My toddler @ 18 months

[teetree]

Whenever I ask ty a question like “Do you want mommy to open the door? Yao4 bu4 yao4?” he will always reply “Yao” and nod his head several times. I can still remember when chiara was his age, she always say “No” and rejected me so many times whenever I want to carry her. I thought that was normal as many kids go throu the “No” phrase at this time,

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[sugardawg]

There's been alot of stories on CBC lately about potty training. The westerners are catching on to the "asian" thing of training your kids early...angmohs usually start when kids around 2 yrs old...and Chinese kids...well my mum had me trained by 10 months?! It's just a matter of how "pushy" or "determined" the parents are...seems to me alot of parents feel forced/compelled to hit certain benchmark dates/times for their kids to be able to do something. If i had a kid I would worry about all that too...but because I don't have one...I have a feeling that no matter whether parents take some developmental stages as serious matters or not, the kid will HAVE to catch on eventually anyways...coz when they go to school they will learn it from seeing wat others do? Or does it mean if they are not taught, they won't be able to naturally get there? I dunno...but I hope it will just happen and you can enjoy the process no matter what!

It's nice that Ty says Yes and Chiara says No...it's just their personalities coming through? Seems they are a little like their moms, hahahhahah...I am sure when Ty grows up, he will be as strong as you!!! He's just naturally abit more shy at first/easy going?

Dave (the guy with parental experience) says if you let them see you sit on the potty and do your biz, then the kids will definitely catch on...

[teetree]

Actually the trend now in Spore is to teach them only when they're ready etc. they start to be aware of their bowel movement and will start telling you when they want to poo or pee, amd that's noramlly around 2 yrs old. But our parents generation are brought up in the age where babies as young as 4-6 months will have to be trained and there're research that proves that is true! Anyway I think most importantly is that the process of potty training shouldn't be too harsh on the children...there'll definitely be accidents but we have to deal with it more patiently. Well this is just a trial and if ty is not ready to be potty trained, we can wait till he's 2!