How Old Is The Oldest You Have Had A Non Special Needs Child In Diapers?

[Guest]

Yeah sorry I haven't been around for a while been busy. But I read a comment on my question about diaper changes, one of the people that commented was surprised that a 3 year old was still in diapers. to me this is normal there are a couple like this at the daycare I volunteer at. So I am wondering how old is the oldest you have had a non special needs child in diapers?

[CedarCreek]

The oldest Ive had was 3. It's not that big of a deal to me, they'll get it usually before they are 4 and I see no harm in waiting.

[Unregistered]

2 years and 9 months is the oldest I've had i diapers. I do not accept children into care or change children's diapers after age 3.Unless like you said,they have been diagnosed as special needs. I used to wait and let parents decide when they wanted to start potty training but if I left it up to some parents the kids would still be in diapers until they were four!
I put them in underwear between 2 years,3 months and 2 1/2. I've potty trained a lot of children in my careeer,literally hundreds and they are all using the bathroom well before age 3.

[Shell]

Mine all train well before age 3. I initiate at signs of readiness, and usually they are going here well before at home. I do have a special needs preschooler starting in the fall, so it might be longer- he is 3.5 yrs.

[daycarediva]

I find the longer a parent waits, the harder it is. Right now I have a child almost 4, not even close to trained.

The rest are all 2-5, everyone but the just turned 2yo is trained (she has 1-2 wet diapers/week here, so close!!)

[Play Care]

Around 3 1/2. I will not take a new child over 3 who isn't potty trained, and all my kiddos must be potty trained by 3 1/2.
Like others, I look for signs of readiness. Once a child is about 2 1/2 I start changing them in the bathroom, standing up, I might have them sit on the potty while they wait for me to get their diaper ready...
I had a very odd experience a while back with older untrained kids that led to me this.

[mim]

My oldest was 4yrs and 2 months before he finally trained. He was the second child and mom enrolled on a temp basis when he was 2 because he had to be potty trained to go to the expensive preschool down the street. So mom was pushing him from his 2nd birthday and he was not even close to ready. She did the "potty watch" that went off every 20 min. and threatening him with not riding the 4 wheeler. etc. so it totally hindered his process. The rest have been about 3. Mine were 2yrs and 5m both boys, but none of the parents wanted to continue my work at home so until they go often at home, I don't even try here.

[Heidi]

I find the longer a parent waits, the harder it is. Right now I have a child almost 4, not even close to trained.

The rest are all 2-5, everyone but the just turned 2yo is trained (she has 1-2 wet diapers/week here, so close!!)

That's funny. All my own kids, I waited until they were almost 3 and verbal, and it took only a few days. With my first one, I tried several times before that, with absolutely no luck.

My sis is in the early camp, and her kids took forever to fully potty train. Sure, they used the potty, but if anything took them off schedule, like a vacation, they were peein' all over the place again. ::

[daycarediva]

That's funny. All my own kids, I waited until they were almost 3 and verbal, and it took only a few days. With my first one, I tried several times before that, with absolutely no luck.

My sis is in the early camp, and her kids took forever to fully potty train. Sure, they used the potty, but if anything took them off schedule, like a vacation, they were peein' all over the place again. ::

By longer they wait, I meant parents waiting well beyond 3. I get that it happens fast. First the kiddo is turning 3 and everyone is ok with the diapers and then BAM, kiddo is almost 4 and knows you want him to go but poops in his diaper to spite you.

Almost 3, awesome. Almost 4, not so great actually.

[Unregistered]

5 year old in diapers until he started 1st grade. He would pee in the toilet but poop in diapers only

[Butter Biskets]

My "typical" son (I have one with Autism) was four before he was out of diapers. My Autistic son was 8!

[GKJNIGMN]

I had one that was a month away from hitting her 4th bday and still in diapers. Her older sister was being sent to the school nurse multiple times a day for urinating on herself in school and she wasn't able to wipe herself but I guess since she didn't wear diapers she was technically potty trained according to her mother

[SignMeUp]

Expectations have changed so much in the past three decades :confused:
So maybe the saying "He/she won't go to college in diapers, so don't stress!" won't apply in a few more years ::

[daycare]

the oldest I ever had in diapers was 5.3 years old. The family claimed that the child had "genetic laziness"

I termed............

[CedarCreek]

Expectations have changed so much in the past three decades :confused:
So maybe the saying "He/she won't go to college in diapers, so don't stress!" won't apply in a few more years ::

This particular "expectation" is subject to change with each child. Every child is different. I would not force a child to potty train who isn't ready. What good does it do them? What good does it do the provider?

I've seen many threads about providers who get irritated over parents who want potty train too early. They don't want to deal with the mess, they feel that the child isn't ready and that it makes the child feel bad to have so many accidents.

So, I'm confused as to why this seems to be viewed in such a "black and white" way.