Re: Bikes and potty question

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On pedaling a bike. .... Does he pedal a trike? My oldest son didn't pedal

for the longest time....just pushed his feet on the ground. Maybe if you

don't push him..... just help him steer and if he wants to go he WILL pedal

that might help. Are his feet firmly reaching the pedals? Mav was so

inspired to ride because he saw the older kids doing it and he wanted to do

what they did.

For the potty, if you really want him to stand, try throwing cheerios in the

toilet and having him do target practice. That might make it more

interesting. I do that every once in a while with ALL my boys....just to

remind them that you need to get it IN the toilet! LOL....are you SURE you

want him to stand....it gets messy!! Oh.....also, I started right off the

bat.....after too many messy boys, teaching Mav that after he was finished he

takes a peice of toilet paper and runs it around the rim to get any drips.

Helps me out alot.

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In a message dated 9/27/00 9:00:59 AM Central Daylight Time, dhron@...

writes:

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Two questions! First, how do you teach a child to peddle a bike?

has a very small 2 wheeler with training wheels and he won't peddle. It is

really hard for me to push his feet on the peddles AND steer the bike. And

when I just push him, he won't peddle. Any ideas?

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We got a large tricycle to learn on because when you push a trike the pedals

move so I didn't have to try to do both. My fellow fit on his trike until he

was almost 9, not exactly age appropriate but less expensive than getting a

bike shop to make the pedals so they turn when the bike is pushed. Then we

moved on to a bike with just a hand brake so that when he pedaled backward

the bike didn't stop on him.

Karyn

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As usual our guys seem to be on the same track. won't pedal either. I

will be interested in the answers to this as well.

As for the potty thing, I am having the opposite problem. stands to

pee but when he is sitting (for other reasons he shoots it everywhere.

He tries to push it down but it is soooo tiny that he seems to be just

covering it which makes it shoot through his fingers I have the cleanest

bathroom floor around cause I am always mopping it.

As for getting to stand, have to tried teaming him up with dad? It

really doesn't matter that its tiny, all they do is lean a bit and it hits

where its supposed to. Sometimes when they are able to see someone else,

they get the idea. I have also heard of the target theory that people have

(putting cheerios or something for them to aim at) but I was always afraid

to give him license to put things in the toilet. You never know what else

they will drop in :-)

Good luck! Dawn (Mom to 7ds)

Bikes and potty question

Hi guys,

Two questions! First, how do you teach a child to peddle a bike?

has a very small 2 wheeler with training wheels and he won't peddle. It is

really hard for me to push his feet on the peddles AND steer the bike. And

when I just push him, he won't peddle. Any ideas?

Second question. still sits to tinkle. We have kept this up because

he is so short and his penis is so tiny, standing didn't seem an option.

Now I try to get him to stand and he is sooo not interested. Do any of your

guys still sit to go??

Thanks in advance for any help out there.

R.

Mom to (6, ds) and Grace (3)