Joined: 12 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 2625 Gender: Not Specified
Posted: 08 May 2007 at 9:43am | IP Logged
apparently...GRRRRRRRRR!
Anyone else's MIL insist that their kids were potty trained really young?
My MIL has a photo of DH on the potty when he was about 6 months old and keeps saying "oh, he was on the potty really early, people seem to wait a very long time to potty train these days"....I FEEL LIKE SCREAMING "SO WHAT, I WANT ELLIE TO BE TRAINED QUICKLY NOT TAKE MONTHS" GRRRRRRRRRRRRR! but I'm too soft so I'll just rant on here lol
Even if he was sat on the potty, it doesn't mean he was potty trained, more like pot luck!
Joined: 12 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 3441 Gender: Female
Posted: 08 May 2007 at 11:45am | IP Logged
i dont have a mil so im also lucky too i think (exept on baby-sitters lol)- i do have mates though who keep bragging about how young there children trained, the one keep saying her lad was 12 months and potty trained well hes three now and i remember him in the summer of last year wearing nappies - i just bite my tongue, it drives me crazy when people think its a race and have to go one better, they will do it in there own time when they feel good and ready, xx jue xx
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Posted: 08 May 2007 at 2:18pm | IP Logged
Jen (strawberry) was potty trained at 9 months. But that was because she had severe nappy rash and basically was more comfortable to potty train, apparently she did it herself practically.
Luckily I dont have a MIL and my mum is very supportive on letting me do things my own way with Joshua!
Joined: 08 February 2007 United Kingdom Posts: 160 Gender: Female
Posted: 08 May 2007 at 3:34pm | IP Logged
my mil said paul my partner was on the potty from a few weeks old and used it but that was because he had a regular pooh time! silly cow, i think all mil are put on this planet to annoy us!
Joined: 17 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 3778 Gender: Female
Posted: 08 May 2007 at 3:51pm | IP Logged
Supposedly folk of our mothers/ mothers in law's generation didn't potty train us, we were potty timed. That means we were plonked on a potty at regular intervals, hence we seemed to be trained. But, hey, who could blame them with all those terry toweling nappies!
She'll do it when she's ready. I was up to high dough when Alex hit 3 and didn't use the potty or toilet, but then it clicked and he never looked back. I wish I didn't spend so much time now worrying about it, and now I'm not worried a bit over Emilie, I'll wait until she's ready.
Joined: 27 January 2007 United Kingdom Posts: 191 Gender: Female
Posted: 08 May 2007 at 5:04pm | IP Logged
Not got a MIL but next door neighbour in her early 70's I think said her kids were potty trained around 14 months.
Also heard a little while back on the baby channel (at my mum's) some idea in the States about not using nappies from birth except out and about. Some thing about developing world countries, like African mum's, recognising signals and holding baby to wee/poo in a toilet area or potty.
Anyhow i'm still trying with my DD aged 31 months and 3 weeks. Now using Potty Training pants as she has generally mastered using the toilet apart from poo's!
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