What Is Your Toilet Training Policy?
I'm adjusting to a new daycare job that has an interesting policy about using the toilet. Basically, don't even mention it until they start using the toilet at home.
This seems very foreign to me as I'm the kind of person who, half jokes with a crying newborn "Well, if you don't like me changing your diaper then you need to use the potty." If I'm with a two-year-old who is able to tell me "I'm pooping!" then, I think it's natural to explain that "poop goes on the potty" and offer the opportunity to try sitting on the toilet. No pressure. No forcing. Just simply reading stories and talking about the bathroom and giving the opportunity to get comfortable with the idea (plus they can practice things like pulling up and down their own pants, etc.) [My two year olds at another daycare LOVED dancing to "Potty Time" music.] Apparently, the policy is that the child needs to be potty trained at home for three weeks before they start working on it in school. I can understand not being allowed to go to school in underwear until they've been dry for three weeks, but not even mentioning the toilet seems a little odd to me. What's your policy about toilet training? Is it a "don't even mention the potty?" policy until they start at home- even if the kid is with you 50 hours a week? |
Originally Posted by Unregistered: |
My policy is that parents must start the process at home when they will be home for a considerable amount of time like vacation or Christmas break. Once they are staying dry at home for two weeks they can come here in undies. Otherwise they come with pullups and they use the toilet here. I do not remind kids to go for the most part but get them to go certain times during the day (before we go outside and before nap).
I recommend that parents wait until their child is 2.5 before trying and that when a kid is ready they learn in about 2-3 days in my experience. What you are describing does not actually help a child learn to use the potty. When a child is ready they will want to go to the toilet and can hold it until they get there. When a child is ready it takes 2-3 days maximum. Nothing wrong with bringing a kid to the toilet and sitting them on it but it is not a necessary part of the learning process in my opinion. |
I'm also a believer in letting the parents start the process at home but once they do, I will help them along with joining in here. I do talk about it beforehand, a little bit. I have a dcg who's turning 2 next month who gives me a funny look as she's pooping or she'll pat her diaper and I'll ask her if she's pooped. No harm in making it part of the conversation at all but I'm not going to drag out the potty and start training her here first. Dcm and I need to be on the same page. My experience has been the same as Ariana's. Closer to 3 yo and it doesn't take nearly as long.
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I follow a low-waste rule and therefore discourage disposable diapers and encourage early potty habits. Most of my families practice elimination communication so the actual potty habits begin well before a year. In my policy however it states that they don't begin routinely sitting on the potty (after snack, after lunch and after nap) until 14 months. Prior to that it's up to me (or the parents at home) to read their cues and whisk them off to the potty when needed. It's more work but worth it in the long run as they are all trained by 2 - 2.5.
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It just seems so weird that I am not even allowed to MENTION the toilet. I can understand no underwear until the child is dry for a certain amount of time, but not being allowed to say ”potty” in the room seems so foreign
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Originally Posted by skipper: Originally Posted by Unregistered: |
Originally Posted by skipper: I have 3 of my 4 daycare babes under a year old & don't have all day just running them back & forth to the toilet. I only take kids to 18 months, so I usually don't have to think about PT. |
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