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Insane Activist Posts: 234 |
posted 12-27-2002 08:25 PM
  
This section of ST is supposed to be about pregnancy and parenting. I see a lot of topics on pregnancy, but none really on parenting, so I thought I would start one. Maybe all us young moms (and dads if they are on here) can discuss issues that arise while raising our children. IP: Logged |
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Gumdrop Girl Sexpert Posts: 11271 |
posted 12-27-2002 11:09 PM
Here are some threads on parenting by topic New Parents? http://www.scarleteen.com/forum/Forum10/HTML/000095.html Milestones http://www.scarleteen.com/forum/Forum10/HTML/000128.html Parenting Classes http://www.scarleteen.com/forum/Forum10/HTML/000164.html What You Won't Learn in Parenting Classes http://www.scarleteen.com/forum/Forum10/HTML/000020.html Parents of Multiples http://www.scarleteen.com/forum/Forum10/HTML/000011.html College and Parenting http://www.scarleteen.com/forum/Forum10/HTML/000197.html Parents Living with Parents http://www.scarleteen.com/forum/Forum10/HTML/000255.html Dad's Resources http://www.scarleteen.com/forum/Forum10/HTML/000387.html Parenting Isn't so Bad... A Day in the Life ------------------ [This message has been edited by Gumdrop Girl (edited 12-27-2002).] IP: Logged |
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Insane Activist Posts: 234 |
posted 05-25-2003 08:18 PM
I just recently moved my 22 month old son into a bed. He just about got out of the crib one day, so now he is in a bed. I am having a difficult time getting him to stay in bed. I to either have stay with him until he falls fast asleep (I can't sneak out until he is good and asleep cause the floors squeak, so we are talking upwards of an hour) or cry himself to sleep, usually on the floor (and then put him in bed after). Neither situation is ideal. I do lie with him for awhile though. My problem is he keeps getting out of bed. I have a bed rail up, but doesn't even phase him, he just climbs around it. I have tried the put him back to bed thing. I gave up, when 1.5 hours later, and about 20 times putting him back to bed and I was no further ahead then when I started. Anyone have any tips for helping little ones to stay in their bed to go to sleep? Ooohh, another one. What age did you guys potty train? Tootles IP: Logged |
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frozendreams Activist Posts: 118 |
posted 05-25-2003 11:16 PM
as for the bed thing my kids still get out of bed. i find them on the floor or in bed with me.(and i have never let them sleep with me). as for potty traing i started when my kids were almost 2. but that all depends on when they are ready. i had a horrible time with it. especially my son my daughter wasnt as hard, (still tough though). by the way my son is 6 and my daughter is 3. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Insane Activist Posts: 234 |
posted 08-19-2003 09:13 PM
any tips from experienced moms and dads on potty training? I am having a difficult time potty training my son. I think he totally thinks it is a game. He is definately ready, he has no interest in it, unless there is something in it for him. He also uses going to the bathroom as a stall tactic before bed. I want to encourage him to use it, but at the same time, I don't want this to be a game ("see how fast mommy can rush me to the toilet, when I say pee pee!") I don't want to ignore his pleas for the toilet either. Any tips? IP: Logged |
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Aria51 Advocate Posts: 1279 |
posted 08-19-2003 11:04 PM
How old is your son, Insane? If he's too young, he may not be completely ready to use the bathroom. You say he's definitely ready -- is HE ready, or are YOU ready? My son just turned three, and he's completely stopped pottytraining. He'd been doing extremely well at it, and when we went on a 14-hour (each way!) car trip he didn't have a single accident; he used every restroom we stopped at, and used the bathroom at the hotels, restaurants, everywhere we were. I think it was the novelty of the new toilets, or something. When we got home, he decided he was done with the potty. "Hey buddy, you wanna go potty?" "Nah." "Are you sure? You look like you wanna go potty." "No tanks, no potty." I've given it up for the time being -- he knows where the bathroom is if he wants to use it, and he knows where I am so he can ask, but other than that I'm not going to push it, since it seems like the more potty propaganda I put forward, the less he's interested. So while we obviously haven't finished the training, the only really good advice I have is to let your son guide you. Diapers are one of the very last items of babyhood they can hold on to, and it could be that he's exerting his independence by letting you know that he'll be making the potty decisions. Also, it is important to never punish a pottytraining child for having accidents, to be patient and understanding, and to go over-the-top with your cheers of joy when he finally uses the potty on his own. Have you bought him any books (Once Upon A Potty is my favorite) or videos (It's Potty Time is Evan's favorite) dealing with the subject? Do you allow him into the bathroom when you're using it? Kids love to mime what other kids and adults do, and it could be the right thing to get him motivated. IP: Logged |
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Insane Activist Posts: 234 |
posted 08-20-2003 07:43 PM
My son is 2. He asks to go pee in the toilet, and then just farts around. It is a total stall tactic. If I catch in the act of peeing (when he is bare) and take him to the toilet, he will eventually go. We had a potty seat, but he didn't like it. He much prefers to stand on a stool and lean into the toilet (with his hands on the back of the seat). It is what they teach him at daycare. He comes into the bathroom with us all the time. I think part of the problem might be that I am a girl. His dad doesn't have as much as a problem getting him to go. My son wouldn't even believe me that boys sit to poo. He insisted they stood up for everything. I had to get his dad to show him. Maybe I should just let things be. I was using those Kushie reusable underwear. The books I have read say that those pull-ups are not so good cause they don't convey the feeling of being wet (just like a diaper doesn't really). But he started pooing in them, and it was a total mess and disaster to clean up. Trying getting a pair of under full of poo off a squirmy kid. It wasn't fun. I totally feel like he is taunting me. That he just like to see what happens when he asks to go pee. I don't want to ignore the pleas, but I don't want to play into his game either. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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negative*nancy Activist Posts: 361 |
posted 08-25-2003 11:43 AM
they have 'Once upon a Potty' on video too! I'm hoping to try and get Aaron to start looking at the potty again. he had a breif period of interest around 2 years, but it never materialized into anything. He's just weaned though... i think tackling the potty too soon after weaning would just be too much. IP: Logged |
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Insane Activist Posts: 234 |
posted 08-29-2003 09:07 PM
Hey nn, It's Krissy from the old kidshelp phone site/parentsline site. How are you? Stephen self-weaned just after 9 months. I would force him to breast feed, until my mom told me to give it a rest, he obviously didn't care for it anymore. I never gave it to him again, and he never asked for it. It spared me having to wean him, but it was sad at the same time. We have the once upon a potty book. It just doesn't hold a candle to "Tom the firefighter". We are way more into books about car and fire trucks then pottys. I have resorted to the timer! I fully admit that patience is not a virtue God bestode upon me. So, from now on, when he asks to go pee, I set the timer. He has 5 minutes (which I read if they don't go by 5 minutes, they ain't gonna go) to go, if he doesn't, he has to get off the toilet and try again later. It was a fight at first, and then he started to ask to go right after he got off (nothing gets by him!), but we are getting at some normalcy. If he keeps asking, I just let him go around naked, it saves me the hassle of dressing/undressing every few minutes. Peer pressure might be a factor. A lot of the kids at his day care are potty trained. He might be jealous, but at the same time, not be mature enough to know what an "I need to pee" signal from teh body is like. He might be mistaking other signals as needing to pee. Some days, I wish I could get inside that little head of his. I honestly wonder what he is thinking sometimes! IP: Logged |
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