Quote Originally Posted by Love&care View Post
Hi,

I am opening my daycare and it is my 1st time. How do you potty training a child? Need help!! Tia
I think we all have different methods that work with our day care schedules. For me, I toilet train the first business day after their 2nd birthday. It takes about 2 weeks of positive reinforcement, being tied to the house, with timers and reminders but it's worth that time investment for me. Around 18 months, I make sure that parents are getting the child to dress and undress themselves after diaper changes so they are competent at pulling their own clothing on and off their lower half.

I also require real underwear, not training underwear or pull ups from day one. Other than nap time, children are in real underwear from the get go and parents are required to sign up to knowing this is a process and there's no going back because it's inconvenient for the adults.

Other provider's wait until the child is showing interest which can be as late as 3.5-4 years for some children. Some require pull ups until the training is complete. It varies from provider to provider based on what they have found works for them.

One of my objectives in my day care is to teach children independent skills. Children are taught from a very young age how to put on their outside clothing, shoes, feed themselves etc. Others have other priorities. It's very personal.