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That's not unwanted advice, that's just downright nastiness!!!
Not sure I'd of been able to walk away from such ignorance. When a kid picks it up doesn't make them better or worse than any other kid, it just matters that they eventually do. I can't believe that woman was moronic enough to compare her children, suggesting they're actually better than someone elses, over something as stupid as pee LOL!
My kids pediatrician has told me the average child is between 3 and 4 when they get started, with girls usually having an easier time with it than boys. From the sounds of it Mr. Touchy, despite any delay's he's got, is doing wonderful if he's already got pees down when they're suggested. My daughter picked it up a couple of months before she turned 3 and my son a couple of months before he turned 4. Like vernellinnj's FS it took him much longer to master his poos then his pees.
Another couple of stories of (ridiculous) unwanted advice, my daughter sucked on her middle and ring fingers together instead of her thumb to comfort herself as a baby and toddler. An elderly woman and her friend were behind me in the checkout line at the grocery store this one day and they swore to me she was "slow" because she did that. They actually suggested I make her stop because that might suppress some of her "upcoming delays."
It's also been suggested to me by a few of my family members that since I refuse to put my kids in daycare that they'll be undersocialized outcast loners that'll never leave home the rest of their lives. Yeah, that's why my daughter was the one happily waving good bye to me and telling me it's ok to leave her (as I was the one in tears) on her first day of kindergarten this year. Came home from that first day to four parents calling me to introduce themselves (!) because she'd given four new friends she'd made that very first day our home phone number in an attempt to set up playdates. Yeah, that's antisocial behavior if I ever did see it LOL!
Where's a nutso smilie when you need one???!
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