Toilet training

[Judy Trickett]

I have a policy that you must be dry in a pull up for two whole weeks while IN daycare. Most providers have a similar policy. What parents fail to recognize is kids are often not the same in daycare as at home because there is so much going on here that they often forget to go. Also, it is a whole different ballgame at home because there is one on one care and that just isn't gonna happen at daycare. I can not shadow Tommy all day and ignore the other kids taking him to the bathroom every five minutes for three minutes at a time. That would consume ALL my day and then who is looking after the other kids??

Also, I don't allow any cloth training pants either. They leak and that is unsanitary.

I find a lot of parents think that taking your child to the washroom every 5 or 10 or 20 minutes and having them pee means they are potty trained. Sorry, but that is NOT potty trained. Potty trained is when THEY can tell YOU they have to go BEFORE they actually go.