Hey there, this is my personal follow-up to my previous thread, where I was asked to share my experience after trying diapers for the first time (not counting my early childhood, of course). My diaper package arrived at Thursday and the following day I could go home earlier, so I wanted to use my time to try them. Like I've said before, I ordered a package of 22 Tena Slip Maxi (size M) and some body care products like creme. Putting on one of the diapers wasn't as difficult as I expected (though I have to thank the author of this tutorial over here ) - the size was chosen well and it felt snugly.
The real difficulty was a "problem" a lot of other people on here already lamented about: not really being able to "let it go" when the time comes. (Referring to number 1 so far - haven't done anything else. Don't know whether I'll try number 2 later on and if so, when it will be.)
I just tried to counter this by drinking more (usually just water, this also has the upside of working really fast XD), making me feel a bit like I've filled my body up to the brim. Around an hour later (I guess) it started to work - I began to pee, which felt really awkward at first, what with the diaper getting all warm from front to back, which made me stop every few seconds because it was kinda like a subconscious feeling of "This isn't the way to do it" all the time. Hard to describe, but I suppose most people on here know what I mean. I just continued after every stop - while checking whether it's leaking - and in the end, it really didn't feel bad at all. The main issue (for me), as far as I can tell now, is just the subconscious feeling of "This is the wrong way to do it" mentioned before, because we were trained not to do it like that when we were little, as well as "trusting" the diaper to hold it all in. It's probably all just about getting used to it and in the end, it was a bit easier for me when I was wetting it a second time before changing it.
To sum it up, even though I'm not good at recapping things like this and didn't go into great detail here:
I can really see the usefulness of disposable diapers, being able to just let it go while doing something else, like playing, and when it's full, dispose of it, clean yourself up and change into a new diaper. This may sound like pointing out the obvious - maybe it is - but it's easier said than done and I'm just at the beginning of this addendum to a hobby of mine. I will indeed do this more often in the future and try some other brands like the specially made AB/DL diapers already mentioned by several users in the previous thread I linked to at the beginning of the post - as soon as my current package is used up.
Hope this will help some other people who want to try them for the first time.
The real difficulty was a "problem" a lot of other people on here already lamented about: not really being able to "let it go" when the time comes. (Referring to number 1 so far - haven't done anything else. Don't know whether I'll try number 2 later on and if so, when it will be.)
I just tried to counter this by drinking more (usually just water, this also has the upside of working really fast XD), making me feel a bit like I've filled my body up to the brim. Around an hour later (I guess) it started to work - I began to pee, which felt really awkward at first, what with the diaper getting all warm from front to back, which made me stop every few seconds because it was kinda like a subconscious feeling of "This isn't the way to do it" all the time. Hard to describe, but I suppose most people on here know what I mean. I just continued after every stop - while checking whether it's leaking - and in the end, it really didn't feel bad at all. The main issue (for me), as far as I can tell now, is just the subconscious feeling of "This is the wrong way to do it" mentioned before, because we were trained not to do it like that when we were little, as well as "trusting" the diaper to hold it all in. It's probably all just about getting used to it and in the end, it was a bit easier for me when I was wetting it a second time before changing it.
To sum it up, even though I'm not good at recapping things like this and didn't go into great detail here:
I can really see the usefulness of disposable diapers, being able to just let it go while doing something else, like playing, and when it's full, dispose of it, clean yourself up and change into a new diaper. This may sound like pointing out the obvious - maybe it is - but it's easier said than done and I'm just at the beginning of this addendum to a hobby of mine. I will indeed do this more often in the future and try some other brands like the specially made AB/DL diapers already mentioned by several users in the previous thread I linked to at the beginning of the post - as soon as my current package is used up.
Hope this will help some other people who want to try them for the first time.