Potty training advice

[mlle.coccinelle]

Helllo Ladies!

I have never potty trained before and I need advices!

I have this sweet 2.5 year old girl in my care. She has been potty trained for a while her mom says, almost no accidents at home and over night but in the past months we had LOTS of accidents... almost every other day at dayhome! She goes potty right before going down and most days she wakes up crying after 1:45 into the nap because she is completely wet.. ( and I mean WET!) I'm not sure what to do with that. I don't want to wake her up half way trough her nap to get her to go potty again... But it's a pain to have to wash the bedding every single time right!

So far we have tried, a sticker system... that worked for maybe a week then the wetting the bed started all over again. What else can I do? I'm just about to ask the parents for pull ups...!

[samantha3]

I would ask the parents for pull ups. Once she is able to communicate to you that she needs to go and is accident free for a minimum two weeks then the pull ups can come off.

[daycarewhisperer]

She's not potty trained. Most likely the parents are telling you she is doing great at home because they don't want to pay for diapers at your house. Please read this: http://www.daycare.com/nannyde/potty...m#comment-1460

[mlle.coccinelle]

I have LOTS of reading to do, but this is GREAT! thank you

[Momof4]

My contract states that a child must wear some kind of containment all day every day, even if it's a pullup or plastic pants over underwear for 30 days accident free before they can go without at daycare. Then if they have an accident, I'm sorry but the 30 day rule applies again. I have a beige couch and beige carpets and am far too busy to be cleaning urine or feces from random horrible places in my home while caring for 5 children. What does your contract say right now mllec?

[mlle.coccinelle]

as a newbee, I had nothing in my contract about that... Except that I was willing to help them using the strategy they are using at home.... However, I am renewing in January and I think I am going to add your 30 day rule to it! I'm going to ask the parents tonight to cooperate with me on that one!

[playfelt]

Is she only have accidents at naptime? In that case it would be an idea to have an earlier lunch so there is more time for the food and drink from lunch to move through her system. For sure a pullup at naptime is in order. Make sure drink is limited to more than 4-6 ounces for lunch too. Have her go potty right after lunch and then do something quiet like books or puzzles and then go potty again just before getting into bed.

[mlle.coccinelle]

Yup, it's only at naptime, during the day she is really good at asking to go to the washroom. I did notice that recently she ask every 30-45 minutes where usually it was 1:30- 2:00. I wonder if that has anything to do with it. Anyways I will make them eat a little bit earlyer so she can have two potty break before she goes down! thx playfelt !

[Inspired by Reggio]

Is it possible she is sporting a UTI ~ that usually results in increased urination and accidents in children? Has she been on antibiotics recently that could have knocked her natural flora down there out of whack making room for a UTI to take up route?

If she is doing ok during waking hours I would just ask for a pull up for nap time until she is accident free than ... my practice is during 'waking' hours they need to be accident free for two weeks before a containment unit can be removed and for 'nap time' they need to be waking up dry a month before I will forgo the containment unit then .... containment unit is either a pull up or rubber pant put on over top of the undies during waking hours and a pull up UNDER the undies during nap time and than when they wake it up I just remove the pull up and their undies are on already!

I also agree that having a clear 'potty training policy' for clients about the developmental markers you have to be seeing AT DAYCARE before you will start the process ... aka ability to dress / undress, ability to get onto potty independently, ability to communicate need to go and so forth ... otherwise you will constantly be dealing with battles of parents who want to toilet train when the child is clearly not READY ... as well as a policy of a 'containment unit', how many accidents per day you are willing to deal with before you 'take a break' and try again later and so forth cause these are all things that every parent will have a 'different idea' about and you need to decide what works for YOU and have them follow suit cause you have 5 children in care and cannot be engaged in 5 different practices!

[Crayola kiddies]

Yup you need a pull up for nap time ..... My policy is also a month accident free before we go to only underpants.... And I was also going to say check for a uti cause increased frequency in urination is usually a sign ..... Good luck