Reply to 3.5 and 4 year olds not potty trained...how did that happen?

Forum Index » Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Reply to "3.5 and 4 year olds not potty trained...how did that happen?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's the parents. They give the kid the option. There is your answer. Apologies to the late trainers who have been blaming their children. And I don't mean that people who don't give the option to wear diapers past 2 are punishing. It just is not an option, and the parents act confident that the kids can do it. Barring SN, the child can by 2.5 at the latest. If the parent acts doubtful, wishy washy, begs, pleads, but ultimately gives in, the kid will not do it until he decides to, long after winning the power battle. Don't flinch--even when you want to. I realized my mistake later with the night training--I trained my kids before 2 but let the night training go on and on after that because they were young to start with and then it just seemed impossible. I should have just told them they could do it and taken away the pull-ups and not let that go on for 2 more years. Big mistake, and in retrospect, I realize it was me, and not them. [/quote]

If I had wanted to really make it my mission.  If I had been willing to revolve my day around pee/poo/potty breaks (and accidents, LOTS of accidents and changes of clothes)...yes, I could have had mine trained by the age of 3.

But ya know what?  I simply saw no need to make such a Big Deal over something that I knew was going to happen *EASILY* for them if I was just patient about it and gave them time.

When they potty trained *they* got themselves to the potty.  They pulled their pants up/down.  They knew how to wash their hands.  They knew to stay out of the trashcan and not play in the toilet water...it was easy. No accidents.  Done.  And soon they were dry through the night with little effort on my part.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics