[tri-med] Re: warning - diaper discussion

I think the 18th chromosome has "naughtiness" in it!  I know Elanor has an 
abundance of it! :)

Jennifer, mom to Arwen, 9; Elanor, 7 (T18); caregiver to Joe 27, and Eric, 
20 (both w/ CP); and wife to Andrew.
Boise, Idaho, USA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Dncingqwn@xxxxxxx>
To: <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 10:46 AM
Subject: [tri-med] Re: warning - diaper discussion


>
> i have never even thought about potty training kaiya but maybe some day it
> will be an idea to consider...
> she has started peeing on me when i take her diaper off...i swear she 
> waits
> for me to lift her legs and then...well, you know. she laughs her big deep
> belly  laughs when it happens so i have to think it's done on purpose!
>
> kelly - mom to Akaiya T18 - 4yrs
>
>
> In a message dated 4/21/2007 11:26:29 AM Central Daylight Time,
> phil46@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> I can't  imagine potty training elanor!  Her favorite pastime is to soil 
> her
> brand new clean diaper less than five minutes after being changed.
> sometimes I think she holds it in until we change her wet one so she can 
> poo
> in a clean one.  She's a stinker!  We were working on potty  trianing 
> arwen
> when Elanor was born.  She pretty much stopped because  of all the stress 
> of
> having a sick sister.  We didn't have the time  to be really consistant, 
> so
> we just kind of let it go, and she potty  trained pretty much on her own 
> with
> us being cheerleaders.  It's  funny, when you are immersed in it, it is 
> such
> a big deal, but looking  back, you get perspective.  We stress about it, 
> but
> our kids just do  it when they are ready!  Maybe someday elanor will get 
> the
> idea, but  I'm not holding my breath!
>
> Jennifer, mom to Arwen, 9; Elanor, 7 (T18);  caregiver to Joe & Eric (CP);
> and wife to Andrew
> ----- Original  Message ----- 
> From: "jwaite" <jwaite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:  <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:22  AM
> Subject: [tri-med] Re: warning - diaper  discussion
>
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From:  "Carolyn" <carolyn.cockburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> Has  anyone any tips for toilet training?  Ellie's showing very small
>>> signs
>>> of awareness of what's going on in her nappy  :-) so perhaps this is now
>>> the
>>> right time for me to be  encouraging her.
>>
>> With Alex, at age 3.5, the best thing was  bribery.....er...positive
>> reinforcement!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> I  kept a closed jar of plain M and M's in the bathroom and each time he
>>  did
>> the job he got one.
>> And it only took a  week!!!!!!!!!
>> It's somewhat amusing, this is a kid who really could  live without
>> candy/chocolate.
>>
>> Nighttime training took  longer, he was almost 5 before totally in 
>> control.
>>
>> Molly, my  NON-trier, took months and months and months of trying and
>> discarding  various methods. We tried the positive reinforcement using
>>  candy
>> and/or small cheap trinket ideas, reading on the potty, using a  potty
>> video/book with her, trying to catch her in the  moment.......
>> I started to think she would NEVER get it.
>> The  trick was getting her some Little Mermaid panties (the movie was
>>  fairly
>> new and her fav at the time) and Molly did NOT want to tinkle  on Aerial.
>> :0)
>>
>> Michelle mom to Alex (19, partial  trisomy 14 mosaic) and Molly (16)
>>  MichiganUSA
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