Hoarding - Springing Ahead

atypicalblonde

whitewing wrote: »

Two things that helped get DD out of nappies.

1. She needed to be able to talk and have a conversation. (She was a late speaker).

2. She needed to see us adults use the toilet, so she understood and she learnt.

Pullup pants (as in the pullup nappies) were no good for her.

Thanks WW. DD is a complete chatterbox and very proficient with her language skills, in fact she never shuts up! She also sees us using the toilet (remember when you used to be able to have a wee in peace pre-children?! me neither).
Do you recall how long it took for her to "get it"? thank you for your input x

whitewing

It maybe took two or three weeks for it to become really routine, but there are still occasional accidents - mostly the latter was slightly wetting knickers so we'd change her knickers but not need to change her dress.

Getting her to drink more helped enormously as it increased her bladder size. She was getting mixed messages from the family so she was actually trying not to drink so she didn't wet herself. Lots of praise for trying helped too. Plus the routine of sitting on the potty or toilet before we went out of the house whether she wanted to go or not.

atypicalblonde

Thank you WW xx

whitewing

My DS hated using the potty for wees so a step for him to reach the toilet and peeing standing up helped (altho I can't remember if we did potties first). I also heard that putting a cork in the loo (floating), gives them something to aim for, but I never tried it myself!

parsniphead

whitewing wrote: »

Two things that helped get DD out of nappies.

1. She needed to be able to talk and have a conversation. (She was a late speaker).

2. She needed to see us adults use the toilet, so she understood and she learnt.

Pullup pants (as in the pullup nappies) were no good for her.

My little one is a late speaker but is getting better. I think this will help. He seems to be in the loo every time I am at the moment, and with daddy too.

atypicalblonde wrote: »

This really resonates with me. I always enquire if there is anything a child needs or wants before purchasing a gift. For DDs birthday she received a really large, really cheap dolly swing set. DD has no interest in dollies and the friend who bought it knows that. Plus we have very little space so such a large item takes up a fair proportion of our sitting room. Turns out that, by her own admission, said item was on offer in Arg0s hence the purchase.

I never thought about it before children. I now think more when buying gifts for anyone.

whitewing wrote: »

My DS hated using the potty for wees so a step for him to reach the toilet and peeing standing up helped (altho I can't remember if we did potties first). I also heard that putting a cork in the loo (floating), gives them something to aim for, but I never tried it myself!

I think step son could do with a floating thing to aim at.:mad:

parsniphead

GreyQueen wrote: »

I feel a bit sheepish giving mummy-tips to real-life mums, but just in case it may be of some assistance, here goes.

Mum had a terrible time trying to get my kid brother out of nappies and even sought advice from the GP. He suggested that by changing him frequently, as in whenever he was soiled, she was making him too comfortable and he had no incentive to want to use the potty. GP's advice was to leave him awhile in a soiled nappy so he wasn't comfortable and would get the idea that using the potty was better.

It worked a treat. Of course, these were the terry-nappy days, don't know how this would work with disposables, and it may be utterly abhorrent to you mums here, but I thought I'd mention it in case what works on a 1960s tot can work on a 21st century one.

Please don't be sheepish, you are a voice of common sense.

He used to notice more when we had washables but as he got older these didn't work for us. I think the disposables are just too good and they don't notice the wetness much.

GreyQueen

I have taken a large donation bag to Hoxfam, the fifth since last Monday, and am all up-to-date on the donations. There will be some more along before I'm very much older, I am sure, as I work through more stuff.

One tip from a parent of several small boys was to have a ping-pong ball in the loo to give them something to aim at. I have also heard of painting a small dot on the back of the bowl just above the waterline, which would likely be a bit more sanitary if not so much fun.

One thing which really shocked me about sharing a house with people who had small children was the sheer amount of huge plastic carp which is involved. And these were lefty, greenish, hippyish middle-class parents not inclined to hyper-consumerism, but the bliddy stuff was everywhere.

One think I recall from one of Don Aslett's books was an anecdote about a mum and her kid in the toyshop, trying to buy something for his little classmate's birthday, and her almost yelling at the kid to choose something, ANYTHING, to take to the party.

An alternative which could be very welcome if parents are already mostly-submerged under a tide of kid-stuff is to handmake a voucher for an activity (which you will take their child/ children to, along with your own) such as Good for a Sunday Picnic in the Park. Or whatever.

The things I remember most fondly from childhood weren't things at all, they were experiences, and the really great thing about memories is that they don't trip you up in the hall at night.

Hands up for anyone who has sustained stickle-brick or lego impression injuries in their foot (or arris)? Or other similar things.....:p

silvasava

Ooooh - Pooh Sticks - still play with DGD who is 20 now!!!
Just logged on to Fleabay & DH's old car radio/cd player has sold for over 25 squid :eek: Off to see what other junk he's hoarding now that can go haha

pavlovs_dog

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

There's a week before I go back to school, and I need to work miracles in that time. In no particular order I want to

1) clean house from top to bottom
2) sort kitchen mastic prep work almost done
3) sort bathroom mastic
4) sand woodwork in loo almost finished
5) polyfilla loo walls
6) white coat in loo
7) mark at least 80 pieces of coursework
[STRIKE]8) organise when fence will be erected[/STRIKE] it's up! OH and FIL have had a busy weekend
9) back to school shop and armageddon food shop
10) write list of DIY jobs for my handy FIL to help with and arrange a time for him to work his magic.

I've created a watership down of dust bunnies in my house, but the worst of the sanding is done. Not looking forward to the clean up, but am VERY glad I had the foresight to do it before going back to school.

Still successfully procrastinating on the marking front, but am doing a good job of coralling digital resources, deleting duplicates and merging files where possible.

A load of garden rubble has been bagged up ready for some runs to the tip. I also had a query about a gumtree item so will hopefully have an 'out' there this week.

I find this thread so motivational :j

sweetpea26

Decided today that I am going to do another car boot this weekend...whatever I come home with will be dropped off at local charity shop.

Today I cleared some old receipts, papers, plastic bottles etc

Tomorrow my utility room is getting hit hard will be great to get this one sorted out. Will also sort and bag as I go along for the car boot. Feeling positive