Potty Training

[Blackcat31]

well, i think she's wearing pull ups at all times - but even that becomes a problem at a certain point! ever changed a 3.5-4 year old turd? i have - ONCE - and never again!!

i know this happens, but for some reason, it's still shocking every time i hear it. i guess the parents don't realize how bad it is because your own child's poo is never as bad as someone else's. ::

SOOOO TRUE!! I had this one dcb who was 3.5 and I gave mom an option, either pay the infant rate or YOU come change him during the day. She trained him over the next two weeks instead.....

Another parent I had said "Fine, if he poos I will come change him." I think she figured that he only pooed at home so it would never come to that.....well after I called her 2 times in one week to come change him and then he threw a HUGE fit about not being able to leave with her afterwards, she said "Oh, I can't take this..." and he came back in underwear. He was also 3.5 yrs old. (He only came M,T, & W and had Thursday through Sunday off.)
When things become the parents problem it is amazing how fast they change their way of thinking!!

[Blackcat31]

she needs to be wearing panties, not a pull up. having a wet pull up on isn't going to bother her because it's just like a diaper and that's all she's ever known. her parents need to be having her wear panties through dinner and getting ready for bed AND when she sleeps. she won't like peeing on herself with panties.

i know it's hard when you work, kid goes to daycare, and then u have to get up in the night to deal with pee blankets - i've done it. i also didn't want a 3 year old in diapers. they're being lazy.

A great trick I learned while potty training my own DD was to make her bed with three sets of sheets and using a water proof pad in between each set. That way if she had an accident, she could peel back the wet sheets and have fresh ones right underneath.....who wants to remake a bed at 3 a.m.!

[Francine]

My daughter was almost three and had no interest at all, she just didn't care. The day she came to me and said " I peed in my pull up" the Pull Ups went in the trash and she was told that the diapers and pull up were gone and I wasn't buying anymore, if she wanted to live in wet pants than so be it. I never put another diaper or pull up on her, not even at night, she had two accidents ever and both were getting up from bed.

I have had daycare kids potty trained here before at home, I did buy the panties and put them on at my house. This is after I new that they were just playing games and new full well what they were doing. They would spend the first part of the day in the kitchen where if they peed their pants it didn't get on my furniture or carpet, once they started telling me they had to go and I could trust them I let them play with the rest of the kids. Took about 2 hours of playing by themselves and the parents were just amazed....Wow look what you can do when you actually try!

[momma2girls]

My role as a provider is not to be the potty trainer, that is the parents responsibility. Once they introduce and the child understands and can tell me they have to potty, then that is where my role begins. A child not wanting to pee in the toilet is not my problem. I can't fix everyone and their issues. My potty training policies are the very same as Iowa Daycares. In my 11 1/2 years of being a provider, most of the kids were much closer to 3 or over 3 before they were potty trained. Age 2 is pushing it in my books. Another issue of potty training that is frustrating to me is the time frame. IMO, If a child is truly ready, it should be done and over with in a matter of days, not weeks, and not months. I have had so many kids that the parents have told me they were potty training, and it continued for months and months, like 4 to 6 or more months.....Crazy, either the child simply isn't ready, doesn't understand, or is extremely stubborn, but learning to pee in the toilet shouldn't take several months but only a few days, if they are truly ready and understand.

Totally agreed, it is the parent's responsiblility, not mine. I am responsible for my children from start to finish!!

[QualiTcare]

i was watching supernanny last week which i really never watch but there was a 3 year old little boy on there who would scream at his mom, "diaper! diaper! diaper!" BEFORE he would pee. he wanted to be able to pee in his pull up and her be standing there ready to put on a clean one. UGH!!

my kids were trained at 2 because 2 year olds are not stupid and they're perfectly capable of using the potty at 2. it wasn't a struggle and i didn't have to push them. it wasn't fun washing pee sheets all the time when they had accidents in the bed, but it's much better than changing 3 year old turds.