DCB Came In Underwear, And Other DCB Called Me Momma Today In Front Of His Mom

[Country Kids]

This is not meant to scare anyone! I have a friend though that teaches kindergarten and she was telling me she has several which still are in pull-ups and show no desire to potty train. There is no rule that they have to be potty trained to attend school. I think this is totally sad but getting to be the norm.

Its getting to be a totally let the child run the show type world I believe. I think before to long we will see kids coming to school with the pacifiers/bottles/lovies also. I fear that within 20 years the last of the "old school" type parents will be officially gone if not before then.

[sassysue]

It may have became a power struggle between the two of you and that is one power struggle you will never win
I would just throw out all her diapers and let her know she will be wearing underwear and using the potty from now on. Put them on her in the morning(plastic pants too) We go potty in the morning,before we go outside at 10:00 a.m.,after lunch around noon and again after nap. So basically every 2 hours.I just say it non chalantly-no bribing, no asking.I act like it basically is no big deal,I don't praise or get upset if they do have an accident.
They feel great pride when they get it so it doesn't take long.If you can potty train with a group it works even better(I guess peer pressure does work)::
Taking them to pick out their underwear helps a lot too.I guess no one wants to get pee on their new Thomas or Dora underwear:: I allow pull ups to go over their underwear,at nap time for the first couple of weeks.
I just tell the kids that it's just in case they have an accident but they are still to use the potty,that way they don't think it's permission to just go whenever they have a pull up on over their underwear
Whew!I don't think I've ever typed so much about potty,pee,underwear and pull ups.::::::

I understand what you are saying, but I think there are a few very stubborn children out there (my dd for instance). She just turned 3 and downright refuses to sit on the potty and wear underwear. The only way to get her to do either of these things is physically force her (which I really don't think is the appropriate way to go about potty training). Oh, and bribes don't work with her. The few times I did get her in underwear, she peed in them repeatedly for several days, didn't say anything to me about it, and didn't care. From what everyone has told me, it's that "I" should relax about it and not force her to do any potty training and don't even mention it to her. Supposedly, she will snap out of it and want to go potty on her own one day . I'm just curious to know what you would do in this situation.

[daycare]

I had a nightmare from you know what when a child came into my daycare in underwear that was not PT. and this child was 5.

So no way in the world would I say ok to letting any child come in undies only if they were not PT.

[MyAngels]

This is not meant to scare anyone! I have a friend though that teaches kindergarten and she was telling me she has several which still are in pull-ups and show no desire to potty train. There is no rule that they have to be potty trained to attend school. I think this is totally sad but getting to be the norm.

Its getting to be a totally let the child run the show type world I believe. I think before to long we will see kids coming to school with the pacifiers/bottles/lovies also. I fear that within 20 years the last of the "old school" type parents will be officially gone if not before then.

Well crud, there goes the standard line I use to all worried-about-potty-training moms - "Don't worry, he/she won't go to school in diapers, we'll get it eventually." ::

As far as the 4 year old showing up in underwear - I agree with the others, give it a try. I've had two kids in just the last few months do the same thing (just show up one day in undies) and both of them were accident free from the first day.

[SunshineMama]

Update

Update: So he peed in his underwear

He still wanted to keep it on, bless his heart. He was so proud of his underwear. I told him we will try again tomorrow (and I will ask mom to bring a protective shell to wear over it). I think he was just super excited and in the middle of play. He did have 3 successful trips to the potty earlier.

Unfortunately mom did not bring me any spare underwear or a change of clothes either.

[Sunshine44]

Glad to hear it is going decent. 3 out of 4 isn't bad, but I uderstand the need for something to catch the pee. Also, someone said Kindy's are in pull ups? Where do you live? Here you have to be potty trained before kindy.

[Country Kids]

Glad to hear it is going decent. 3 out of 4 isn't bad, but I uderstand the need for something to catch the pee. Also, someone said Kindy's are in pull ups? Where do you live? Here you have to be potty trained before kindy.

The reason they can go in pullup is they can't discriminate a child for not being potty trained. I think if a parent in your area really wanted to push it if their child wasn't they would be able to attend school.

[SilverSabre25]

Unfortunately mom did not bring me any spare underwear or a change of clothes either.

Now *that* is stupid...I can't believe a parent would do that!

3/4 on the first day is really REALLY good!

[daycare]

do the kids have cubbies at your house? Can you make some so that they have plenty of supplies on hand all of the time..

I require that the parents check their childs cubby boxes every Friday. they must have all of their supplies necessary for the week. On Sunday, I check everyone's box. If someone does not have enough supplies, i will shoot a reminder text home or email. If they come Monday morn and don't have them, they go back home and get them.

No clothes No stay
No diapers NO WAY

[saved4always]

This is not meant to scare anyone! I have a friend though that teaches kindergarten and she was telling me she has several which still are in pull-ups and show no desire to potty train. There is no rule that they have to be potty trained to attend school. I think this is totally sad but getting to be the norm.

Its getting to be a totally let the child run the show type world I believe. I think before to long we will see kids coming to school with the pacifiers/bottles/lovies also. I fear that within 20 years the last of the "old school" type parents will be officially gone if not before then.

Wow...that is really surprising. When my son who is now 17 yo had just turned 3, my daycare told me that I had to get him out of diapers or I would have to keep him home until he was able to be out of diapers because he was too big to be in the older toddler room but needed to be potty trained to go into the 3's room. I took away his pull ups that night, sent him to daycare in underwear and prayed! He only had 1 accident at daycare that first day and never had another again. I guess he was more ready than I had thought. We had been working on it some but we were using pull ups so my son was not very motivated to use the potty. Evil pull ups. ::

It is unfortunate, but it is sometimes easier for the kids to be in diapers. And, if no one is requiring it, some parents will never potty train, I guess! I just cannot believe they allow diapers in kindy!

[angelicpretty]

I've been called "Mommy" at work more times than I can count! I just gently correct them but it's kind of sad if you think about it.