Lou
09-06-2013, 01:30 PM
I have two 3yrs olds in my care who are so extremely ready to toilet train, but their parents are, for lack of better words, lazy about it.
I have requested pullups, which they do send and both kids pee AND poop on the toilet all day long. They may have an accident or 2 but this is 100% because of the fact they have pull ups on and have a back up.
I have suggested to both of them that they are ready and parent 1 tried for a couple days over the long weekend but said "she will sit on the toilet forever and not pee AND THEN AS SOON AS WE PUT HER DIAPER ON HER SHE PEES IN IT" I pointed out the obvious, and got the response "Yeah, we'll have to try that soon". And parent #2 I can tell thinks it's my job to toilet train the child and "can't believe you got him to poop on the toilet, that's amazing, he won't do it for us at home". I suggested putting him straight into underwear for a few days at home so if he has accidents he will feel uncomfortable and learn to hold it in until he gets to the toilet. Parent #2 looks at me horrified and balks at the mess he doesn't want to clean up.
I really feel they are doing their preschoolers a disservice, but at the same time I don't believe it is my responsibility to transition them to underwear (hello, it's called "parenting") Should I give them another nudge? Or give up, continue what I'm doing with the pull ups, and wait until the lazy parents are ready? smh I guess I don't get why they wouldn't want their obviously ready children to be PT!!!
I have requested pullups, which they do send and both kids pee AND poop on the toilet all day long. They may have an accident or 2 but this is 100% because of the fact they have pull ups on and have a back up.
I have suggested to both of them that they are ready and parent 1 tried for a couple days over the long weekend but said "she will sit on the toilet forever and not pee AND THEN AS SOON AS WE PUT HER DIAPER ON HER SHE PEES IN IT" I pointed out the obvious, and got the response "Yeah, we'll have to try that soon". And parent #2 I can tell thinks it's my job to toilet train the child and "can't believe you got him to poop on the toilet, that's amazing, he won't do it for us at home". I suggested putting him straight into underwear for a few days at home so if he has accidents he will feel uncomfortable and learn to hold it in until he gets to the toilet. Parent #2 looks at me horrified and balks at the mess he doesn't want to clean up.
I really feel they are doing their preschoolers a disservice, but at the same time I don't believe it is my responsibility to transition them to underwear (hello, it's called "parenting") Should I give them another nudge? Or give up, continue what I'm doing with the pull ups, and wait until the lazy parents are ready? smh I guess I don't get why they wouldn't want their obviously ready children to be PT!!!