Lazy parents...

[Fun&care]

5 LM, as I said before, I make it clear in my contract that potty training begins at home and they must be dry for 2 weeks at home before being allowed to go without pull-ups here. I guess my post made it sound like I don't do potty training at all but that's not actually the case. Once the child starts potty training at home they can wear a pull-up here and I will encourage the child to go at set times of the day or whenever they feel they want to go of course. I just don't really see this as "potty training" per se....it's more like practice I guess since I have found that so long as a child is in diapers or pull-ups it's not actual potty training. At least that's how I see it. But I do support and encourage while at daycare. Also, putting in your contract that potty training happens mostly at home means it takes pressure off you as the caregiver because all too often there are parents who assume we are just going to do all the work OR it also discourages parents who think their 15 month old is ready to be potty trained and when they actually are the ones putting in the effort they realize sooner rather than later that their child is in fact not ready. Like you mentioned you can also add in your contract the prerequisites to potty train that the child needs to display before beginning potty training such as : being able to pull pants up and down (a child running around naked at home who sits on the potty when they need to go doesn't count!!!!), verbalizing the need to go, and having good bladder control in the sense they can hold it in for short periods of time, and again, being dry in underwear at home for at least two weeks before they get to wear underwear at daycare. That's all I can think of right now...HTH!