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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 606093" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Oh, I disagree about the potty training. I never bothered formally potty training any of my kids so they all were trained at different times and my boys were not trained by three. They were still both in diapers. Now Sonic has Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), but 35 doesn't...in fact he was ahead in most everything except for walking and pottying and he was in Gifted and Talented. </p><p></p><p>Was I lazy? You bet. I saw little point in making a big deal out of potty training and spending that much time in a bathroom with a child who was eventually going to do it himself. Even Sonic was trained by four and I did not train him at all. He just did it.</p><p></p><p>Since I didn't use daycare I had no pressing reason to get 35 trained. He was able to hold it for a few hours for nursery school when he was three. No biggie. I don't think the mother needs to harp on potty training her son. She does not need to send him to daycare. She is home during the day. So she probably also sees no reason to rush it. Actually, I think Julie was over three before she was trained too and she is a very bright girl. Jumper was the only one who potty trained herself at eighteen months. I think potty training is way overrated unless you must get the kids into a daycare that mandates potty training.</p><p></p><p>Except for potty training, this little boy is well above his age level. His sister is targeted as Gifted and Talented and I think he will be as well. He talks like a kindergartner should talk. And I said "should" because at Head Start I had a lot of trouble understanding at least 70% of the kids, and some were 4K. They were potty trained. Maybe their moms should have worried more about their speech then their pottying. I was a laid back mom and this is all JMO. I think it's more Old School to over worry about pottying and I think it should stay in the Old School.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 606093, member: 1550"] Oh, I disagree about the potty training. I never bothered formally potty training any of my kids so they all were trained at different times and my boys were not trained by three. They were still both in diapers. Now Sonic has Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), but 35 doesn't...in fact he was ahead in most everything except for walking and pottying and he was in Gifted and Talented. Was I lazy? You bet. I saw little point in making a big deal out of potty training and spending that much time in a bathroom with a child who was eventually going to do it himself. Even Sonic was trained by four and I did not train him at all. He just did it. Since I didn't use daycare I had no pressing reason to get 35 trained. He was able to hold it for a few hours for nursery school when he was three. No biggie. I don't think the mother needs to harp on potty training her son. She does not need to send him to daycare. She is home during the day. So she probably also sees no reason to rush it. Actually, I think Julie was over three before she was trained too and she is a very bright girl. Jumper was the only one who potty trained herself at eighteen months. I think potty training is way overrated unless you must get the kids into a daycare that mandates potty training. Except for potty training, this little boy is well above his age level. His sister is targeted as Gifted and Talented and I think he will be as well. He talks like a kindergartner should talk. And I said "should" because at Head Start I had a lot of trouble understanding at least 70% of the kids, and some were 4K. They were potty trained. Maybe their moms should have worried more about their speech then their pottying. I was a laid back mom and this is all JMO. I think it's more Old School to over worry about pottying and I think it should stay in the Old School. [/QUOTE]
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