Potty Training...........

[Angelsj]

One of the signs of being ready is to be able to hold urine for 2-3 hours at a shot. If she needs YOU to put her on the toilet every hour, she is not trained. Ask her what times the child normally is successful going pee. If she can't name 3-4 times she went in the potty, she likely didn't even do that herself, so why is she wanting you to do it?

If your policy is they be fully trained before underwear, this kiddo does not qualify.

[LaLa1923]

This is me-children here 9-10 hours a day! They are only up 30 min before coming here and maybe 3 hours in the evening. They may only go once before going to bed. I figure they will go for me much faster then if they are only being able to work on it in the evenings. I ususally have them trained in about a week-2 weeks because we are so consistent here.

Exactly this!
I didn't mean to upset anyone by my response at all.

Potty training is simply not fun but its necessary. ( could be fun for kids)

It will make our lives easier and can be done in 1-2 weeks.
During that short period of time we need to make that child a priority. It really doesn't last long....

I do often have to take my son potty. He gets too busy playing. I often have to remind my 6 year old to go potty.......

[LK5kids]

I do take potty training kids in every hour or so-possibly more. I won't sit and read to them tho.

I've just gotten back into child care after being away for 14 yrs. For the 10 yrs I ran my center I never knew a child who wasn't trained during the 2's. NOT because I required it....that's just what parents did. I never knew a child who was still in diapers at age 3-ever once. Things have changed lots and it hasn't been that long!

I did operate a preschool program all the years I was potty training 2yr. olds and it went quite quickly and easily. IMHO it didn't seem to tough to do.

Kids are trained super early in other countries....they don't have the resources (disposable diapers/pull-ups) we do here.

[wdmmom]

I also have this in my potty training policies.

Must come in Pull ups and loose fit, comfortable, elastic bottoms. Sweats, leggings, etc.

And

The daycare will make the determination when pull ups may begin being phased out.

The last thing you need is a parent saying "This is the third weekend in a row that Suzie had no accidents at home so she's in underwear today."

[daycaremom76]

This has weighed on my big time last night. I didn't get to bed until after 3am and it's 7am here now and I am totally feeling it! So after researching what the experts say (us) I have come up with this policy.........let me know what you think!
POTTY TRAINING POLICY


When you feel your child is ready for toilet teaching, I ask that you begin this teaching at home during a weekend or vacation. I will follow through and encourage your child while in my care. Toilet training will be done in a relaxed manner. I require that the child must be at least 18 months old and must be showing signs of readiness. The child must be kept in pull-ups at all times. Please keep in mind that the activity level here can distract your child from responding to an urge to use the potty, more so than at your home. Therefore, I will continue to use pull-ups until your child can and will announce that he/she must use the bathroom (not just at home, but here, as well) and can control his/her bladder and bowels for a few minutes beyond that announcement.

Do not bring your child in panties or underwear until they have naptime and bedtime control established. During potty training the child needs to be dressed in “User friendly” clothing as much as possible. The best items are shorts and pants with elastic waists. Try to avoid really tight clothing, shirts that snap in the crouch, pants with snaps & zippers and overalls as often as you can. Your child will need to pull pants up and down, plus clothing with too many buttons or snaps makes it harder to get the child on the potty in time.

I will only begin helping to potty train a child if you have been successful at home for a week prior. Please don’t ask me to begin potty training your child if you haven’t successfully began training at home. I will gladly follow your means of potty training. For example, if your child is rewarded a sticker for each potty in the chair, just provide the stickers I will follow your lead (no candy) I will not discipline your child if he/she has an accident.

During potty training you are asked to supply me with at least 3 extra full changes of clothing, including socks and training & plastic pants or pull ups. These are to be left here and replaced as needed. Soiled clothes will be returned in a plastic bag at the end of the day.

Toilet Learning Readiness

Verbal Stages of Readiness:
· The child tells you he/she has a wet diaper.
· The child tells you he/she is wetting their diaper.
· The child tells you he/she will wet diaper, can control her/himself and use a toilet.

Physical and Psychological Signs of Readiness:
· Stays dry for a long time.
· Can recognize when diaper is wet or soiled.
· Has bowel movements at a regular times.
· Adults can recognize when a child is moving his bowels.
· Can undress and pull up their own pants. (Important because this is the work of the child not caregiver.)
· Initiates interest in using the toilet and ask to wear underwear.
· Wants to be independent
· Is able to physically get to the toilet and sit on it without help.
· Must show a willingness to want to sit on the toilet and understand its function.

My Policy Requires the Following:

· Child will wear loose fitting clothing, which is easy to pull up/down by child.
· No overalls, bib-type pants, onesies, or T-shirts with snaps between the legs
· No pants with belts or one-piece outfits
· A minimum of 3 changes of clothing, including sock, 3-4 pairs of training pants to leave here(an extra pair of shoes would also be helpful.)
· Positive reinforcement must be continued at home.



For the first week, the child will be scheduled to use the toilet at consistent times of the day whether the child indicates the need to use the toilet or not:

9:00 AM
11:30 AM
2:30 PM
5:00 PM




Potty training Policy Agreement

I have fully read the Potty Training Policy and agree to comply with the policies set forth.

UPDATE: Ok this is the Potty Notice/Agreement I have DCM the other day............she signed it and said that it was worded great and let her know what my expectations were while helping with potty training her daughter.............today after sending her daughter in a diaper all week and leaving me only with diapers all week had the nerve to ask me how potty training was doing!!!!!!!! I was floored............obviously she missed the part repeated several times stating to bring her daughter in pull-ups and to supply me with pull-ups as well as me verbally telling her this several times!!!!

[momma2girls]

I have a potty training paragraph in my contract. Over the yrs. and yrs. of providing great care, I went to this about 4 yrs. ago. I have had so many requests over the yrs. that were CRAZY!!!!

[MamaG]

Setting a child on the potty every hour or more often is not potty training. My kids all learned at different ages, but it goes the same. They have to know they need to go before they went, they then must want to use the potty instead. Without being able to say yes to both statements you're wasting your time. My DS went from diapers at age 4 to completely potty trained literally over night. He had been able to know he needed to go before he went for many months but did not want to use the potty. Fighting him to do so would not have helped. My dd is 30 months she had been interested but now is not. I really don't think she knows she needs to pee but she knows with poo. So she's in diapers till she does know and chooses the potty.

[momma2girls]

My former parent told her son right in front of me at pick up one time. " " the little boy's name, don't you think you should be going potty all the time at " "'s house? Good think I had the correct wording in my contract. I will assist with it here, when they are understanding it, and can say it on their own, that they have to go. This must be started at home , and child making good progress and understand it, before I will start wit it here at daycare.