If it weren't for peer pressure nobody would be potty trained.
Or sibling rivalry. I supposedly was walking at 9 months and potty trained around my first birthday because I wanted to keep up with my brother who is 15 months older than me.
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lisah - Jan 05, 2005 11:02:07 am PST #1355 of 10002
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Steph L. - Jan 05, 2005 11:06:48 am PST #1356 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
If it weren't for peer pressure nobody would be potty trained.
I dunno. I think eventually, sitting around with a load of your own poop in your pants has got to get old.
WindSparrow - Jan 05, 2005 11:10:05 am PST #1357 of 10002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Better'n sitting around in someone else's poop.
Sorry.
No, I'm not.
Susan W. - Jan 05, 2005 11:11:19 am PST #1358 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Now I'm wondering how much Annabel's development is affected by the fact she's almost never around other children--an hour or two in the nursery on Sunday, and occasional brief visits with our neighbor whose little girl is exactly 18 months older, and that's it.
Steph L. - Jan 05, 2005 11:15:08 am PST #1359 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Now I'm wondering how much Annabel's development is affected by the fact she's almost never around other children
I didn't spend much time with other kids until I started school, and I think my development was fine.
Though you may want to take me as a cautionary tale.
DavidS - Jan 05, 2005 11:15:26 am PST #1360 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Now I'm wondering how much Annabel's development is affected by the fact she's almost never around other children--an hour or two in the nursery on Sunday, and occasional brief visits with our neighbor whose little girl is exactly 18 months older, and that's it.
#1 on Susan's To-Do List: Find new ways to make herself insane.
DavidS - Jan 05, 2005 11:16:53 am PST #1361 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I didn't spend much time with other kids until I started school, and I think my development was fine.
Says the woman who desperately tries to flee all social situations.
Though you may want to take me as a cautionary tale.
See?
Susan W. - Jan 05, 2005 11:17:44 am PST #1362 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
For the record, I'm not worrying about it or thinking I have to find her a playgroup any time soon. I actually meant it to reassure myself--that maybe she'd have crawled faster if she'd had more examples of crawling around her, but that she's doing fine as is.
(I mean, I know I'm worry-prone, but my every statement isn't meant to be an expression of anxiety. Sheesh. I really meant that as a, "Huh, I guess kids might develop differently when not exposed to other kids," not, "Ohmigod I'm doing it wrong.")
DavidS - Jan 05, 2005 11:19:26 am PST #1363 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but that she's doing fine as is.
This is my impression.
Steph L. - Jan 05, 2005 11:21:22 am PST #1364 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I didn't spend much time with other kids until I started school, and I think my development was fine.
Says the woman who desperately tries to flee all social situations.
Only the ones that you're in, darling.