We had some dreams about using cloth diapers beforehand, but the only time we used them was when we had to heal some diaper rash. As for 6 months, I've never heard of anything like that. I've always heard they didn't even have the physical ability to control it early on. We were pretty pleased with our daughter though. She was 100% potty trained by her 2nd birthday. Read it and weep, DaDakota!