[tri-med] Re: Gross habit

no words of advice as we are having a whole different set of poo probs...
it does sound like she is totally ready to potty train especially if she is 
so good at getting her pants off.
good luck!  we used a set potty time and a starburst as a reward for d and k 
and it worked great.
jude, mom to derek-21, kelsey-19
and kameron-10-full trisomy 18 (hanging out so i will never be an empty 
nester)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Ihlenfeldt" <kimihlenfeldt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tri-Med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:12 AM
Subject: [tri-med] Gross habit


> OK, I have been putting off writing about this because I was hoping it was 
> just a phase.  It has been going on for a while.  Candace has a really 
> disgusting habit that I hope someone can either shed some light on why 
> she's doing it or tell me how to stop her from doing it.  She's two and in 
> diapers still.  When she goes poop, she likes to take off her diaper, grab 
> her poop, hold it up to her nose and smell it.  So, we tried putting pants 
> on her to keep her from taking her diaper off.  She's figured out how to 
> take off her pants now too.  At least to her ankles to get the diaper off. 
> We watch her as close as possible to try to catch her before she does it, 
> but sometimes she still manages to do it.  We tell her no, yucky, etc. but 
> it doesn't seem to be helping.  She also seems to be self-exploring, which 
> means if she is naked she will touch herself a little bit but then, of 
> course, smell her hands.  I don't get it.  I am at a complete loss.  Is 
> this a behavior thing?  I know s
> he smells everything (OK, maybe 95%) she touches, but getting through to 
> her about certain things not being OK is not working.  Does anyone have 
> any advice or anything?
>
> Also, thinking about potty training.  Any helpful advice or hints on what 
> works best?  She has gone to the bathroom before on the potty, but she's 
> not the one who initiates it.  How do we help her make the connection 
> between realizing she has to go to the bathroom and telling us so we can 
> put her on the toilet?
>
> HELP!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> Kim Ihlenfeldt, husband Kerry (complex balanced translocation 9, 15, and 
> 18 chromosomes), son Cameron 9 (same genetics as Dad), Cayden T-18 
> (12-16-02 to 01-16-03), and Candace 2 (Partial Trisomy 18 and Partial 
> Trisomy 15)
>
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