4Y7M 2Y10M おむつとおっぱい Nappy and breasts

写真はアラタとけんかした直後のタカラ。昨日からJasonがUKに出張。2週間も一人で子供の面倒を見るなんて、半年前だったら涙がでそうだったけど、最近タカラもかなりいろいろわかるようになってきて、アラタカラと3人で過ごすのも悪くないかなあと、楽しみだったりもする。

さて、タカラのポティトレーニング。先週末初めてパンツで外出してみた。アクシデントが一回あったが、おしっこだし、ネバーマインド。週末にオムツを買いだめし忘れたので、急遽、月曜日からパンツで幼稚園に行ってみることにした。意外にも、幼稚園ではすすんでトイレに行くみたいで、上手にやっている。

アラタの時は、少し早めに私が積極的にトレーニングしようとしたため、ナーサリーでしょっちゅうアクシデントがあって、（当時の日記はここをクリック）ウンチがついたままのパンツをそのまま返されたこともあった。アラタにとっても相当のストレスだったろうし、可哀想な事をしたと思っている。家でもじゅうたんの上にされちゃったりで、大変だったという印象しかない。

それに比べると今回は本当に楽。一番嫌なウンチの失敗はゼロだし、パンツに切り替えたと同時にオムツが外れたも同然。お母さんが子供のオムツはずれの時期をわかって、実行に移せばこんなにポティトレーニングって負担が少なくスムーズだったんだと学習。

ところが、実はタカラ、まだおっぱいが止められない。2歳過ぎて一度卒乳したのに、今年に入って何かの拍子でふとくわえさせてしまった。もうおっぱいは出ていないから、本当に癖になってしゃぶっているだけだが、暇つぶしに寄ってくる。もう口も達者だから、「大きいおっぱいが飲みた～い」と、左胸を指名したり・・・。3歳の誕生日には止めてもらうつもりだが・・・。

In this photo, Takara had just fought with Arata. Jason is away to the U.K. on business. If it had been half a year ago, I would have really felt depressed. But now Takara listens to me better and I am kind of looking forward to the next 2 weeks.

Last weekend, Takara went out with his pants for the first time. He had an accident but it was just pee and over all it was fine. Since we were running out of nappies on Monday, I tried sending Takara to kindergarten without nappy. To my surprise, he was absolutely fine. He went to the toilet without even being asked.

When Arata was on potty training, I started too early in order to really 'train' him. He had so many accidents. His pants with some poo still attached were often returned in a plastic bag from his nursery. Even at home, he sometimes pooed on the carpet! When I look back, I feel sorry for him because I gave Arata hard time unnecessarily. And my impression on potty training has been just tiring and stressful.

But this time, it's so easy. Because Takara is more or less out of nappy now. I can say that his potty training finished on the day he switched nappies to pants. I've learnt from my two experiences that potty training is so stress free if mother knows the right timing.

Yet, Takara still has another major baby problem. He isn't off my breasts! I stopped feeding after he turned 2, which was already longer than I planned, but in the beginning of this year, I just let him do and that's it. Now, he comes to my breasts whenever he gets bored, to kill time, as there is no milk any more. Nearly. 3 year old 'baby' can even request my left breast saying, "I want to have mummy's bigger breast."