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• SarahD1

  Oct 22, 2008 7:55AM

  Hi,
  My Lol is now 22 1/5 months I can't really remembe when she started to feed herself but I say let him go for it ... if you can stand the mess of course!! Sometimes it helps to have 2 spoons one for him and one for you just so that he does actually eat something! and finger food is always good.
  
  As for potty training, well, you can always sit them on the potty when ever you like just so the start to know what it is. It seems to be quite common to leave them until they do it themselves but I can't stand the idea of a three year old still in nappies!! My lol has actually only done any thing on the potty a couple of times. she tells me when she has been a poo and wants to be changed straight away but doesn't always seem to know before she needs to go. We have our second due in March and i would like her out of nappies before then so are going to tackle it head on probably around her second birthday
  
  Good luck.

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• Beebee

  Oct 22, 2008 9:46AM

  Sonny is 17 months, since about 14 months I have let him feed himself most things except anything runny (too messy), I just give him a spoon when he has mash or thick casserole & then sit with him & feed him a spoon in between his efforts (mostly smashed over face or in the eye, ocassionally he gets a mouthful!). Any other food I just put on his tray chopped up & let him finger feed himself, I usually leave a spoon on his tray too & he shoves it all in one handed whilst flicking the rest around with the spoon He has been finger feeding himself since around 10 months with supervision but now I can just leave him to it.
  
  As for potty traiing, well imo 1 is far too young, my hv told me that pushing lo into it too soon or rushing them can create issues futher down the road. All I do at the moment is when he Sonny has done a poo I go "yuk, poo poo" & change his nappy quickly without a fuss. he now does a poo then stops & looks at me with a yukky expression, so I know it is sinking in but we will probably look to getting more potty focussed after his 2nd birthday, for now I just want him aware that poo = yukky rather than the current "hmm, nice & warm lets sit in this for the next 5 minutes & let it squish all up my back"
  
  [Modified by: Beebee on October 22, 2008 02:47 PM]
  
  

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