Comments on: Your Baby Definitely Can’t Read. Sorry. http://www.lisecarrigg.com/your-baby-definitely-cant-read-sorry/ Miscellaneous musings from my perch. Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:24:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Cathy http://www.lisecarrigg.com/your-baby-definitely-cant-read-sorry/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Cathy Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:07:53 +0000 http://www.lisecarrigg.com/?p=168#comment-38 loved your post. as a firm believer in showers, I concur!! loved your post. as a firm believer in showers, I concur!!

]]> By: lcarrigg http://www.lisecarrigg.com/your-baby-definitely-cant-read-sorry/comment-page-1/#comment-37 lcarrigg Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:29:10 +0000 http://www.lisecarrigg.com/?p=168#comment-37 I have also heard of that crazy potty stuff. Are some parents driven by fear? Like, being afraid that their kid won't eventually do all the stuff that most kids do, so they feel like they have to jump start everything so that in their minds they are ahead of the pack? I rarely make any comments about kid-related stuff or parenting because a) it's such a minefield, and b) I am REALLY far from the perfect parent myself. This one just pissed me off enough that I needed to rant. Thanks for reading. I have also heard of that crazy potty stuff. Are some parents driven by fear? Like, being afraid that their kid won't eventually do all the stuff that most kids do, so they feel like they have to jump start everything so that in their minds they are ahead of the pack? I rarely make any comments about kid-related stuff or parenting because a) it's such a minefield, and b) I am REALLY far from the perfect parent myself. This one just pissed me off enough that I needed to rant. Thanks for reading.

]]> By: rebbycarey http://www.lisecarrigg.com/your-baby-definitely-cant-read-sorry/comment-page-1/#comment-36 rebbycarey Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:03:03 +0000 http://www.lisecarrigg.com/?p=168#comment-36 Lise - this is fantastic and reminds me of the people who "potty train" their 9-month old babies. I spoke with one mother who did this and essentially every 10 minutes she ran over to the potty, and held her undiapered baby above the potty making a "shhhhhhh" noise in its face. After only six months, he was potty trained! (I hope I am not offending anyone here.) Seriously - for six months she was chained to a potty shhhh-ing in her kids face so he could be potty trained earlier than other babies. That must have been so FUN for everyone! If she did the reading videos while on the potty, think of those birds falling from the sky with just one stone!<br><br>All of this stuff is just so weird - what is the rush? And where is the fun? Lise – this is fantastic and reminds me of the people who “potty train” their 9-month old babies. I spoke with one mother who did this and essentially every 10 minutes she ran over to the potty, and held her undiapered baby above the potty making a “shhhhhhh” noise in its face. After only six months, he was potty trained! (I hope I am not offending anyone here.) Seriously – for six months she was chained to a potty shhhh-ing in her kids face so he could be potty trained earlier than other babies. That must have been so FUN for everyone! If she did the reading videos while on the potty, think of those birds falling from the sky with just one stone!

All of this stuff is just so weird – what is the rush? And where is the fun?

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