Comments on: Gwen Stefani Spills on Her Life As a Rock Star Mom

By: Samantha

Samantha — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:32:02 +0000

MiB, you’re right about bed wetting. I had a 16 year-old student who told me she still wets the bed. She was an abuse victim, so it’s not unusual for her to still have this issue. But every child develops differently. Always important to remember that we don’t know the intimate details of personal situations.

By: MiB

MiB — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:10:58 +0000

I realize that I came off harsh in my previous post, but it upsets me to hear people talking about lazy parenting when it comes to bed wetting. Bed wetting is partly inherited and a genetical trait and partly due to heavy sleeping and is really quite normal. It has nothing to do with lazy parenting or unwilling children. The only thing parents can do is to put the children in diapers, limit their liquid intake in the evenings and wake them up to go potty before the parents go to bed. Kingston is barely three, an age at wich the reasonable thing to do is to put them in a diaper until they have been dry for three days, and then trying it without the diaper on to see what happens. Making a fuss about it usually makes bed wetting worse, and it isn’t anything to worry about seriously until they reach school age unless there are other problems.

By: MiB

MiB — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:59:47 +0000

Every child is different in the potty training department, but seriously, do you people read? Gwen said “getting his diaper on” which to me clearly indicates that he only has one at night (besides photos from the past 6 months or so show him without diapers). A lot of children are bed wetters and for many different reasons, mostly either because their nervous system is immature or because they are heavy sleepers. Bed wetting has nothing to do with lazy parenting or uninterested children, often it’s genetics (most children who wet their beds had parents who wet their beds too). I have known children who were fully potty trained by day (no accidents) from the age of 14-15 months but still wet their beds at age six. There are even adult bed wetters around! It is perfectly normal for a barely 3 year old to be fine out of diapers during the day, but still need them at night.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:50:10 +0000

I have two boys ages 3 1/2 and 2 1/2. My oldest was potty trained fully by 2 1/2. He was taking off his diapers all the time. Also at night time he wasn’t peeing in his diaper so that was when we potty trained him. It usually takes about two weeks working with the child to train. Also try going out in public with the child wearing underware and they might like that. We found that not using nighttime underwear worked for us too.

By: mom2gavin

mom2gavin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:48:32 +0000

Couldn’t have said it better myself, Chandra! My son is 3 1/2 and he’s still in diapers too!!! He just has had no interest in it but I think he will be soon because he wanted to sit on the potty last night. It’s not a contest or who is the better mom…what absurd comments!

By: Chandra

Chandra — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:04:23 +0000

I find it so appalling, the mother’s on this board that apparently only read the articles on this site to nit pick at other mothers. That is what is wrong with the world of motherhood, it’s chock-full of snarky know-it-all b*tches.

Who cares if he is still in a diaper?! You don’t take care of him OR pay the Stefani-Rossdale’s bills. So there for, YOU HAVE NO SAY! I mean some of you are truly sick, looking at “daytime” pics to determine if he is potty training? Really? That’s gross and voyeuristic to say the least. My son had to wear pull ups a night until he was five, due to a seizure disorder. (So there! Now pick me apart too!) How do you know there is not a medical reason for his need for diapers?! You don’t. ALSO, writing to tell people how quick you were to potty train your totbot, is nothing short of self-righteous ignorance.

Again WHO CARES?! *shakes head* If just ONE of you haters took that evil energy and puts it towards something positive. What a different world it would be…

P.S. By the way, MY two year old still takes a paci too! Let the venom fly!

By: Stephany

Stephany — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:46:49 +0000

I work at a preschool and we start actively potty-training at 2-years-old. Almost every parent is ready before then actually. We do have a few children who turn 3 and aren’t potty-trained but for the most part, the kids are fully potty-trained. Of course, I don’t know if they still wear Pull-Ups at night (but since the parents usually give us their leftover diapers/Pull-Ups, I’m guessing not) and I don’t have any children of my own (my brother and I were both potty-trained at 16 months, though). The kids who aren’t fully potty-trained at 3 are usually the result of parents who are too busy or too lazy to focus on potty-training their child (unless they have developmental delays. We have one such child with developmental delays who is almost 3 and nowhere near ready to potty-train).

I’m not saying what Gwen is doing is wrong. Not at all. Her child, her decision. This is just my experience with potty-training. I’m figuring the Pull-Up is just for nighttime which I think is fine. The crib situation does strike me as a little odd because of safety issues. I didn’t think cribs were safe for a 3-year-old. But I’m not an expert on this issue either.

Anyway, the rest of the interview was fun! Gwen seems like a great mom!

By: mememememe

mememememe — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:19:00 +0000

What so unusual about putting your kids to bed and then going out to a party? My parents did it all the time…I don’t go to many parties but I go out after putting the kids to sleep. Just because there are famous people at a party doesn’t make her lifestyle different. I’d say going on tour would be more different than an average suburban upbringing…

By: Jessicad

Jessicad — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:05:39 +0000

Thank you!!! Couldn’t remember if there was one already up or not!

By: Mariel

Mariel — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:26:07 +0000

“…Then I went to a Hollywood party! It is extremely different from how my parents raised me.”

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!