My child rearing philosophy has its roots in one simple concept. You are raising children to become adults. So think about what you do because otherwise they will end up on a therapist's couch one day and you'll end up getting an angry letter about how you screwed them up. Yeah this may happen no matter what, but I would like to minimize that as much as possible.
So, keeping that in mind, I have resisted this thing.
It's a musical potty seat. Great concept but I have had this (probably paranoid) idea, that teaching a child that they will get music and applause when they potty is setting the stage for a problem later. I also don't talk baby talk to my kids for the same reason. There is no pre-determined age to stop. So we end up with people who still use baby talk to their kids when they are seven.
Well after my two year old showed almost no interest in using the potty, I buckled when she flipped out in Wal-Mart for this thing. I figured if nothing else, I have a seven month old who may need a potty seat later.
I need not have worried. As soon as we got home, two year old BEGGED to use it. I took it out of the box, placed it on the floor and she promptly peed. She loved the music and went three or four more times that day. The downside: she wants to go to the bathroom every thirty minutes. Somewhere in there I have other things to do, like you know...eat, feed the baby...
No comments:
Post a Comment