The case in summary: – Hokus Pokus kindergarten in Kristiansand works to reduce the amount of nappy waste.- Each child uses an average of around 6,000 disposable nappies during their first three years of life, which is equivalent to one tonne of waste.- The nursery has previously worked actively with early weaning from nappies , and plan to give parents more tips and advice about this. – They want the children to have stopped wearing nappies when they start the department for the big children, around the age of three. – The nursery will also set aside more time for potty training and weaning from nappies in a busy everyday.- Health nurse Anne Mette Røilid Vollan advises parents to be calm and relaxed and talk about potty training in a good way. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – It gets completely full, and is emptied at least twice every day, says manager Mona Holta Holen. She pulls out one of several waste bins for used nappies in Hokus Pokus kindergarten in Kristiansand. Figures from a few years ago show that each child uses an average of around 6,000 disposable nappies during their first three years of life. This corresponds to one tonne of waste during the nappy period. – There will be a lot of waste. We regularly have themed and environmental weeks in the nursery, and now I think that it might be natural to take this up even more frequently, says Mona Holta Holen. Mona Holta Holen is the manager of Hokus Pokus kindergarten in Kristiansand. Photo: Anna Rut Tørressen Want to set aside more time In 2011, the nursery also worked actively with early weaning from nappies. They then managed to reduce nappy waste in the short term, but now it is increasing again. In order to reduce litter, the nursery will in future be better at giving parents tips and advice on the end of nappies. – We can also become more aware in the nursery of how many nappies we buy, how much it costs and how much waste there is, she says. Hokus Pokus nursery in Kristiansand and manager Mona Holta Holen will in future be more aware of how many nappies they buy for the nursery. Photo: Anna Rut Tørressen Not least the nursery will try to set aside more time for potty training and weaning from nappies in a busy everyday life. But it’s not just easy. – I think both parents and staff in the kindergartens are very pressed for time, says Holta Holen. She says that the staff at the nursery have been given more tasks. Absenteeism among employees can also be a challenge, she believes. – There are so many other things that are burning and that should be prioritized in relation to doing nappy weaning. Diaper-free in the big section The nursery school prefers that the children have stopped wearing nappies when they start the section for the big children, around the age of three. – But we see that there are quite a few children over the age of three who use nappies. And that’s what we might want to stop doing, then, says Holta Holen. The children are outside more, the older they get. – They go on longer trips and they spend more time in the swimming pool, for example. That makes it challenging for them to have nappies, says the manager. She also points to other reasons why potty training is not given priority. – The nappies are very good today. And access is easy. I think it is complex. Today, for example, there are many parents who live in two different homes. Then perhaps weaning from nappies is not what the child should focus on if there are other challenges. Differences between the sons Vibeke Faye Wevle has two sons aged six and three. While the first man stopped on the day his little brother was born, the youngest man is certainly not motivated to stop using diapers. – We have tried, but he becomes like a stick when we try to put him on the potty. We have to lure and deceive, and he can sit there, but with a nappy on, says Faye Wevle. Mother of two Vibeke Faye Wevle says there is a big difference between when her two sons have been motivated to stop using nappies. Photo: Anna Rut Tørressen The mother of two does not feel any pressure or stress to wean her youngest son. – I feel more that it would have been nice to be done with that nappy, because it makes everyday life easier. At the same time, that battle is difficult to win, she believes. – In everyday life, we seem to have so little time between when we get home from daycare and work and until it’s bedtime. The hours are short there, she says. Three-year-old Gustav Faye Wevle is more interested in teaching the dog to go potty than doing it himself. Photo: Anna Rut Tørressen – And it’s not always the hours that coincide with the morning trip, either, she adds. – Motivation is important Public health nurse Anne Mette Røilid Vollan says most children stop using nappies when they are between two and three years old. Health nurse Anne Mette Røilid Vollan has several tips for parents who want to start potty training for their children. This is the topic of the two-year check-up at the health centre. Photo: Eirik Rognaldsen / news – Then they start to show interest in trying to go to the toilet and act like adults or older children, says Røilid Vollan. – But children are different, and this has to do with maturity. The most important thing is to be calm and relaxed and talk about potty training in a good way. Don’t stress, is her advice. Tips for the end of nappies A sign that the child is ready to get rid of nappies can be when he himself shows some interest in sitting on the potty or on the toilet. Another sign is if the nappies are often dry, which indicates that the child is able to hold on a little. Be calm and relaxed and talk about potty training in a good way. Do not stress. Arrange for the child to have a decent potty to sit on. Put the child on the toilet or potty immediately after he has got up or eaten. Cooperation with the kindergarten. Be curious and have a natural relationship with pee and poo. Show enthusiasm without bragging when the child goes to the bathroom. If there is too much bragging, the child may experience performance pressure. Do not reprimand when the child urinates or does not want or is unable to go to the toilet or potty. Negative pressure can lead to constipation.
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