Why do some parents allow their child (ages 3 and up) to do the following?

Question

Suck pacifiers and bottles and wear diapers. Is it me or is that the weirdest thing. I would like to think that age 2 the parent would start weaning their child off these things and getting them out of their comfort zone, but maybe I'm wrong.

If the child has a mental problem then yes, I could see that.

Answer 1

bad bad bad habit parents please stop doing this! if the child can talk back to you then please stop!

Answer 2

You have to remember that all kids develop at their own pace and sometimes that's not as quickly as we would like. Some kids just aren't ready for the potty at two. We decided to not push our two daughters into potty training and it worked out great for us. Because we didn't rush them they had no accidents and the transition from diapers to underwear went very smoothly. I do think the pacifier is a little different though. That's definitely something that can be worked on earlier. It does take work though. But again if you pay attention your kids will let you know when they're ready to give it up. I do agree though that maybe parents should start working on weaning away from the pacifier before 3.

Answer 3

I think bottles should be weaned to cups at age 1, pacifiers gone at age 2 (my oldest was seriously hard to break of this, but I wasn't going to let his teeth and speech be affected by a pacifier), but diapers are harder to judge. The two things you can not force a child to do is eat or go to the bathroom. My doctor told me flat out that some kids are just not ready until they are into their 3's (which was very true for my youngest). We tried everything to potty train - stickers, rewards, new underwear, etc...nothing worked. Then one day he decided he wanted to go to school and the preschool told him he had to use the potty before he could come, and within a week he was potty trained. Go figure.

Answer 4

I completely agree!! I hate seeing a child 3 or4 or older with a pacifier in there mouth. We took both out children off the bottle at 12 months. Diapers around 18 months to 2 years. and they never liked pacifiers.

Answer 5

Mostly because its their child and every baby is individual. Weaning off bottles/pacifiers can be traumatic for a little one. Diapers...it can be tough to potty train. Whatever the situation you know the kid wont be in university with his or her diapers on still.

Answer 6

Some like my sister in law her child is almost 3 & he still wears diapper ALL day & he still drinkd in a bottle & he has to feed him or he will do a mess ..so for her is easier this way so she wil not have to clean the mess or if he pee she will not have to bother she is sending him to daycare this next week so they can teach him to potty train because she doesn't want to deal with this .. which is bad because the kid i almost 3 & doesn't know .....In the other side my son is goin to be 3 on December & since he was 2 & 3 months I started potty training & bottle & pcifier since he was 1 & started taking it away & now he eat by himself , drink in normal cup without doing a mess , goes to the restroom by him self & he feels good to be a "big boy" , which mekes me feel better that all th effort & the entusiasm I out on him did work..

So i guess that's why some mother's allow this kind of things on "big kids"

Answer 7

I think that some parents are very lazy when it comes to these things. They are more concerned with what they can do for themselves in their own time rather than being concerned with raising a quality individual. Some people are also seriously undereducated on child care, but I think it is more the former than the latter. I have seen this happen in parents that have split up and there is an inconsistent effort on the part of one household. It can be very confusing for the child, and very frustrating for those adults who are working to progress on the situation.

Answer 8

I agree. Pacifiers are for pacifying infants that have the natural desire and need to suck on something. That instinct leaves after 5 months. Beyond that its for comfort and sanity, nothing about whats good for baby. Even for the reduction of SIDs, theyre only effective for the first few months. Theres nothing worse than trying to understand a toddlers babble with something in their mouth.

Same with bottles.

As for diapers, theres not a reason on earth for a healthy toddler to be untrained. I trained my brothers and helped many other people train their kids. I trained two boys by 18 months.

Answer 9

It's b/c it's totally the parents choice. I myself don't think I'll wait that long, b/c I feel like you're making your child a "baby" for too long, especially w/ the passie, b/c that can mess up their teeth.
But parents don't want to fit their child into the "standard" that every child seems to be expected to fit in. They want to allow their child to develop "naturally" maybe.
Although, for diapers, 3 is not ridiculous. If you've never potty trained, it can be FRUSTRATING!! ahh! 5 is ridiculous, but 3, and still in progress, isn't crazy.

Answer 10

Well my son is almost three and he refuses to use the potty but he does not drink the bottle any more, I don't like to see a four or five year old drinking a bottle or pacifier.

Answer 11

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