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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 526530" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I won't be much help because my daughter is still having the same problem with Ethan - he will be three in a few days. I have visions of the kid wearing pull-ups to his high school graduation! He can do it, he just refuses to do it at home! He's the youngest one in his group at day care and he will pee in the potty at school because the other little boys do - peer pressure can be a <u>good</u> thing!! But at home he will tell Allison when he has to go, but when she tries to get him in to the bathroom to use his potty, he tells her he's "too busy" ... and then he does it in the pull-up! My suggestion to send him in to the bathroom with his daddy so he can do what daddy is doing didn't work - Ethan didn't care! I don't know ... I think that the whole concept of potty training has changed over the last several years. A lot of young moms are content to just say that they will do it on their own when they're ready. And some of it is inconsistency too. By the time Allison gets home with Ethan in the evenings, she's exhausted and still has to get him fed, bathed and ready for bed. She's just too tired to argue with him, and he's a very stubborn little boy! </p><p></p><p>Allison was trained at 18 months because her babysitter also took care of two other slightly older little girls who were potty training and she wanted to do what they were doing. And my son was trained by age two, even at night! I might be very old fashioned here but I have always questioned the wisdom of "pull-ups". They might be easier for the mom to contend with, but for the child, they feel no different than diapers! How does that help? When mine were little, we let them run around the house wearing those little terry cloth training pants. And yes, they got wet and messy and uncomfortable, but I thought that was the whole point of it! They don't <u>like</u> feeling wet and messy and uncomfortable, so theoretically they will be encouraged to do it in the potty to avoid that!</p><p></p><p>I told Allison, in desperation, that she should tell him that it's the RULE that once you turn three, you MUST use the potty - no more pull-ups or diapers. It's the law! Ethan was not impressed!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 526530, member: 1883"] I won't be much help because my daughter is still having the same problem with Ethan - he will be three in a few days. I have visions of the kid wearing pull-ups to his high school graduation! He can do it, he just refuses to do it at home! He's the youngest one in his group at day care and he will pee in the potty at school because the other little boys do - peer pressure can be a [U]good[/U] thing!! But at home he will tell Allison when he has to go, but when she tries to get him in to the bathroom to use his potty, he tells her he's "too busy" ... and then he does it in the pull-up! My suggestion to send him in to the bathroom with his daddy so he can do what daddy is doing didn't work - Ethan didn't care! I don't know ... I think that the whole concept of potty training has changed over the last several years. A lot of young moms are content to just say that they will do it on their own when they're ready. And some of it is inconsistency too. By the time Allison gets home with Ethan in the evenings, she's exhausted and still has to get him fed, bathed and ready for bed. She's just too tired to argue with him, and he's a very stubborn little boy! Allison was trained at 18 months because her babysitter also took care of two other slightly older little girls who were potty training and she wanted to do what they were doing. And my son was trained by age two, even at night! I might be very old fashioned here but I have always questioned the wisdom of "pull-ups". They might be easier for the mom to contend with, but for the child, they feel no different than diapers! How does that help? When mine were little, we let them run around the house wearing those little terry cloth training pants. And yes, they got wet and messy and uncomfortable, but I thought that was the whole point of it! They don't [U]like[/U] feeling wet and messy and uncomfortable, so theoretically they will be encouraged to do it in the potty to avoid that! I told Allison, in desperation, that she should tell him that it's the RULE that once you turn three, you MUST use the potty - no more pull-ups or diapers. It's the law! Ethan was not impressed! [/QUOTE]
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