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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Fmlreadermostly 20
Not only that all children learn this at their own rate, but also being around and seeing the other children at the daycare will help towards this. Those daycare people need to get the sticks out of their butts , grow up, and change him until he learns on his own. Sounds like they're just pushing to not have to change as many diapers as possible.
JPDVM2014 1
Time to find a new daycare.
Jaxima516 1
Don't let anyone try and pressure you into potty training. We tried unsuccessfully for a year to potty train our daughter, starting at age 2. I followed internet parenting advice, I begged, I bribed. One day, at age 3, she walked in from school, announced she had to poop, then proptly sat on the toilet and did so. We've never looked back. Your child will let you known when they're ready. Don't let anyone, especially a school, dictate that for you.
catherinecas 30
I wonder if it's part of a contract. Some day-cares in my area will take your at a young age with the understanding it has to be potty-trained by X age. And some won't take kids under a certain age because of the potty training issue.
Onoconah 11
better to be pissed off than pissed on... oh wait
SailorSolaris 43
I say tell them where they can shove it. Not only are they being unrealistic, every child grows and reaches different milestones at their own pace. To expect otherwise is simply being an asshole.
TaylorKopacz 13
I work at a daycare. potty training is not mandatory until 2 and 9 months. it's only suggested at 2 years old. please note that trying to potty train your child before he's ready is EXTREMELY dangerous. one parent at our work tried potty training their child before the child was ready and he now refuses to go near the bathroom.
Drnknmonkey08 12
oh Lord. they should know that each kid is different at learning these things than the next especially at this age! if I remember right 2 is a little young to even start potty training as well so kuddos to you for getting a jump start on it! what makes it more effective is a great vocabulary with the child and being able to remove their own clothing if not there will be a lot of accidents with lack of communication skills. the day care needs to back off and actually do their job by teaching when that parent is absent during the day care times.
kazmie 8
His "teacher" is probably just mad bc she is too lazy to change diapers. It's normal for boys to wait a little longer to be potty trained. Don't stress about it.
MrZsDad 19
Potty training curriculum? YDI.