"Sidheag McCormack" wrote in message
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DH and I could cope with simply staying inside for a few weeks,
but I don't think DS could!


Just a thought -- I know of one family that got their kids out of diapers
coincident with winter storms knocking out the power. Their normal lives,
with both parents employed outside of the home, was quite busy, and no one
had the time to really work with the kids on toileting. When the weather
went bad and the power went out, both parents were at home with no
electronic entertainment, and they had four days of nothing better to do
than to work with their two-and-a-half-year old on toileting. Two years
later, another winter storm, and his younger brother got switched into
underpants, too.

If your kid was born in October (as it looks like in your .sig), maybe you
could hope for a late winter storm (a pandemic is more than I would want)
where you live?

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