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[alt_nymphadora]

Sorry to the blokes: I'd make this a private message, only I want to address it to more than two.

Alice, Molly, Madam P?

I've just been reading up on toilet training, and...

Surely we're not really meant to use compulsions on Bea to get her to see what she's meant to do? I thought it was just nonsense when I read those pamphlets, but I picked up two books on my way from work this morning, and that's all they recommend, either.

What on earth?

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[alt_alice]

Gracious, no.

If she's old enough to understand what she needs to do to avoid a wet nappy, and old enough to be able to tell someone when she's ready to visit the loo, then she'll be fine. She may go at it at her own pace rather than yours, which means there may be two steps forward and one back, and some positive reinforcement in the form of an extra hug and a kiss when everything goes according to plan wouldn't hurt matters at all.

Honestly. Compulsions? On toddlers? I can't imagine.

[alt_poppy]

I'm afraid my own experience of that is very far in the past, and, generally speaking, Hogwarts students do not require this sort of training.

Mind you, there are potions that can help if she really has difficulty discerning when she needs to urinate or if she develops a problem with bedwetting. (I keep a supply of Eupatoria Pliny's Dry Dreams on hand here because I do have frequent need of it, especially at start of term with the first-years.)

The one other tip I could offer is to use a quick colouration charm to turn the water a vivid blue, so Bea may enjoy turning the colour green when she adds her own yellow-coloured fluid to the blue. My Rue found that a most engaging game when it was time for her toilet training to begin.

[alt_sirius]

I keep telling you she'll be fine, when she's ready for it. I think it's too early to worry too much yet.