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Christ some of you guys are defensive about parenting.They all lie. And way to keep up with the jonesesMy wife says most of my daughter's friends around her age are potty trained, which I think is what prompted this timing in part. Seems like it generally should be done before 3, at least for most.Same here.Our school requires it for all kids before they start the 3 year old class
I am anything but defensive. I willingly admit that I have no clue what's coming next. I'm 5 years ahead of you and live in south OC where keeping up with the joneses is practically a law punishable by death. In my experience, parents, especially moms, lie all the time about their kids accomplishments. The first lie is when the kid sleeps through the night, then it's walking, no more bottle, potty training, etc. It makes the rombauer taste that mush sweeter to them I guess.Christ some of you guys are defensive about parenting.They all lie. And way to keep up with the jonesesMy wife says most of my daughter's friends around her age are potty trained, which I think is what prompted this timing in part. Seems like it generally should be done before 3, at least for most.Same here.Our school requires it for all kids before they start the 3 year old class
I could honestly care less about the Joneses. Seriously. And I'm not worried about my kid one bit, I'm just groaning about a frustrating experience. Just strange to me that a bunch of guys pounce in here claiming we're trying to potty train our kid because we care about keeping up with the Joneses. That's just a weird thing for people to assume and obsess over.I am anything but defensive. I willingly admit that I have no clue what's coming next. I'm 5 years ahead of you and live in south OC where keeping up with the joneses is practically a law punishable by death. In my experience, parents, especially moms, lie all the time about their kids accomplishments. The first lie is when the kid sleeps through the night, then it's walking, no more bottle, potty training, etc. It makes the rombauer taste that mush sweeter to them I guess.Christ some of you guys are defensive about parenting.They all lie. And way to keep up with the jonesesMy wife says most of my daughter's friends around her age are potty trained, which I think is what prompted this timing in part. Seems like it generally should be done before 3, at least for most.Same here.Our school requires it for all kids before they start the 3 year old class
Your kid is perfect(I mean that). She'll get it down when she's ready. Don't worry about it and keep drinking.
This. You want to encourage but not embarrass--I have had more success that way. It is a good time to work on it because they are aware of the sensations at this point. What has worked best for us is to frequently suggest that they sit and try it, just to see. My experience is with boys though, and living in the country where we can practice on trees outside has proven to be an advantage. Otherwise I understand that girls generally have an easier time of it.
They all lie. And way to keep up with the jonesesMy wife says most of my daughter's friends around her age are potty trained, which I think is what prompted this timing in part. Seems like it generally should be done before 3, at least for most.Same here.Our school requires it for all kids before they start the 3 year old class
Man this is spot on. I have witnessed this and you are right, it starts with the sleeping lie.I am anything but defensive. I willingly admit that I have no clue what's coming next. I'm 5 years ahead of you and live in south OC where keeping up with the joneses is practically a law punishable by death. In my experience, parents, especially moms, lie all the time about their kids accomplishments. The first lie is when the kid sleeps through the night, then it's walking, no more bottle, potty training, etc. It makes the rombauer taste that mush sweeter to them I guess.Christ some of you guys are defensive about parenting.They all lie. And way to keep up with the jonesesMy wife says most of my daughter's friends around her age are potty trained, which I think is what prompted this timing in part. Seems like it generally should be done before 3, at least for most.Same here.Our school requires it for all kids before they start the 3 year old class
Your kid is perfect(I mean that). She'll get it down when she's ready. Don't worry about it and keep drinking.
All wrong- kids should be potty-trained when the consensus in the FFA says they're ready.
lol... whoa- yeah, probably not.
s all round. First time he drops a duece I'm going to write an ode.
It will be nice having a dentist in the family.
I have almost 3 year old twins. Been trying the no pressure approach. I ask occasionally but if they say they want to use it, I drop everything to make sure they try. The girl is better than the boy but still inconsistent. He just has no interest at home unless its completely his idea. The goal is to have them trained by next fall for preschool but we'll see. Gonna be a long year.hfs Otis has a 2 1/2 year old
ours did well with a potty chair in the living room, one in the bathroom and one in their room. every once in a while we'd say "how about you sit on the potty chair for a while" and eventually they just started using it. no pressure.. we let them go at their own pace. if they said "no thanks" we didn't force them.
gllllllllllllll and congrats on surviving this long
I am exactly in the same spot right now. Daughter refuses to use the potty and says "no, I don't have to" or "I don't like the potty." At this point we are going to let her get there on her own but my wife will be quitting her job in a few weeks as we are expecting our second soon. She keeps telling our daughter that we will give it another go then.
I also have a nephew who will be 4 soon that had some issues with it. It's been a traumatizing experience for him over the past year or so though he finally seems to have gotten past that. He would hold it in and refuse to go. It's odd because that is painful too and he gets embarrassed when he ends up going in his pants. My brother and his wife tried everything but he just simply refused to go.
That's what I've always heard but with my two boys it was easy since we live in the country and go outside to pee. After that it was pretty easy.good luck. we have 2 girls. they were both pretty keen on using the big girl potty. everyone i know who has boys has struggled.
My son was playing games on my phone the other day when the storm began to brew. I grabbed the laptop and headed to the bathroom. My wife looked at me quizzically and said,"You're taking the laptop to the bathroom?"
That's what I've always heard but with my two boys it was easy since we live in the country and go outside to pee. After that it was pretty easy.good luck. we have 2 girls. they were both pretty keen on using the big girl potty. everyone i know who has boys has struggled.
lady i work with said this is how her 2 grandsons learned, too
Today's the day we've dreamed aboutWe haven't really been pressing our 2y8m old even though the ladies at daycare claim he uses the facility all the time, but he just announced during family movie time that he wanted to go to the potty and then did his business like a champ.
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