Potty Training ~ Am I Being Unreasonable?

[Fun&care]

If you are having to take him to the potty all the time, and he is not telling you himself when he needs to go, then he is not truly potty trained. A potty trained child is able to vocalize the need to go and often can go the bathroom by themselves with little assistance.

I myself only take the kids to the bathroom twice in a day. 1) before outdoor play and 2) before naptime. If a child needs to go outside of these times they need to tell me, and I can help if need be.

You not taking him to the bathroom is not the reason he is having accidents. He is having accidents because he is not truly potty trained yet and the parents need to work on it at home for a little longer.

Sorry to hear the parents aren't taking it well though...it's not fair of them to expect you to clean up after him all the time.

[ebhappydc]

I've been helping to train a near 3 yr dcb and I find he seems shy to tell me he needs to go do his business. After the second accident a couple of weeks ago, i told him just say the word 'washroom' to me as the special word and i'll open the gate to go. Just seemed like getting a whole sentence out when all he could concentrate on was not leaking seemed too much At first I'd still see him get squirmy needing to go but not telling me so I'd say 'looks like u need to say that special word so your underwear don't get dirty'' and I'd have him say washroom with me the first day or two.

By the third day he had it down pat on his own. 'm going to ask him next week to try and use full sentence. For a BM though he didn't get squirmy trying to hold it, he'd get quiet and go stand in the corner so I'd tell him to say the word when he feels that happening too. It's worked out so far and he seems happier. Hardest part is me hearing his soft-spoken voice amongst the louder kids.

[MonkeyPrincess]

If you are having to take him to the potty all the time, and he is not telling you himself when he needs to go, then he is not truly potty trained. A potty trained child is able to vocalize the need to go and often can go the bathroom by themselves with little assistance.

I myself only take the kids to the bathroom twice in a day. 1) before outdoor play and 2) before naptime. If a child needs to go outside of these times they need to tell me, and I can help if need be.

You not taking him to the bathroom is not the reason he is having accidents. He is having accidents because he is not truly potty trained yet and the parents need to work on it at home for a little longer.

Sorry to hear the parents aren't taking it well though...it's not fair of them to expect you to clean up after him all the time.

I totally agree. And for them to tell you that you aren't taking the child to the bathroom enough is insulting. we are doing our jobs, and that is to support YOU, the PARENTS, when they have had success with potty training at home. We are caring for multiple children, and sometimes, there is more than one child potty training. We can't be in the bathroom every 20 min. because your child isn't telling us he has to go, and we certainly don't have time for poop accidents all the time.