Comments on: NPFP Guest Post: Regression

By: Brenna

Brenna — Fri, 07 May 2010 01:11:33 +0000

Oh this has made me so sad…

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:46:00 +0000

This makes me sad for Jessica. :(

By: Sheri

Sheri — Wed, 05 May 2010 03:44:28 +0000

You know what? I don’t just feel sad…I feel very angry about this situation. How can it ever be considered loving or helpful to shame a child, especially a child so young and about her own body? I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this little girl since I read this story and I’m still furious about it. Maybe it hits close to home with me right now because I have my own 3 and a half year old daughter who has been very reluctant about toilet training and who was almost totally trained in March but who has since regressed. I encourage her to keep trying…I couldn’t even imagine being angry with her, even when I know that she’s just not bothering to go to the potty because she doesn’t feel like it.

By: Sheri

Sheri — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:26:35 +0000

This story is so sad. Wherever she is, I hope she’s ok.

By: Annie @ PhD in Parenting

Annie @ PhD in Parenting — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:03:39 +0000

Our kids also got to see mom and dad use the potty all the time. As my daughter was potty learning, she used to tell random strangers: “Everybody poops. Except dead people like Michael Jackson and Dorothy”. (Dorothy is my grandmother).

By: Elita @ Blacktating

Elita @ Blacktating — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:32:34 +0000

Wow, what a sad story. I hope she’s OK and being well taken care of, wherever she is now.

By: JohannaMM

JohannaMM — Tue, 04 May 2010 05:11:30 +0000

I really missed the privacy, but am glad that my kids got to see that mom poops and pees, and does it on the potty. My son got toilet-trained for pee when he could stand up and make bubbles in the water. I’m sorry for this child feeling so bad about her bodily function.

By: emerson

emerson — Tue, 04 May 2010 04:06:40 +0000

Best hypothesis: someone punushed an accident, maybe saying ‘you cannot do that’ and the poor kid is trying to deny the necessary bodily function as dirt/wrong. Since she no longer is in your care, about all you can do is wish her well and pray for her. The kid will eventually learn the bathroom routine, but bad side effects are likely.

By: Paige @ Baby Dust Diaries

Paige @ Baby Dust Diaries — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:36:17 +0000

This is why I just couldn’t work in child care any more. Poor child being made to feel bad about a normal body function. Thank goodness someone in her life was willing to treat her with respect. I hope that sticks with her forever.

By: Astrid

Astrid — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:58:11 +0000

That is a sad story, and it mus tbe frustrating fo ryou not to know what’s going on and how Jessica continues to do.