tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post112892144153939525..comments2024-02-15T23:41:36.425-08:00Comments on SIMPLY WAIT: BONDING 101Patry Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-77039323152644381442007-03-02T22:02:00.000-08:002007-03-02T22:02:00.000-08:00Best regards from NY! 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Thanks for returning and of course, for your comment. <BR/><BR/>Vickie: I hope that wasn't my crowning achievement, but some days, I"m not so sure. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Jean! Maybe we should get together and compare our psychological profiles. I'm not totally ready to let these mothers off the hook.<BR/><BR/>easy! hmmm...maybe my mom could find a new career in her retirement. Travelling potty expert. (And I would be her P.R. person, of course.)<BR/><BR/>gulnaz! thank you so much for all the reading you did here--and for all your insightful comments. I esp.<BR/>like your idea about using "Housecleaning by Moonlight" as a book title.<BR/><BR/>Matt: One thing I know for sure: there's always something to be scared and worried about once you're a parent. Thanks for coming by. It's always an honor to have the "world's greatest writer" in the house.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1129054936844646932005-10-11T11:22:00.000-07:002005-10-11T11:22:00.000-07:00Sometimes I wonder what's scarier -- worrying abou...Sometimes I wonder what's scarier -- worrying about how much we're screwing our kids up, or accepting what little control we have over whether they'll be screwed up or not.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162889692276412142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1129054328531722412005-10-11T11:12:00.000-07:002005-10-11T11:12:00.000-07:00that was soo cute! lol. you are right, we throw s...that was soo cute! lol. you are right, we throw such blames at mums and they do get affected by it most of the time. :) these scientists are crazy actually!<BR/><BR/>housecleaning by moonlight- wow, that sounds like a book i must read! you are right, it would be so much easier, if we accepted the premise that life is difficult....with just three words we will be rid of a three tons of heartache.<BR/><BR/>qarrtsiluni- what a lovely word....have visited that blog and i'll be adding to my faves...really liked it and those maples are gorgeous!<BR/><BR/>true story- a beautiful and warm story...alzheimers is such a terrible disease!! i like the soft, slightly humourous way you have written it and the ending is heartwarming.gulnazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04303326222747011474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1129043109488808502005-10-11T08:05:00.000-07:002005-10-11T08:05:00.000-07:00I wish I'd known your Mother, perhaps my boys woul...I wish I'd known your Mother, perhaps my boys would have gotten the idea much sooner :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1129041332881927012005-10-11T07:35:00.000-07:002005-10-11T07:35:00.000-07:00Omigod, Patry, me too, by nine months, or so my mo...Omigod, Patry, me too, by nine months, or so my mother always proundly said! I'm not sure I'm prepared to give up the lifelong grudge I've borne her for this, but I guess I'll have to look into the research you mention. :-)Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1128999146266304762005-10-10T19:52:00.000-07:002005-10-10T19:52:00.000-07:00Well, Patry, obviously you didn't lose your shinin...Well, Patry, obviously you didn't lose your shining moments at 9 months old. You're still a maverick. Great story.Vickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573890783110046304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1128993510182180512005-10-10T18:18:00.000-07:002005-10-10T18:18:00.000-07:00Sharon: One of my kids was the same way. He knew w...Sharon: One of my kids was the same way. He knew what to do, but dug in his heels and decided he'd rather not, thank you very much. I'm so glad I'm on the other side--reading articles and philosophizing about it, rather than deep in the trenches struggling with the ferocious will of a toddler.<BR/><BR/>Good luck!Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1128969972070607652005-10-10T11:46:00.000-07:002005-10-10T11:46:00.000-07:00Great post, Patry, and very timely, as we are curr...Great post, Patry, and very timely, as we are currently in the throes of potty-training our youngest. Despite being perfectly capable of going on the potty (for many months now), she simply isn't interested. Cloth training pants with a plastic outer shell seem to be helping, as it is obviously not too cozy when wet or dirty. I just wish I could speed things up a bit more -- any chance I could send her over to your mom's house? ; )Sharon Hurlbuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04684319527146674878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1128962062295135352005-10-10T09:34:00.000-07:002005-10-10T09:34:00.000-07:00r: I think the time spent hanging out in the bathr...r: I think the time spent hanging out in the bathroom waiting for something to happen would be well worth it, long as I had some good music playing, a cup of coffee and my own happy daydreams to keep me occupied.<BR/><BR/>Maria: That's interesting what you say about Pampers being something of a deterrent to toilet training with the famour absorption. I had the same experience. My cloth diaper kids learned faster. I think there's some kind of unknown, but constantly-being-proven law that says that's what's bad for the environment is never really all that good for humans either. No matter how "convenient" it might seem.Patry Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1128959666734318282005-10-10T08:54:00.000-07:002005-10-10T08:54:00.000-07:00Apparently, I was a potty-training success myself ...Apparently, I was a potty-training success myself at an early age, though, not a maverick like you...<BR/><BR/>When it came to my children, I, too, read all the books and proceeded along, hoping to dodge that boomerang of guilt/blame I probably launched with my first look at my first newborn!<BR/><BR/>My first lived in Pampers and those Pull-Ons ... and it seemed like he was content to go on forever this way. Years went by, that's for sure, before the toilet became a viable alternative for him.<BR/><BR/>With my second one, I went the cloth diaper route, like you did ... and, -- this is just a theory -- the cloth diapers were probably enough of a sensory feedback (unlike the paper ones that always seemed to stay dry on the inside, or skin-side) to help spur on the process of potty training. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand -- and apart from diapers and Dr. Spock and the whole deal -- there was also the personality question: my younger one can be a perfectionist at times, which drives him to master things with all his might, then abandon them just as fast ...well, at least, this one stuck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-1128959394387828632005-10-10T08:49:00.000-07:002005-10-10T08:49:00.000-07:00Patry, that is so funny! My mother-in-law also cla...Patry, that is so funny! My mother-in-law also claims she did the same with her brood. But she also tells how she spent alot of time in the bathroom waiting for something to happen.rdlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04062856086277201874noreply@blogger.com