Thad Martin

dawn wrote:

> From: dawn <dawn@...>
>

Never thought he'd wean from me to
decaf coffee and chess with his father in the mornings;) but he has;

hi,

very funny. my son weaned himself at 13 months. i was not ready at all.
but one day he just couldn't nurse because he would crack up laughing every
time he tried. why i have no idea we tried repeatedly but the same thing
happened, and that was it. it was very sad for me but for him it was no big
deal.

as far as potty training that i honestly don't know exactly how it happened.
we pretty much did what diane talked about - he was without diapers as much
of the time as possible, before the age of two i cleaned up often but told
him where he should go, we had a potty chair (which he never used) and did a
sort of show & tell (no really bathroom privacy but in retrospect a small
price to pay). after two if he went on the floor i would remind him that he
knew where to go (nicely) and that there was no need for him to go on the
floor, he would say he was sorry and i told him there was no need to
apologize but to just try and remember next time. it was such a non event
i can't remember at what age but it must have been between 3 and 3 1/2 when
he stopped wearing diapers on outings . also he stopped wearing diapers at
night just before he turned 4 (though he could have stopped before be we
didn't want him to be upset if he went in the bed). it's been about 9 months
and he's had only 2 'accidents at night. i think being calm takes the
pressure off them to 'get it right'. also they like to mimic adults but it
is annoying having no privacy in the bathroom:)

-susan
austin,tx