Diaper Alarm
Good news, parents: Your days checking diapers may literally be BEHIND you!This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science Researchers at Belgium's University of Antwerp recently tested a diaper-wetting alarm on toddlers, eighteen to thirty months old. A matchbook-sized device was attached to diaper waistbands. This was connected to a moisture-sensing strip inside. When activated, an alarm rang softly. Potty time! But if the diaper is already wet, isn't it too late? No, because now the child is more aware of bladder and bowel sensations, and connects them with using the potty. In other words: baby biofeedback! Most children take six months to potty train. But at the end of just three weeks, of this Belgian study, half the alarm-wearers were trained. That's compared to only eight percent of the control group. There was no gender difference in training time. However, it is true that kids who achieved dryness were typically three to six months older than kids who didn't. What's next? Diaper ringtones--? What about "Tinkle Tinkle Little Star"? That's cute! Ish.
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