Some parents boggle my mind

[Inspired by Reggio]

I am similar to Playfelt ... I want kids to be trained ASAP too cause kids without diapers are so much easier however I do not want to be TIED to the toilet all day long - we go out and about and for kids to be in 'underwear' they need to have bladder control of at least 2 hours.

I start changing kids who are 18 months IN the bathroom instead of in the playroom which I do with wee ones cause it is easier - so they are in the bathroom seeing what the trained kids are doing cause we do not do 'privacy' at this age everyone is coming and going trying to get ready for outside time or nap time and so forth. So between 18-24 months I 'offer' them a chance to sit in the potty at these times - if they are not interested I just say 'ok maybe when your feeling bigger'. At 24 months I change my wording to 'its time to try' the potty at all transition times and encourage but again do not 'force' them to sit - most children at this age WILL sit willing though because it is not new and they have seen the 'big kids' going and well they want to be big and for 6 months I have been saying 'no program maybe when your bigger' and well now they know they are bigger and want people to see them as bigger - might as well use peer pressure to our advantage.

When they start showing success in PROGRAM where they are dry for 2 hours, peeing on the potty and having occasion poops on it and they are doing this at HOME as well than we discuss making the transition to underwear and a containment unit at daycare ... often in my experience kids are trained HERE way before they are trained at home it is usually ME ready for underwear ... I have only had 2 boys in care who were 'late trainers' where the parents were pushing for underwear and the kids were no where near ready - all my other kids were trained by 2 1/2 years of age and it is AWESOME ... I hate changing 3 year old POOPS