Posted on 09/18/2014 1:26:51 PM PDT by Vigilanteman
I'm curious how usual this is. Our oldest grandson just turned three. He's been going potty by himself for just a little more than one year, but has the most unusual method.
He shuns the training potty and the little seat which keeps him from falling through the big hole. If an adult tries to help (grandparents, parents, anyone), he pushes them out the door so we have to peek in a crack to make sure he's doing it right.
He climbs up on the seat, squats with one foot on each side and dangles his junk down so he hits the bowl with better precision than most adults.
He'll allow the door to be open only after he has wiped, flushed and washed and dried his hands. He's very matter-of-fact about the whole thing.
Other than being a late talker (he says little and neither did his mother/our daughter at 3), he's a normal little guy in every way-- bundle of energy and jumps out of the top bunk as a Ninja or Superman. His grandparents are afraid he's going to hurt himself (we only raised daughters) but his parents are used to it an totally nonchalant.
Of course, his mother appreciates them as she has another little guy (born in December 2013) and has an ample number of other things to do.
I wouldn't be worried, I do the same thing.
Nah. He just sounds very independent.
Please, send him to my house. I have three year old twins who REFUSE to use the potty. Would like them shamed into using it.
BTW Don’t worry, he is fine.
I wouldn’t worry about it. They can do all kinds of contortions to do their business.
TMI
Now, if we could only apply that to the 40%-50% of the adult population who seem incapable of doing the same thing. /rant
:-P
I didn’t see the part about the ten month old until later. That may explain some of the exaggerated independence. It’s all fine.
That's how adults do it in SouthEast Asia.
For the boys, put Cheerios in the bowl and tell them they get a nickel for every U-boat they sink.
Stay out of it. Unusual method,but he’ll get over it.
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I have seen adult Hispanics do the same thing. Don’t even ask me about Japan.
I dunno. My boys got in pee fights and one would keep us out so he could play with his poop.
I figured that was pretty normal for boys.
Sounds like a future consultant to OWS.
Leave him alone. He’ll be fine.
Until one day his foot slips off the seat and he falls in the toilet.
And THAT will be the end of THAT.
I’ve been doing that since I was two!
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Maybe he just waited till he had something of value to say?
(Like the mother had taken polite pills while pregnant. Kid was a few years old and had never said a word. One morning he said 'My milk is warm' and they all went bananas. Finally they asked why he had said nothing. 'Up till now, everything has been fine'.
Does sound like he picked up TT1 with ease.
I, for one, also wash my hands BEFORE etc etc....
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