The last few days I have spent some time with a boy named Jiro (Japanese boy) who will turn 3, April 3. He is terribly cute and fairly well behaved considering he is a little boy still in grasp of the terrible twos. That saying, he still breast feeds and is not potty trained. While I don't think either of these things are terribly wrong at three (though three is really pushing it), it's how he acts. Maybe I am expecting too much of a little boy, but I think he should have some humility. He demands his mother give him milk. When he needs to use the bathroom and he is in public, he disappears and tries to hide from his mother. I asked him why he felt he needed to hide and he said he was hiding because he had to use the bathroom and that I had to go away for it to happen. I went and sat back down. Because only 50% of the time we could see him, he could possibly have be snatched by someone. That's not too impossible to imagine, right?
His father gets angry at him when he hides, but his mother just laughs and apologizes. I told her he might grow out of it, but I also think she's too forgiving. I don't know what she does at home with him, but it also does not seem like she's really interested in training him. She could have least have weaned him off breast milk by now, couldn't she? How embarrassed I would be if my three year old demanded milk in public. She giggles and asks him to wait a minute. I dunno, I guess there are worse parenting techniques, but i certainly can't find myself agreeing to this one!
Thanks for listening <3
Links to help potty train your child:
http://www.pampers.ca/en_CA/babies/toddler--potty-training some tips on potty training from other parents with video
http://www.babycenter.ca/toddler/pottytraining/ another great site with information and steps to potty training. No 3-day tricks here with Canadian and UK resources. I didn't see any American.
Search Amazon.com for toilet trainer
some useful products to help your little angel on his/her way
Search Amazon.com Baby for toilet trainer more products (or perhaps the same ones)
His father gets angry at him when he hides, but his mother just laughs and apologizes. I told her he might grow out of it, but I also think she's too forgiving. I don't know what she does at home with him, but it also does not seem like she's really interested in training him. She could have least have weaned him off breast milk by now, couldn't she? How embarrassed I would be if my three year old demanded milk in public. She giggles and asks him to wait a minute. I dunno, I guess there are worse parenting techniques, but i certainly can't find myself agreeing to this one!
Thanks for listening <3
Links to help potty train your child:
http://www.pampers.ca/en_CA/babies/toddler--potty-training some tips on potty training from other parents with video
http://www.babycenter.ca/toddler/pottytraining/ another great site with information and steps to potty training. No 3-day tricks here with Canadian and UK resources. I didn't see any American.
Search Amazon.com for toilet trainer
some useful products to help your little angel on his/her waySearch Amazon.com Baby for toilet trainer
more products (or perhaps the same ones)to help the little girl or boy you love (<3)
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