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Potty Training
I have always found the notion of toilet training
a toddler to be a bit much. I didn't feel right about pushing my girls
to do something I felt would eventually come naturally. At three years
old, both my girls were potty trained ... not because I read books and
raced them to the porcelain each time I suspected they should
go. They knew what the potty was for. They knew when they had to go.
They'd figure it out on their own! Well, by golly, they did! Sure, we went a little stupid each time they
were successful users of the throne and they got rewards and accolades
just like the kids who were put through a regimen of potty training
tactics fit for Patton's soldiers. But we never made it a big issue in
our house and, consequently, it never became an issue. I've known parents who felt they had to potty train
their babies at two or even younger to enroll them in preschool. We,
instead, found a great preschool that accepted kids in diapers. Their
philosophy was that the children who were still in diapers would
naturally learn to go on the potty by watching the other kids go. I
suppose it worked. I never really gave it much thought. Potty eureka
just sort of happened around here on its own. I've heard that little girls are easier to
potty train than little boys. Any readers out there care to comment?
We'd love to hear from you, especially if you've trained both a boy
and a girl. As for bed wetting after four or five years of age, some kids just can't help wetting the bed at night. It seems these precious ones are not emotionally unstable, torn apart by low self-esteem or any other old-wives-tale rationale. They simply do not have the capacity to hold their urine and they are deeper sleepers than most. If you have a child who cannot stay dry at night, there is a remedy. Please talk to your child’s pediatrician. Copyright
– 2000-2004 – Rexanne Mancini
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