In honor of all the expecting mothers on my friends list...

[libertybells]

...I give you the TGGWE (Thank G-d Gore Wasn't Elected) article of the week:

Citing concerns about plastic disposable diapers clogging landfills and the amount of washing and detergents that cloth diapers require, many environmentalists are taking a page from tribal cultures and seeking to eliminate the use of the baby diapers altogether.

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[seahorse715]

As a mommy of a toddler-in-toilet-training, I propose that these nitwits have never had the pleasure of being peed on, nor have they smelled the stench of baby poop post-nursing stage (much less offensive odor before solids are introduced--but then, maybe these same people think mothers should nurse exclusively 'til children are 5).

Also, there is no "sign" when babies are going to pee--the signs don't become recognizable until they get interested in the toilet. Even then--my son has peed in his training toilet, only to get up and pee again, on the floor, before I've had a chance to pull his diaper back up. Yeah, and how would you drive?!

Oh, goodness, Al Gore would've been a MESS as president. He's really been showing his true, extremist colors in recent years! But---------I'll bet my dollar to your dime that the Gores continue to have indoor plumbing!

[b_list]

Amen to that! My 2-year-old is in the training stages too, but thinking back, I can't imagine holding him over a toilet with any degree of success. I mean, there were a few ill-planned occasions where the kid took out framed photos across the room at six months of age. Where would we have had to stand to aim him at a toilet?

As for getting around with a bare-butted kid: I have to think these people don't function in society, so the answer would be: You don't drive. You don't leave your house. You don't use day care. You don't have carpeting. You do, apparently, haul a "tigh-lidded bucket" full of poo around on the rare occasions you DO go shopping. Freaks. Weirdos.