Is There Homework at Poop School?

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Alice — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:03:50 GMT

My 4 year old was terrified of the auto potty in Denver airport at age 3 when he had just potty trained a couple of months before his birthday. His first experience was so traumatizing he held everything in and cried for an hour and refused to go for HOURS till we landed back in dallas and could go at home. It was horrific. Luckily he didn;t transfer the fear to all potties just the auto ones and even now at 4 he is petrified of them and he will cower and shake while he is going if he suspects its an auto. I do cover it with a piece of paper to help him. I hate those potties! I feel sorry for kids and parents who have had setbacks bc of this....it is a real fear for some kids.

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nic — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:19:38 GMT

cassie, so right. my baby started right away knowing where poop goes. It is very easy. parents might want to go to poop school and learn how to not rely on diapers for years. Good for child, environment, and pocket too.

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Celina — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:29:57 GMT

I never thought of covering the sensor! Thanks.

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Sue — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:37:17 GMT

I agree, cooper1178. I guess I was just thrown by the name of Poop School. It sounds gauche. Why not something more classy, like Colon College? Just sayin'

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Cassie — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:46:25 GMT

My god. Now people are too lazy to teach their kids to use the toilet. Start training them for poop at about 6-7 months and they will train for pee in about a week around age 2. Easy as pie.

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erin — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:24:21 GMT

My 7 year old still makes me cover the sensor. It seems so ridiculous. I guess I should just be glad we didn't have to go to poop school....

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chyna823 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:11:51 GMT

My 4-year-old always thought the automatic toilets were pretty awesome ("Mommy! It does by itself!"). Her younger sister is a little more skittish though, so I'm wondering if she won't be quite as impressed.

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kate — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:31:48 GMT

It's funny...automatic toilets and hand faucets almost never work for me. When they first started becoming popular, I had a complex, like maybe it was like a vampire not being able to see it's reflection in a mirror.

The toilets weren't so bad, because there's usually a manual flush also. But then, to not be able to wash my hands...

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Jen — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:29:03 GMT

A piece of toilet paper covering the sensor also does the trick. These automatic flushers are evil.

My almost-5-year-old would NEVER poop in a toilet with an automatic flusher. She'll briefly sit up there to pee, then quickly jumps down and covers her ears.

My 3-year-old is not similarly terrified, thankfully.

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cooper1178 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:25:24 GMT

Sue - that's what I used, huge fan of it. But even as adult, being caught off guard and before you're done by the autoflusher is startling and unsettling. I can't imagine what it could do some little ones, I'm guessing there is no amount of bribery that would get them past that.

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Keri — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:00:06 GMT

I once read in a parenting magazine about a mother who kept a pad of post-its in her purse to cover the automatic sensors on those toilets... I'm never that organized, but you can also just cover the sensor with your hand until your little one is done doin' the business.

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Sue — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:47:56 GMT

POOP SCHOOL? What ever happened to good ol' fashioned bribery?