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After a week of intensive potty training I was reasonably sure that Eric can demonstrate his new skills at the day care. Ha ha ha (laughing bitterly). What a joke.
When I discussed potty training with the staff at the day care center, they assured me that there is a special procedure they follow for all the kids in potty training. They are taken to the potty every 30 minutes and that leaves little room for accidents. Sounds logical, doesn’t it? Well…
The number 1 mistake they made was to sit Eric on a toilet, not a potty. He must have felt uncomfortable or not safe or just wasn’t used to it and refused to pee. They thought he didn’t need to go, and 5 min later he peed his pants.
And then it repeated about 7 times (judging by the number of wet pants I got back).
A good thing was that the center director suggested I pack about 6 – 8 pairs of pants in his bag. A not-so-good thing was that I got back a very confused little boy and a huge bag of laundry, twice the size of the boy.
What makes me angry is that I specifically told them he was potty-trained, with emphasis on the “potty”, and asked them to use it. But all the other kids were using the toilet and my guess is that the staff was trying to save the extra work of washing and drying the potty every time. Looking at how they do it, it was quite a bit of extra work – every time after he uses it, they put silicon gloves on, empty the potty, wash it, dry it, then spray it with disinfectant.
Well, I have only myself to kick for this – mess-ups are to be expected when you leave strangers in charge of your child. I just hope they didn’t ruin the progress he’s made so far.
I am SO going to make them use the potty next time!
7 Responses
LaToya
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:05 pm
1Potty training is a tricky thing. Bubba would only go for me or my mom for a year. It was really hard when he needed to be with someone else.
lily ashley
December 23rd, 2009 at 4:57 am
2i hope he is able to stay on his potty routine. ICLW hugs!
Emma
December 23rd, 2009 at 6:14 am
3Thanks Lily! that makes both of us.
Robin
December 23rd, 2009 at 5:31 pm
4The main point being, I think, that day care centers – while probably doing a pretty respectable job of looking after our children while we’re at work – are not parents. To them, a potty is a chore that comes with all of what you mentioned. To us, it’s a milestone (and a pretty cute one, at that). It’s all about efficiency at daycare; all about (in baby voice), “Oh, look at what the baby did. Did he go potty? Yes, he did go potty. He’s a good little potty baby!” The poor kid is probably looking at the toilet like, “Uh, what’s this thing and is it going to swallow me?” Oh, the daycare damage we must undo!
Half of a Duo, Raising a Duo
December 24th, 2009 at 6:14 am
5My sons will be 21 mos next week.
I started organically introducing the potty (not the toilet) at 19 mos.
They used it as a toy and now understand to sit on it.
Sometimes I know when they need to go, like after a bath, and they roll w/it.
Other times, well… let’s just say the Pampers Overnights are stocked.
They can tell me when they feel like they need to go but can’t make it in time.
For me, that tells me to back off. So, I gave up for now. I never force these kids, ever.
Good luck sweetie!
ICLW and blessings for the new year!
Emma
December 26th, 2009 at 12:24 am
6Thanks, and I agree with you, at my last attempt I felt too that he’s not ready and just left it at that. I hope he is ready now. We shall see :)
Kim
January 8th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
7Aww it can take a while for them to really get it. Especially when changing from a potty to a toilet. Mine always have some oops during that time as well.
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