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To buy my dd 2.11 years Postman Pat boys pants

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pigletmania · 08/02/2010 15:53

I am probably going to get flamed and branded a cruel mother but my dd is 2.11 years is into Postman Pat in a big way. She shows no interest in potty training and using the toilet, in the Summer Autumn there were two failed attempts so went back to pull ups, Last week I had enough, out of the toddlers I know, she and another boy are the only ones in nappies. I put her in ITNG,Fifi,Peppa Pig girls kickers last week to try and encourage her, no she just weed and pooed in her pants.

For the past 15 months i have sat her on the potty/toilet regularly, read books to her about little girls and their potties, taken her in with me and explained to her what i am doing, but to no avail. As a last ditch attempt I told her that I would get her postman pat pants if she did all her wees and poos in the potty/toilet. She was so excited and kept mentioning getting postman pat pants. This morning they arrived and she was so excited and happy. I hope that this will encourage her to make the transition from nappy to potty. They are boys pants but I will do anything for her to be interested AIBU!

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CMOTdibbler · 08/02/2010 15:54

YANBU - she likes Postman Pat, so what is wrong with them ? And, indeed, what makes them boys pants ?

TheButterflyEffect · 08/02/2010 15:55

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bronze · 08/02/2010 15:55

not sure why you expect to get flamed

WorzselMummage · 08/02/2010 15:59

Yanbu !

Postman pat is dfs fav too and she's 5 !

littleducks · 08/02/2010 15:59

YANBU, in fact when i had potty trained dd i put her in boys pants (mr bump, ITNG and bright orange ones) as i found girls pants to be a bit skimpy and if she wore a skirt they would expose more than they covered it is only when she went up a size i bought her girlie ones with dora on when i found the 'short shaped' ones.....so i did it for my own convenience not even bcos dd wanted to

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pigletmania · 08/02/2010 16:02

Well they are for toddlers and young children. I went to my mums and toddlers group where a mum was showing me the pants that she got for her little boy, they were Postman Pat, I nearly hit the celing, I have been trying to find some for ages, she said that they were from Tesco, so I ran there afterwards and got some. My daughter was so happy and kept holding them and would not let them go. I find that the little girls kickers do not cover as well as the boys they looked more comfy tbh. When she was in the girls knickers they kept going in her bum, despite them being 3-4 years (she is not yet 3), she is not particularly big, tall like dh but a skinny little thing who hardly eats.

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pigletmania · 08/02/2010 16:03

Oh good thought that I might be a little strange or loopy . She has only just got them today and is out with her godmother so havent had the chance to try them out yet lol

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WhoIsAsking · 08/02/2010 16:04

I'm not having a good day on MN today. I don't understand anything

CrannyFaddock · 08/02/2010 16:09

no issue with the Postman Pat pants - I do hope they work - but why are you so worried that she's not potty trained? Just because all her friends are??

My boys weren't potty trained until they were well over 3 and it really didn't matter - in fact it was much easier because they were completely ready by the time I got round to it (I'm lazy); for both of them it took about 2 days of accidents and that was it.

It sounds like you've gone through 15 months of trying to potty train a child who's not ready

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pigletmania · 08/02/2010 16:17

I know Cranny, she is due to start Nursery School in March when she is 3 and I am just worried that she will be in nappies by the time she starts school or older. Dd just isent interested at all, has no concept of wet/dry and i dont think understands the signals which tell us when we need to go.

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welshandproud · 08/02/2010 16:18

I might try Postman Pat, Peppa Pig not worked here on DD 2.10!

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pigletmania · 08/02/2010 16:21

school i meant at 4 as it looks like she will never be ready at the moment. Its difficult to read dd as she is really quiet, very intelligent but quiet so its hard to know whats going on. As she does not talk much (must take after dd who is shy) sometimes its hard to know what she understands but she will take you by surprise, like knowing her alaphabet and her nursery rhymes.

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pigletmania · 08/02/2010 16:22

meant dh lol go for it Welsh whatever works.

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CrannyFaddock · 08/02/2010 16:22

nah - don't worry about it - she'll figure it out in her own time. Both my boys were in nappies when they started nursery (the nursery were fine about it although I know that some nurseries aren't - which I think is wrong) and they were both completely potty trained well before they started school. (Actually the 2nd one starts school this September but has been potty trained for well over a year now).

I think if she has no concept of wet/dry you should leave it for a while, Postman Pat pants or not!

Veritythebrave · 08/02/2010 16:24

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TheMysticMasseuse · 08/02/2010 16:24

YABU for even wondering whether YABU!

FabIsGoingToBeFabIn2010 · 08/02/2010 16:24

YANBU about the pants. DD had noddy underpants for a while as I couldn't find noddy knickers.

I think if you have been trying for 15 months to train her though you probably started too soon imo.

OtterInaSkoda · 08/02/2010 16:25

First boys in tights now girls in Postman Pat briefs.

This bit is for Matthew Wright, or whatever his name is:

You will be creating a whole raft of gender ishoos and scar her for life.

BelleDameSansMerci · 08/02/2010 16:27

YANBU at all... I'll be getting some Postman Pat ones for my DD having read this. I ended up getting My Little Pony ones sent from Australia via ebay in order to get her into "nick nicks" that she liked. It was going well and then she had upset tummy so we're back to square one.

I would say relax about it a bit though - she'll get there.

PixieOnaLeaf · 08/02/2010 16:28

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overmydeadbody · 08/02/2010 16:32

why would you be flamed?

They are not boy'd pants, they are just pants. TO hell with gender sterrotyped marketting.

It is kind of a sad state of affairs we have got ourselves into that someone would think they are strange or loopy for buying postman pat pants for a girl.

Veritythebrave · 08/02/2010 16:35

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overmydeadbody · 08/02/2010 16:36

my DS owns tights and leggings and wears them in cold weather and when we are mountain hiking in Wales. So what if they came from the gils department of H&M?

ByTheSea · 08/02/2010 16:36

When my DD2 was 27 months old, she told me she only wanted to wear 'boy clothes.' A few months later, she was ready for potty training but refused to wear knickers as they were too 'girly.' So I let it go a while longer. Then she saw Bob the Builder pants in Tesco, and told me she wanted them. I bought them and she was trained in a day or two. She carried on wearing pants instead of knickers right into reception. She is now 7 and although still wears almost exclusively boy or gender-neutral clothes, she wears knickers underneath.

TabithaTwitchet · 08/02/2010 16:45

Wow, think I will get some Postman Pat ones for DD, she would love them, and I had no idea they existed! Have been on the look out for some Thomas ones for her, but Pat is even better

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