Really? Wow, 3 day Potty-training, Obtuse Much?

[AuntTami]

Well if it was a premier event in Hollywood, I "might" consider it but it depends in what movie it is.

They had better be paying for my flight and accommodations too!

What provider WANTS a child in a diaper or pull up until they're ready for school? Every provider I've met seems to agree that children are EASIER to care for when they're potty trained, soooo..why would we want them in diapers? I don't really enjoy making more work for myself, but maybe some do?

[midaycare]

OH WOW that's a load of full pods right there!

Tee hee ::

[Turquoise14]

My son really did potty train at quick. But I did it when I was coming off of being a teacher. In June. When nobody else was responsible for him. I would never have sent him to someone's home because he had one day accident free. I don't believe in pull-ups either, but while the no pants methods works well, it should be on the parent to take the time to do it.

[permanentvacation]

Now, I did notice this:

At the end of day 3, if the whole toilet thing has not "clicked" with your child, you may need to take the next day off from work. The "clicking" or "getting it" needs to occur before the child returns to daycare.

So yes, if the child isn't getting it, the parent should take another day off work, and then another, and another because as it says, The 'clicking' or 'getting it' needs to occur before the child returns to daycare.

That last line says to me that the parent is to stay at home until the child 'gets it' that they are to NOT mess themselves! Therefore, the parent would stay home until the child is truly potty trained.

Therefore, since the method requires no use of pull-ups at daycare, yep, I agree with the 3 day method.

[Crazy8]

ROTFL at the movie tickets comment…. because yes, some movie tickets totally makes up for me having to clean up urine all over the floor while I have 5 kids walking and crawling around it. Sure.

I do believe in the method in general but the one size fits all (3 days) just doesn't work and I am sure the parents will glance right over the "if it doesn't click" part and follow everything else.

I used a book called "potty training in a day" when my first child was little (before daycare) and really just followed the basics and she was trained in 3-4 days but I knew she was ready. I love when parents wait till a child is truly ready, makes the process soooo much easier!!

[KIDZRMYBIZ]

Now, I did notice this:

At the end of day 3, if the whole toilet thing has not "clicked" with your child, you may need to take the next day off from work. The "clicking" or "getting it" needs to occur before the child returns to daycare.

So yes, if the child isn't getting it, the parent should take another day off work, and then another, and another because as it says, The 'clicking' or 'getting it' needs to occur before the child returns to daycare.

That last line says to me that the parent is to stay at home until the child 'gets it' that they are to NOT mess themselves! Therefore, the parent would stay home until the child is truly potty trained.

Therefore, since the method requires no use of pull-ups at daycare, yep, I agree with the 3 day method.

Good point! Let's hope they take this part to heart. DCM is taking Friday off, MLK is a paid holiday for them, so 4 days total. I was thinking they should each use a week's vacation, and keep him out 2 whole weeks, and THEN I am sure (if they are consistent at home) that he will be truly potty-trained when he comes back. Never gonna happen. That would be a sacrifice, for the good of their little off-spring, and they would view it as "wasting" a bunch of PTO. DCM already has to "waste" one day.

I am braced for a fail, as DCB is a fairly immature 23mo, and just this week started putting 2 words together (and only in the form of a broken-record-what's-that that sounds like "wasat"). He will need TOTAL assistance in the bathroom, as he cannot take pants up/down, nor get up/down from toilet, or even begin to wash hands. I don't think 4 days will be enough time for him to "get it." I am hoping to be proven wrong!

[Unregistered]

A lot of people swear by this thing. I got very lucky and didn't do any method at all.
Child 1 didn't like dirty or wet feeling. Therefore, she sort of trained herself! LOL I showed her that pee and poop goes in potty, let her come in when I was going and sat her on her own chair during that time, and she either peed or she didn't. Other than that, I did nothing else! Then she didn't like stinky brother, so SHE encouraged him to go! (She was 4 by this time and she was bossy! Still is!) Thank goodness another kid (plus I am sure having the daycare with PT kids had a lot to do with it. She was PT and so were they. That meant he was not going to be the ONLY kid not PT, and he got cool underwear too.

The last two were a little bit more challenging since they were twins and early, the girl was ok except at night. The DCK's and my own kids, once again were their cheer team. So she pretty much 'got' it but because she was born with a smaller than average bladder and was a very heavy night sleeper, this took til she was about 3 to be night trained. The boy was much harder, he was great at night from age 18 months, but could not physically eliminate (#2) so he'd get very hard stools, and this made him scared to use the bathroom. He was 3 when he was done too, but still, it was a lot of work for him. He'd go pee just fine, no problem! He was pee trained early for boys. It was that #2 that we struggled with! Ugh the joys

I PT a lot of kids in daycare before I went to PT kids ONLY because it DID ruin my carpets and was kind of gross. I can't believe a parent would EXPECT a DCP to PT their kid. That's not a DCP job! It's mom and dads. I didn't mind HELPING, but I hated the PT I did have to do. Thankfully, I only did that the first year of care before I realized "I DON'T THINK SO"