smurfette
06-06-2012, 04:15 PM
Think I have shot myself in the foot! I look after three 2.5 year olds, two girls and a boy. Both girls have been part potty trained (at home nothing to do with me) and since having new siblings in last couple of months have gone back into nappies as mums feel they regressed. The little boy has shown no interest and is behind in speech, is uncoordinated physically (cannot put crocs on even) and is extremely constipated.
I used to have my own baby products business and we used to sell 'my wee friend' potty stickers, (they look black and you put them in base of potty but when the child wees on them a cute face like a sheep or dog or flower appears,, great idea and I found them great with DD3). The other day I was cleaning up and came across a few so I gave one to each of the mums for use when they wanted to potty train later. Mum of the little boy said 'Oh I don't think he is ready', I agreed and said it was for down the road when he was ready just to put away. Well she has mentioned it several times since, and has talked to Dad (they are seperated) and they want to give it a go as the next few weekends they are around. He came this am in big boy pants over his nappy as apparently wanted to wear them and seems very proud of them. I did say to her again this am I didn't think he was ready (he only has a few words and the rest are unclear, he has been assessed for speech therapy but they said to leave it for a while and see how it goes), but she seems to want to give it a go.
My own DD3 had constipation and soiling issues after training and even now at nearly 7 does not go regularly, so I am concerned about this part of it, don't want to make it worse. His diet is terrible, he only eats carbs, yoghurt and raisins. He is better since with me, as I don't take any nonsense, but this is the root of his constipation.
Anyways, sorry for the ramble, what should I do?
I used to have my own baby products business and we used to sell 'my wee friend' potty stickers, (they look black and you put them in base of potty but when the child wees on them a cute face like a sheep or dog or flower appears,, great idea and I found them great with DD3). The other day I was cleaning up and came across a few so I gave one to each of the mums for use when they wanted to potty train later. Mum of the little boy said 'Oh I don't think he is ready', I agreed and said it was for down the road when he was ready just to put away. Well she has mentioned it several times since, and has talked to Dad (they are seperated) and they want to give it a go as the next few weekends they are around. He came this am in big boy pants over his nappy as apparently wanted to wear them and seems very proud of them. I did say to her again this am I didn't think he was ready (he only has a few words and the rest are unclear, he has been assessed for speech therapy but they said to leave it for a while and see how it goes), but she seems to want to give it a go.
My own DD3 had constipation and soiling issues after training and even now at nearly 7 does not go regularly, so I am concerned about this part of it, don't want to make it worse. His diet is terrible, he only eats carbs, yoghurt and raisins. He is better since with me, as I don't take any nonsense, but this is the root of his constipation.
Anyways, sorry for the ramble, what should I do?