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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't push potty training on my son and he was trained by 3.5. He's 8 now and wears a pull up at night no big deal.  My 2 year old is still in diapers. I'm doing the same with him and not forcing the potty. Less stress for everyone. [/quote]

Sounds pretty stress free right until he gets invited to a sleepover or someone sees his pull-ups. Kids actually get embarrassed by those things even if you don't feel weird about having a kid in diapers way past the norm. Do the kid a favor. [/quote]

He wears jammies at sleepovers. Wearing a pull up is no big deal for him I've never made it an issue. We don't live our lives to impress others or seek acceptance. [/quote]

8??   :shock:

So, the fear of having an 8 year old in a pullup is exactly what caused me to make sure that hell or highwater, we started potty training before 2.5.  Maybe some people don't mind, that's great, but I would mind.  I have clear memories of being 8.  [/quote]

I also have clear memories of being 8, and being a serial bedwetter.  I remember changing and cleaning my wet sheets every night, and I remember my parents trying every bedwetting alarm or product to train me out of it.  I remember feeling like crap about it a lot of the time.  Frankly, I wish someone had just let me wear a pull up until I grew out of it.[/quote]

Aw, PP.  night wetting has come a long way since we grew up (unlike this first poster who is obnoxious).  pediatricians understand that this is a hormonal thing, and also genetic, and can take kids until 10 or 11 to grow out of bed wetting.  i'm sorry you felt like crap about it, that sucks.  my DD is 7.5 and is wet 6 out of 7 nights (DH's family all wet the bed).  thankfully DD has a healthy self esteem and we don't make a big deal of it.  [/quote]

I made the shocked face above - am I the PP you're calling obnoxious?

If so, it's not my intent - let me be clearer here.

If a kid has a bedwetting issue, sure, wear a pullup.  No problem and definitely don't shame the kid for it.  But to not TRY to night train in some fashion, and just use pullups until... the kid starts staying dry by her/himself even if third grade or later... that is not a path I am personally willing to take with my children.  And the potty training book I used (oh crap potty training) suggests that bedwetting issues occur more often when the child begins the potty training process too late. Who knows if that's legit, but I'd rather deal with the accidents than risk it![/quote]

yes, it's you to whom i am talking.  both of my kids were out of daytime diapers by 26 months.  i have tried nightraining my oldest three times.  it just doesn't work and i'd rather we all get sleep then get up and change sheets every night and have her feeling shame and guilt like the PP before me because she has NO CONTROL over this.  but go on your merry, high horse way and pat yourself on the back for a job that you think is better done than others.[/quote]

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