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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: miko2d on October 21, 2002, 04:10:19 PM
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As a father of the first baby, my friends subscribed me to a publication that advises me every month what to expect from the baby and what to watch for. Some of it is quite usefull.
I just got a "12 month" issue. It has a few pages specifically dedicated to a baby turning a year old and what it should be able to do by that time. It also has an article calles something like "the myths of potty training" which basically says that whatever wild stories you might hear, 1 year old baby is way too young for potty-training because he is missing facilities to grasp some concepts, etc, etc... Basically, wait a couple more years. That is pretty much in line with my co-workers' opinion. That american custom has been puzzling me very much because by russian standards one year is about eight months too late to start potty-training the baby.
Yesterday my 1 year and 1 week old baby boy interrupted his play and went (he's been is walking since he was 10 1/2 months old) to the shelf, took his potty, brought it to my wife and proceeded to tug his pants looking uncomfortably. We took off his pants/diaper put him on and he immediately did his business to the amazement of several guests.
Grandmother watching him during the day says he was doing just that for a few weeks when he was in the same room with the potty but it was the first time when we saw it - in the presence of several guests with video camera rolling and even a picture snapped by a still camera! Seing their reaction was absolutely precious!
miko
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WTG!!! :D
(Please no sharing of that video, hehehe)
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Dont expect yer kid to do what it says they should do this is based off a "census" type survey but Im no parent not old enough to be one but I hear it from other parents.
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Dr. Spock may have messed up a lot of children, but he did give one bit of very sage advice in his book.
"How many adults do you know who are not potty trained?"
In other words, don't sweat it.
That is pretty amazing Miko. Enjoy your little one, but take care never to compare him to charts unless you understand that those things don't really mean anything. There are plenty of geniuses earning lousy salaries and living unhappy lives.