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Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - (see all news for this day)
first pee completely independently - 07:10 PM
(filed under 'smiley')
this morning, smiley had (at least for me) his first completely independant pee in the toilet. he's peed outside on his own before, but that's only been a few times.
i was in the shower this morning & he came upstairs telling me that he had to go to the toilet. i didn't want to get out of the shower, so i helped him along verbally with telling him to grab the foot stool to stand on & reminding him to lift the toilet seat & then flush the toilet afterwards. other than using the wash cloth with which i was bathing to dab the end of his willie (the toilet paper roll is on the back wall in the upstairs toilet & is out of his reach), he did it all himself! (& yes, i'm teaching him to use a square or two of toilet paper to dab his willie. i hate, hate, hate stepping in drips of urine on the floor!)
i'm sure some kids have done this way before the age of four, but if he's behind in that, he's certainly ahead in other things, so i'm not worried at all that it's taken this long for him to start going to the toilet on his own.
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Don't worry Coralie, I'm sure none of your readers are comparing kids development. I understand defending it though.
My theory is always -- "as long as my kids are doing these things independantly by 18yrs I'm happy!"
Yep an exaggeration but every child develops different milestones at their own pace, not according to a book.
Make sure you print this entry out for his 18th birthday party!!!