The Potty List: 36 Things Your Child 'Must Do' By The Age Of Three

The Potty List: 36 Things Your Child 'Must Do' By The Age Of Three

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You've heard of a Bucket List – now welcome to the Potty List. A survey of 1,000 mums has drawn up a list of 36 "must-dos" for toddlers.

Not surprisingly, making mud pies, baking and finger-painting all top the list, compiled by baby food firm Cow & Gate, with traditional fun activities such as feeding animals, splashing in puddles and making paper planes all featured as things mums want their kiddies to achieve by the time they're three.

And the real high-achievers will have pooed in the bath!

Child psychologist Dr Richard Woolfson said: "As your toddler turns one and becomes a Little One-der their extraordinary growth over the next couple of years will amaze you.

"Toddlerhood is about learning, about development and about progress , it's also about pushing the boundaries a little.

"A growing child needs to be loved and to be happy, but fun activities play an essential part during the toddler years too, as now is the time they will master many of the skills that will set them up for life.

"Making a mud pie or jumping in a puddle has never been so important!"

The 36 must-do activities that make up "The Potty List" are:

1.Made a mud pie

2.Baked a cake

3.Finger painted

4.Sung loudly in public

5.Climbed a big hill

6.Picked fruit

7.Danced with no inhibitions

8.Made sandcastles on the beach

9.Been chased by a monster

10.Jumped in a puddle so hard the water went in mummy's shoe too

11.Belly-flopped

12.Fed the ducks

13.Blown bubbles

14.Had a teddy bears' picnic

15.Chosen a favourite book

16.Ridden on the top of double-decker bus

17.Visited a museum

18.Been on a train ride

19.Fed an animal

20.Grown cress in the shape of your name

21.Worn pants on your head

22.Ridden the tea-cups at the fair

23.Flown a paper aeroplane

24.Pooed in the bath

25.Stayed the night away from home

26.Ridden on daddy's shoulders

27.Scribbled somewhere you shouldn't

28.Cleaned your own teeth

29.Answered the phone

30.Mastered a party piece

31.Had a "first love"

32.Bought something in a shop

33.Set your sights on a future career (pirate, fairy or builder, perhaps?)

34.Told a fib

35.Made up an inappropriate nickname for someone

36.Broken something valuable

How many do you think your child has done?

Does this list make you slightly sad that so many millions of children won't have these opportunities?

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