Built-in Swim Diaper

[Dugette]

I've searched around and can't seem to find a clear answer for this. I know that toddlers must be potty-trained to use the pools on the ship and I anticipate DD will be trained at the time of the cruise (4 months away and she is partially PT now). Her nicest swimsuit has a built-in reusable swim diaper bottom and I think it will still fit her come cruise time - can she wear it in the pools? Again, this is assuming she is potty trained - I just would like to get some more use out of the suit (got it for Aulani a couple months ago). Given the rules state "no swim diapers", I wanted to make sure this wasn't a problem - but I think it's more the potty training that's the issue with the pools vs. the reusable swim diaper itself? Thanks for any info!

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

I would suggest check with the DCL crew but a diaper is a diaper is a diaper if its in the costume or not, i think its health and safety and if any child does anything direct in it, its a safety concern.

 

[lbgraves]

The CMs would be within the guidelines if they asked you to take DD out of the pool area while wearing it since the rule is no swim diapers allowed. If someone notices that your DD has it on, then they will think that it is fine for their child as well. It honestly puts the CMs in a bad situation that is easily avoidable.

 

[bumbershoot]

I really doubt anyone will notice it at all. She's not going to use it and it's not going to be sticking out of the suit since it's built in. We used the cloth ones you can find at Target; they are pretty much just bathing suits, and the boy's suits look just like a trunks style or a speedo style. No one who hasn't used them or seen them at Target would know they are anything different.

That said, once she's worked out the potty 100%, will she WANT to wear the suit? Once DS was done with diapers he really protested when I put them on him. Which I did because he was very young (though full disclosure I considered "control" to be potty trained, not what Disney expects, of doing the whole thing, so it's good we didn't cruise until he was 7 or 8) and we used cloth so it wasn't costing me anything more. I kept him in dipes 6months after he was done, poor kid. And he protested every time.

 

[Dugette]

If it helps at all, this is the suit I'm referring to:



With the skirted bottom, I don't think it's an "obvious" swim diaper to most people.

 

[MunFam]

For me, the "no swim diapers" thing means that they do not want non-toilet trained kids in the pool, even with a swim diaper because the swim diapers leak. I know that Gymboree puts built in swim diapers in their suits under a certain size. My DD has been toilet trained for 2 years, but still has that liner in her suit. To me, it is not a swim diaper, because it is not used for that purpose and no one could tell anyways, but I guess this is another one of those gray areas...just like the "dress code" thing where they give an inch and people take a mile, so if they knew it was a swim diaper, they could say no?

 

[momof2n2]

I'd use it, but I'd have a back up suit in case it became an issue. She's not really going to have a BM in it... It's just another layer.

 

[Dug720]

My only concern would be even if she is potty trained, will she be so accustomed by the feel of it to being able to go in it she just does so out of habit? (And presumable having so much fun?)

 

[ocspartan]

My only concern would be even if she is potty trained, will she be so accustomed by the feel of it to being able to go in it she just does so out of habit? (And presumable having so much fun?)

Agree with this I think this would be the greater risk that by habit the child may forget, and that could mean the pool are is shut down for everyone for an hour as they drain sanitize the entire pool...

 

[bumbershoot]

My only concern would be even if she is potty trained, will she be so accustomed by the feel of it to being able to go in it she just does so out of habit? (And presumable having so much fun?)

The point of swim diapers is to keep solids in, as of course I'm sure you know. I'm not sure a potty trained kid is going to do THAT in a swim diaper unless there is a true belly emergency. And most kids have obvious signs that #2 is about to happen anyway, especially one who uses the toilet.

Now I'm thinking about the firstborn of a friend; from the very beginning, he would move backwards when he had to go. Squirmed backwards, scooted backwards, crawled backwards, and later on walked backwards. He was the most obvious kid ever. The last 6 months before he finally agreed to use the toilet for it, he would walk, backwards, into closets and close himself in so he could be private with his diaper-time. But it was always backwards. Ah, memories...

 

[Dug720]

The point of swim diapers is to keep solids in, as of course I'm sure you know. I'm not sure a potty trained kid is going to do THAT in a swim diaper unless there is a true belly emergency. And most kids have obvious signs that #2 is about to happen anyway, especially one who uses the toilet.

Now I'm thinking about the firstborn of a friend; from the very beginning, he would move backwards when he had to go. Squirmed backwards, scooted backwards, crawled backwards, and later on walked backwards. He was the most obvious kid ever. The last 6 months before he finally agreed to use the toilet for it, he would walk, backwards, into closets and close himself in so he could be private with his diaper-time. But it was always backwards. Ah, memories...

I am aware of the point. I am also aware that they don't always succeed, hence them not being allowed in the pools.

I taught pre-school for a summer - two year olds, many of whom were three and aging up at the beginning of the school year...as long as they were potty trained. So we ended up doing a lot of that. And we learned quickly that especially those within the first few months of being totally trained, if they were to be put in a pull-up, they often "forgot" to tell us they had to go because the pull up would absorb it and they were used to just going with the feel of it - ditto those who wore them while training. Those whose parents we convinced to switch totally to underwear had kids who trained fully and solidly much more quickly because the kids quickly learned that going in their pants felt icky - the pull-ups masked the ickiness, so they didn't bother telling us they needed to go if they were doing something fun.

 

[momof2n2]

I have six kids. Five potty trained at this point. I've never had any poop in a swim diaper. But we also don't let them linger in then. Swim diapers do not help with pee, and therefore aren't anything I like them in for any length of time. It's bathing suit, quick swim, back in normal stuff. All that to say if others use swim diapers in a similar fashion, their children wouldn't get used to going in them...

If OPs kid is truly toilet trained, I can't see her choice of suit would make a kid any more or less likely to poop herself. If they truly are not toilet trained, and are inclined to poop while swimming, suit with or without a special lining won't stop it...

 

[disneyfaninaz]

"No Swim Diapers" allowed is not a DCL rule, it is a maritime and health rule. Please don't break it, whether it is visible or not!