Not Potty Trained 3.5 Year Old - WTD ?

[daycare]

UPDATE

The next day he flooded his pull-up at 7:45 am.

DCM came back into town the next morning. She said that DCD wasn't having him go the the bathroom after he woke up in the morning. The next two days all was good, he stayed dry for long periods of time and I would send him to the potty. And both days he left in the same pull-up he came in.

Today, He used the bathroom at 12:00 and again at 3:30, at 4:30 he peed so much that it came out of the pull-up soaked his clothes and ran down his legs onto the carpet. He doesn't tell anyone he is wetting, and pees on the toys too.

This would be the 4th time that he has gotten pee on the carpet this week.

So when she came in, we told her that he needed diapers. She was angry. She said that when he comes home from daycare sometimes his pull-up is on inside out and that is why he is soaking through. We explained that he goes into the bathroom by himself, so he might put his pull-up on inside out but that isn't why he is soaking through. She said she would bring diapers, but wasn't happy about it. She also said that he was almost potty trained when she started with us in August (DCB was 3 years 3 months and wearing pull-ups at that time). He has never once asked to use the toilet in 2.5 months. So she was upset, but we emphasized the hygienic issue and that we simply can't have a child getting pee all over the floor.

I have a kid that did the pull up inside out and it went all over the place too.

I try to explain to the parents that DC is so much different than home. there are so many distractions here and that sometimes it is very difficult for the kids to break away from what they are doing to use the toilet. It really does take self discipline.

I am sure you already told her that stuff, but good for you for putting your foot down.

[blandino]

Tomorrow is the first day DCB was supposed to bring diapers and is now sick, and will be staying home tomorrow.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

Goodness gracious.

Here it is so common for boys to be potty trained around 3 1/2. I definitely agree with whoever said it is parental laziness. It has nothing to do with the kids abilities at all. I also do not do any potty training here and if you have 2 accidents in one week you get plastic pants over your underwear (some kids get the plastic pants after 1 accident because they are very capable of going t to the restroom and choose not to). They hate that and I have less accidents. Hopefully that mom potty trains him soon and you can be done with the flooding.