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Latest post on 18 May 2016 - 19:07

Sey83 thanks, I backed off but I fear I will never be able to train her. As Isaid before I think gummy bears may tempt her, I will try in a week or so.

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Latest post on 18 May 2016 - 07:56

Potty training my 2.5 dd has been the biggest challenge of my parenthood. I do not know what to do, nor do I want to get mad at her as when I put her on the potty she never does anything then when she gets off....she does it. I have a potty that plays music and a butterfly potty so its nto that its not nice. I think next move is treat time, I didn't want to do this as I thought its human nature to learn how to go on the potty. I wished someone could come and do this for me because I am lost in this situation. (Dd I don't think she knows when she will do #1) because she is always surprised when she sees it on the floor. Stretch marks oh my! My tummy looks like a tiger scratched me, 2 pregnancies in 2 years. The marks of a mother that I will embrace :) I tried bio oil, I am not sure if it worked and this one the Dr. Perscribed...I still see them! Apparently you can lazer them when they are still pink but I feel lazer is bothersome. I need Tessa to come over and help potty train! I don't think she is ready to be trained yet! Leave her for a while and then revisit it. When she is ready she will be trained in a few days and it will be easy for both you and her.

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Latest post on 17 May 2016 - 23:10

Thanks everyone, very helpful sharing your experiences.

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Latest post on 17 May 2016 - 17:18

Potty training my 2.5 dd has been the biggest challenge of my parenthood. I do not know what to do, nor do I want to get mad at her as when I put her on the potty she never does anything then when she gets off....she does it. I have a potty that plays music and a butterfly potty so its nto that its not nice. I think next move is treat time, I didn't want to do this as I thought its human nature to learn how to go on the potty. I wished someone could come and do this for me because I am lost in this situation. (Dd I don't think she knows when she will do #1) because she is always surprised when she sees it on the floor. Stretch marks oh my! My tummy looks like a tiger scratched me, 2 pregnancies in 2 years. The marks of a mother that I will embrace :) I tried bio oil, I am not sure if it worked and this one the Dr. Perscribed...I still see them! Apparently you can lazer them when they are still pink but I feel lazer is bothersome. I need Tessa to come over and help potty train!

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Latest post on 17 May 2016 - 15:01

Stretch marks are not going to go away..they might fade a bit depending on your skin color but they are here to stay. For potty training I have never started before both my boys turned 3. At that age it was just a week of potty accidents and everything got settled really quickly. Much less hassle than if you start early.

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Latest post on 17 May 2016 - 10:38

On potty training I am a firm believer that you shouldn't push children to be potty trained before the are ready, and anytime before the age of 3 is acceptable (my humble opinion). I think that as a mom you will know when they are ready - they take a greater interest in the toilet, they will tell you after they have filled their nappy, they will "hide" when they are doing their business. Small signs that will indicate to you that the child is ready. I think you can try and potty children at any age, but you really make the process very difficult for both yourself and the child if you do it before they are ready, and in some cases stress the child out so that they may even regress. You will also end up with lots and lots of accidents, so why go through that trouble? I have an aunt that didn't believe in potty training, weaning off the bottle/dummy, or any other type of "training". Her argument was "how many adults have you seen walking around wearing a nappy sucking on a bottle and eventually they will give it up on their own?!" Maybe a bit extreme but I sort of get her point!

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Latest post on 17 May 2016 - 02:08

Stretch marks will fade over time but to speed the process try bio oil, if it is available in UAE. Potty training depends a bit on gender - girls tend to younger than boys - but the later you leave it (within reason) the easier it becomes. Plenty of mums tell you their child is trained at 16 months but on probing one discovers their child has lots of accidents, day and night. It is rare for infants to be properly trained before around their second birthday. My youngest boy was brilliant, I forgot about training him until he was due to start nursery at around 2 1/2. Within four days he was dry day and night and never had an accident - he was old enough to understand what was expected of him and wanted big boy pants. My eldest girl was theoretically dry at 18 months but I recall an awful lot of washing and a fuss taking spare clothes everywhere we went.

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Latest post on 16 May 2016 - 22:19

Hi, I'm sure plenty of experienced moms here. So 2 questions. 1) Potty training. What age is recommended to start doing that. My kid is 20 months, is it too early ? 2) Stretch Marks. I still have my post pregnancy strech marks, any recommendations on working that out? Thanks.

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