Toilet training

[Trace of Angels]

Ahhhhh Toilet Training............ the one and only aspect of parenting that can bring a mom to the absolute brink of madness!!!!!!! I remember it well.
I am an avid believer in the "naked" method. It worked for my son and it recently worked for my DCB. But any method only works when the child is ready. If I have learned anything working with children there are two things that you absolutely cannot control in them.......one is their bladder and the other is their bowel. And until they are ready you might be wasting your time.
My recent 2 yo DCB was showing signs of readiness a couple of weeks ago (dry diaper, watching what the school age kids were doing) so I decided to give it a go. Unlike most providers I introduce potty training first at daycare as I find that when the mom's introduce it at home it often tends to be a power struggle.
Three days of naked time and he is fully potty trained now. (Lucky me I have laminate floors) Day and nap. I find it to be the fastest most efficient method. And even though it is a lot of work for those first few days, as you can't let them out of your sight even for a moment, it is worth it in the end and the parents are soooooo happy they don't have to do it LOL.
Not sure if this helps you at all but that's what works and has worked in my daycare so far!

[sunnydays]

While I like the "naked" method for my own kids when it is just them and I can watch them like a hawk etc...I would not use this method in my daycare. First of all, I don't think most of the parents would be happy to see naked children running around sitting on couches and toys etc with their bare bums, second of all I cannot watch them closely enough in a group and there would likely be many accidents for other kids to slip in etc, and third, I truly believe the parents need to take the lead on this and start the process at home...then I will support, but they need to wear pull-ups or training pants at daycare until accident free for a few weeks. And I agree with those who have said a child will not train until they are ready. My daughter just turned 3 and she trained a few weeks ago finally (I tried for over a year)...for her it was like flicking a switch (we had been practicing since before she turned 2)...she just suddenly got it and then she hasn't had an accident since and I don't even have to remind her. My two boys both trained the same way but right around the age of 2. I think the thing is that the parents need to be taking htem into the bathroom with them so they see what is supposed to happen and then giving them lots of chances to sit on the toilet or potty for practice from an early age.