Today, according to daycare, my son is behind in his potty training curriculum because we are not "celebrating his natural bodily functions" enough. He turned 2 a week ago, and he peed on our bed last night because we're trying to meet this demand. FML
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Today, my two year-old is being potty trained. He got the gist of it and actually did #1 and #2 in the potty and after our little celebratory dance, I went to get him a cookie (which took me two seconds). I come back to see him covered in shit and pee because he tried to go empty the potty himself. FML
Today, my 2-year-old son figured out that if he takes his pull-up off and DOESN'T go on the potty, he can pee all over things. FML
Today, my 2-year-old daughter started showing signs of understanding the potty training concept. She announced to my mother-in-law that she needed to go potty, only to be flatly told, "No, you don't." So she crapped herself. Now it's going to take forever to train her. FML
Today, my son learned how to use the toilet for the first time. He was so excited he started peeing on the floor. FML
Today, I discovered that my 8-year old is not fully toilet trained when a turd fell out of his pants, shortly after introducing him to his new babysitter. FML
Today, in an attempt to potty train my step-son, my boyfriend and I put underwear on him, hoping that when he peed himself, he would realize using the potty is the way to go. Instead, he peed while sitting on the couch, got up, took off the underwear, and then switched seats. FML
Today, my 3-year-old missed the toilet. In the time it took me to get paper towel to clean it up, my one-year-old decided it was the perfect puddle to play in. FML
Today, I woke up to my two year old crawling in bed with me and saying, "I poop". Normally this would be ok, but this morning she decided she didn't need a diaper. FML
Today, it's 3:42 a.m. and my son is crying because I won't let him play with his dirty diaper. FML
Today, while working at a daycare, I had to change a kid's diaper. This may seem normal for a daycare worker, but not when it's a 7-year-old kid who is still not potty-trained and shat their pants. FML
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AC98 19
Tell him to celebrate his bodily functions all over his teacher
sturschaedel 27
According to pediatrician Emmi Pikler 95% of all children manage to successfully use the toilet during the day by the time they turn three without forcing it onto them. The daycare needs to chill.
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worldclassrager 41
So what happens in daycare?
BeenIt 5
Don't sweat it. Two is kind of young anyway and boys train slower than girls in a lot of cases. I have 2 of both and I can tell you it rings true. I tried to start my last son when he was 2, but I could tell he wasn't ready. Tried again at 2 and a half and he did better and succeeded. If you stress a child too much it'll backfire. I promise he'll train when he's ready and only then. Tell the daycare to do their ******* job and change the diaper because you're working on it but not quite there yet. Don't sweat it, I'm sure you're doing great. It's not easy for anyone and it takes a lot of time and patience.
Babywrangler 2
Hi! Masters of Early Childhood Education haver, and 15 yr career nanny here. Your daycare is completely wrong. He's not potty training because he's not ready. Period. When he's ready, it'll be a snap, and most boys aren't ready until late 2, or early 3. Keep him in diapers, let him sit on the potty and try, give praise, and don't discipline accidents. You don't have to celebrate anything, just don't make him feel pressured. Good luck with your daycare.
saffy66 34
It's daycare, not a paediatric clinic . Kids learn at different rates, so why give in to the demands of a bunch of fruity hippy types? They gave themselves away with their use of the phrase 'celebrating his natural bodily functions'. Who 'celebrates' the process of elimination? Pray they don't celebrate their own bodily functions - your son will come home one day with a necklace made of hand painted tampons.
writerchic85 26
A good daycare would know that children learn at different rates and it doesn't mean they're "behind". You should try to find a better place.
dragoongirl90 34
Dafuq?
mads_fml 7
It's scary how aggressively society forces us to fall in line at the same rate as everyone else. Good intentions, practicality with a room full of kids and all that, but seriously this is an unnatural progression.
Internetflakes 13
Homework.
Richard6036 13
It will happen in time, these things will work themselves out.
Neesalun 20
They just don't want to continue to change his diaper. It can take as long as 3yrs old to normally teach a child potty training. It's unrealistic to expect him to be trained by 2yrs old.