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pestcontrol · 19/05/2010 09:23

Hi,

My son is 2 yrs & 8 mths. I decided to start potty training him on Sat as DF was going to be away for the w/e, so we could stay at home (DF would go stir crazy staying in all w/e) & because he goes to nursery Wed-Fri 8.30-16.30(I wanted to allow as much time potty training at home as poss).

The manageress of creche he's been going to for 2 hrs a few times a week for more than 2 yrs said that she thought he was ready for potty training a few mths ago & that they'd be happy to potty train him there, but I wasn't sure, so had decided to wait until now. He went there for 2 hrs yesterday, they made a little potty training chart for him, he did 2 pees & had a little accident, but they were cool about it.

I took him to the nursery this am & told 1 of the ladies he was potty training, gave her the bag of change of clothes (4 changes) & asked her if that was enough. She replied by asking me if I'd be happy to put him into nappies if need be. I was surprised & worried by her response (I'd checked before enrolling him & the manageress said that they'd be happy to help with potty training him). I said that putting him in nappies would probably confuse him, & that I wasn't sure how I was going to be able to potty train him if they were going to put him in nappies. She said that it was just that there may not be enough time for them to always take him to the toilet when he needs to go & that I may want to have him in nappies in case of a poo accident. I said that it would be no problem for me to go home to get more clothes if need be (I live on the same street), but she said she didn't wnat me to have to do that & would phone if they need more.

I feel quite uncomfortable about this, it's making me wonder if he should be going there. He's been going there for 3 mths & always says he doesn't want to go & clings on to us when we drop him off, but I put this down to being away from us for 8 hrs, being with older kids, & lots of them & not many staff - in comparison to creche I mean.

Am I over reacting do you think? is this fairly normal? I'm considering seeing if I can take 2 wks off work so I can potty train him.

Many thanks for any advice!!

Sam

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blowninonabreeze · 19/05/2010 09:29

I'd be unimpressed.

DD2 has gone to nursery this morning on day 3 of training and the staff are totally fine about it. Surely the staff in your nursery should be used to it?

However, I did pop into nursery on Monday, when DD2 decided that she wasn't going to wear nappies anymore to check in advance that it was going to be ok. So they were prewarned. I can imagine that if you had several all potty training at the same time, you might not have enough staff to closely supervise all of them

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blowninonabreeze · 19/05/2010 09:32

Should have said, with DD1 I did keep her off nursery for 1 week to totally concentrate on training.

DD2 seems to have got the hang of it much quicker (touching lots of wood) and I guess I'm more relaxed about things this time round

Surely a nursery worth its salt will manage

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pestcontrol · 19/05/2010 09:53

Thanks for that. Good point about pre warning them, I didn't even think about that! I'll see what they say when I collect him.

How cute that DD2 decided she wasn't going to wear nappies any more. They're so funny when they start to reliase that they're people who can make decisions

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