at 12:15PM by Skye D.

No offence.

Brent P here. I think what this all started with was a observation about how sizes are changing. Like cloths, sizes have been changing over the years. If you take a diaper size 3 from 10 years ago (one of our daughters) and compare it to a 2009 size 3 there is a difference!!. they are smaller and less product in the diaper. I never wrote it down but i remember also that there were more in the box than what there is now. We all are aware of delayed babies for toilet training and I know that in some cases this might never happen. Again I feel that the comment was aimed at the industry pushing disposable diapers. There have been many comments that i have not published. I did want everyone to realize that I did email the first person who started this and they never meant to offend any parent or their children. I was more of a comment on how powerful the media has become specifically, if you have a couple of million dollars to place one tv ad...If you watch the add in question, those children are not in any way disabled. Again, it would be interesting to see a size 6 of today compared to a size 5 from 10 years ago. All I had was a size 3 to compare. If any one has one from way back, please give me a call 1 866 988 4040.

Posted on Friday March 27, 2009 at 11:17AM by Brent Pederson RN

diapers

you know there are many children who have several disabilities that can't learn to potty-train as easily as other children so the bigger-size diapers are okay to me!

Posted on Friday February 12, 2010 at 05:05PM by kim

kids come in all shapes and sizes. i have 2 girls that are 16 months apart. my almost 4 year old is of course potty trained now, but when she was still in diapers with my now 2 1/2 year old, instead of buying 2 different size diapers i bought one big box of size 5 for them both to wear. My OLDEST wore the smaller size. now we are starting to potty train our youngest, she will be 3 in October. and is wearing a size 6. my girls share clothes size 2-3 even though one is 4. kids come in different shapes and sizes.

Posted on Wednesday March 10, 2010 at 10:17AM by Martina

Diapering on the road

We're off on a 3 week road trip in August and will really miss our Happy Nappy diapers. We are happy to use compostable diapers as a back up (broody chicks are the fave at the moment) but are eagerly awaiting your new and improved diaper system - please post an update for us soon!

Posted on Monday June 21, 2010 at 08:31PM by Lorna