MSE Parent Club - Part 2

Sami_Bee

I bought the Gina Ford potty training in one week book not looked at it yet tho as It's unlikely we'll be in a position to PT Chris until late summer/early autumn this year, by which point I'll probably be tearing my hair out but hey ho what ever doesn't kill you makes you stronger *pleads to god that Chris magically PTs himself tomorrow*

Savvy_Sue

chocaholic110 wrote: »

Tom actually climbs inside the fridge and helps himself to yoghurts or fruit puree then holds them out to us and says "Ey?". Can't walk or talk yet but can let his wants be known!

Very cute, but I'd have had a fridge lock on faster than ... I was going to say "he could climb out again", but that sounds a bit extreme! :rotfl:

Does he shut the door properly when he's finished? Is there ANY risk of the fridge toppling with him underneath it? :eek:

Sami_Bee

Pictures from a visit to Chris's Nonna and Pops

If you're wondering what he's drinking there its Custard :shocked: he loves the stuff!

Savvy_Sue

I really don't know whether to :rotfl: or go :eek: It is SO cute, but I'd be having kittens!

SusanC_2

It's perfectly possible for some children to be potty trained as early as 20 months but not all children are ready at that stage so I wouldn't set your hopes on it. We do elimination communication which means that our daughter will be "toilet trained" as soon is we is ready/chooses to be but currently (almost 22 months) she is probably about 70-80% reliable at saying before she does something. I have heard of children who have been conventionally nappied and have announced at 18 months that they are not using nappies any more but that does not mean that every child is able to be potty trained at that age so you need to be prepared for the fact that it could take longer than you might prefer.

Becles

Charlotte does the fridge thing and it worries me. We've got one of those big American fridge freezers and I'm worried in case she climbs in and shuts herself in there, so she's constantly being told no when she openes the door!

She's 21 months now and shown no sign of being ready for potty training. We've got a toilet seat and sometimes she sits on it before her bath but she doesn't do anything. I think she just thinks it's fun climbing on and off the toilet!

My Mam has a potty and has a floor length mirror in the bedroom. She takes the potty into the bedroom and admires herself sitting on it but hasn't done anything in it.

She knows when she has done a poo, as she points to her nappy and said "oh no - it stinks" :rotfl: She's not shown any signs of knowing she is about to do a wee or poo though.

With the boys I found it was better just waiting until they were ready to learn. Joshua was 2 and 3 months when James was born and once he was about two and a half, he decided he was a big boy and not a baby which was an incentive to get out of the nappies!

James was about two and just decided one day to stop wearing nappies and that was it! I wish they were all as easy as him

purplepatch

I think the potty training can be achieved at pretty much any age from around 18 months, it just depends on how much work you want to put in. I find some mums are sooooo bloody competitive about it:rolleyes::rolleyes:. First time around with Olivia I watched some friends of mine struggling for months, accidents right, left and centre. We just waited for some sunny weather, she was about 2 years and 3 months ish and she was dry inside 2 days.

With Izzy, now I'm working and have much less time to spend on it, I'm going to wait again until the sun puts in an appearance, which will make her over 2 and a half and hopefully it will be just as easy. I just can't see the point of giving myself weeks of hassle if I don't have to.

My mum always tells me that my generation were dry so much earlier.... that's because they sat us on the potty for most of the day in the hope they would catch something :rotfl:

chocaholic110

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Very cute, but I'd have had a fridge lock on faster than ... I was going to say "he could climb out again", but that sounds a bit extreme! :rotfl:

Does he shut the door properly when he's finished? Is there ANY risk of the fridge toppling with him underneath it? :eek:

Nope, fridge is an integrated unit so no chance of it tipping. We are always right beside / behind him anyway - we just watch him getting up to mischief!

Savvy_Sue

Becles wrote: »

Charlotte does the fridge thing and it worries me. We've got one of those big American fridge freezers and I'm worried in case she climbs in and shuts herself in there, so she's constantly being told no when she openes the door!

but what I can't understand is why you (and choc) don't fit a fridge lock? Or find SOME way of preventing them from opening the door, or have SOME sanction which communicated to them not to do it.

Maybe it's my age, "when I were a lass" fridges had catches on their doors, so children really did get trapped inside fridges and die, not usually fridges in homes, just abandoned ones, but even so it was a real problem.

And I know, I was an extra mean mummy, but anyone caught climbing into my fridge and drinking the custard wouldn't get any at tea time! :rotfl:

Thing is that if they don't learn early that "no" means "NO" in situations where it's cute and doesn't much matter, how do they learn that "no" means "NO" when it does matter?

Becles, you might find that one of those bungee things with a hook at each end would do the job if the shape of the door makes a Mothercare lock tricky to fit. You might need a bit of tape to keep it off the floor when you undo it, or you'll be forever 'losing' the ends. I never found that these things had to be there for very long: they learned they couldn't open it, they lost the urge to do it after a while. Although I know not all children are like that!

keelykat

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

but what I can't understand is why you (and choc) don't fit a fridge lock? Or find SOME way of preventing them from opening the door, or have SOME sanction which communicated to them not to do it.

Maybe it's my age, "when I were a lass" fridges had catches on their doors, so children really did get trapped inside fridges and die, not usually fridges in homes, just abandoned ones, but even so it was a real problem.

And I know, I was an extra mean mummy, but anyone caught climbing into my fridge and drinking the custard wouldn't get any at tea time! :rotfl:

Thing is that if they don't learn early that "no" means "NO" in situations where it's cute and doesn't much matter, how do they learn that "no" means "NO" when it does matter?

Becles, you might find that one of those bungee things with a hook at each end would do the job if the shape of the door makes a Mothercare lock tricky to fit. You might need a bit of tape to keep it off the floor when you undo it, or you'll be forever 'losing' the ends. I never found that these things had to be there for very long: they learned they couldn't open it, they lost the urge to do it after a while. Although I know not all children are like that!

my sister is learning this the hard way-her youngest got away with lots because 'shes cute'..but now she's getting older its not so cute and will not listen now, if you say no she has a tendancy to ignore you or try smiling to get around you (im a bit mean-but i dont find it cute, never have, but shes not mine lol-ill probably be worse with elliot!).

keely.