Tips about when to toilet train your child<\/p>\n
Donya Betancourt, Pediatrician, Sanur, Bali, drdonya@hotmail.com<\/p>\n
Dear Dr. Donya,<\/p>\n
Thanks for the height info. I missed this one as our little
\ngirl is now two years and six months old. May I ask you a couple
\nmore quick ones?<\/p>\n
1. At what age should a child be fully toilet trained?<\/p>\n
2. My wife likes to rub a certain smelly oil on the baby after
\neach bath, even if she does not have a cold or whatever. On the
\ntiny bottle is says cajuput oil. Is this harmful, or could it
\nresult in emphysema much later? Thanks so very much.<\/p>\n
-- Carl<\/p>\n
Dear Carl,<\/p>\n
For toilet training, the exact age of readiness is when the
\nlower parts of the body mature, which is by the time they are
\nable to walk without support or somewhere around 18-24 months.<\/p>\n
However, most children are not ready at the same time. The
\nways that children indicate their need for a bowel movement will
\nvary, such as stopping an activity for a few seconds, their face
\nturning red, or the clutching of their diaper.<\/p>\n
Generally speaking, at 24 months old, children can follow
\nsimple instructions, understand words about the toilet and
\nexpress words as needed and have an idea that certain things
\nbelong in certain places.<\/p>\n
Rubbing your baby with oil is not harmful because it sounds
\nlike natural oil more than chemical. But if you are concerned,
\nyou may tell your wife to stop using it. I do not have experience
\nwith emphysema from using oil.<\/p>\n
-- Dr. Donya<\/p>\n
Dear Dr. Donya,<\/p>\n
I'm a healthy 29-year-old man and a beginner lacto ovo
\nvegetarian (since nine months ago). I really love vegetables, I
\neat any kind of vegetables every day. One of my favorites is
\nbroccoli, which I can say is available almost every day on my
\ntable. Steamed and served with hot butter, stir-fried with garlic
\nto make \"the simplest Chinese food on earth\", and I even eat
\nplain boiled broccoli for snacking in the office. But my friend
\nsaid that too much broccoli can trigger goiter. Is that true?<\/p>\n
-- Fred<\/p>\n
Dear Fred,<\/p>\n
You are a vegetarian who consumes milk and eggs. All vegetable
\ndiets supply all the necessary nutrients when vegetables are
\nselected from different classes. Vegetables are high in fiber
\ncontent, vitamins and minerals. I have never heard about broccoli
\ncausing goiter. Goiter is a condition of thyroid enlargement,
\nwhich results from iodine insufficiency, or lack of thyroid
\nhormone.<\/p>\n
Thanks for your question.<\/p>\n
-- Dr. Donya<\/p>\n
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