Bye-Bye, Diapers

by Ellen Weiss, Tom Cooke (Illustrator)

Baby Piggy explains how she used to wear diapers. She used to get her diaper changed a lot every day, whether she liked it or not. She used to get diaper rash, and she used to get annoyed when her mother wouldn't change it right away. One day she wanted to be like the big kids. So she decided that she'd had enough of wearing diapers. Now she goes on the potty; whenever she has to go, she says, I have to go now; she wears big-kid pants and she can pull them up all by herself. She's getting bigger every day. At the end, she asks, "Are you getting bigger, too?"

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

14 pages, Board Book

Published July 1, 1991

About the author

Ellen Weiss has written lots of books for kids, from board books through middle grade. She often works with her husband, Mel Friedman.

Reviews

[Leticia · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 my only issue is that it's an older book so it's all about cloth diapering. If you are cloth diapering, perfect book for you and your potty training little one.

[Kate M. Colby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jack received this book as a hand me down.

Even though he has never seen The Muppets, he really likes these books and asked me to read this one. The story seems like it would be helpful for encouraging kids to start potty training. He’s not there yet. The rhyming is cute but some of the illustrations with Miss Piggy and her diaper/underwear are a bit, I don’t know, just kind of weird. lol

[Erik · Rating 2 out of 5]

More about getting out of diapers than actually using the potty, but my daughter loved it because it was Piggy.

[♥♣Mary♦♠ If She So Pleases · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beginning reader's book or a read aloud for parents. Good book to convince your kids they can be like the big kids and use the potty.

[Irish Blue Eyes · Rating 3 out of 5]

A storybook from 1991 featuring Muppet Babies. Baby Piggy shares her experience of transitioning from diapers to toilet training, highlighting the discomfort she felt with diapers and expressing her pride in growing up, using the potty, and wearing big kid pants that she can manage on her own. My sole concern is that this book is somewhat dated, focusing primarily on cloth diapering. However, if you are using cloth diapers, this book is an excellent choice for you and your little one who is learning to use the potty.

[Robert Beveridge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ellen Weiss, Bye-Bye, Diapers (Golden Press, 1991)

It never occurred to me quite how weird it is to have kids' icons going on about toilet training until we got an Elmo's Potty Time video and I heard Kevin Clash's squeaky falsetto talking about pee and poo. But man, now that it's occurred to me, I see it in every potty-themed piece of media we own that features well-known kidlit stars. In this case it's Miss Piggy who's happy to be out of diapers. (While I thought by 1991 we had all that behind us, disposable diaper users take note that Miss Piggy and her mom were cloth diaperers and you may get questions about why anyone would be sticking safety pins neither their baby's butt from older, more inquisitive youngsters.) Once you get over that oddness, this is about as good as any other potty book we've read; the little rhyme/song towards the end will make poets, or aspiring poets, groan, but I have to admit it's quite memorable, especially if you hear it in your head in Miss Piggy's voice, and everything else in the book is in simple, declarative statements that are easy for toddlers to understand. One for your toilet-training arsenal, though it won't be the only thing you have there. ** ½

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a board book that will take seconds to read, but is very helpful when potty training! It takes this baby muppet from stinking mess to big girl pants and doing it all by herself. My youngest is now 3 and potty trained, but she still likes it.

[Miriam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not beneath a little coercion.

[Kristin Lee Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book. Helen liked it. Will she give her diapers up because of it? We'll see.