Potty Training DD and Childminder

[Sezzy1718]

Hey

I took a week off work to concentrate on potty training my DD, we started off just letting her run round the house without any bottoms and asking her to go on the potty if she needed to pee. She was doing brilliantly, we introduced big girl knickers after a few days and again said don't go pee in your knickers remember to use the potty. She started to shout wee wee or poo poo and run to the potty and was really proud of herself. She'd even had a few dry naps and drier nappies at night time.

I texted my childminder the night before was due to go back asking if it was ok to bring her in knickers as she understood not to wee in knickers but was just treating pull ups like nappies as that's what she has done all her life and said she can't have her in knickers as she could be having accidents all day and she has other kids to look after.

She also only has a toilet upstairs and no potty, I suggested bringing ours but she kind of skirted round it.

She's been at the childminders today and so far hasn't peed once on the toilet and has been going in her pull up, I feel really disappointed and like all our hard work has been wasted

Anyone else experienced this?

 

[Selina13]

It sounds like you and your daughter have done really well with potty training so well done!! I think it's terrible that your childminder is being so lazu when your daughter is clearly ready! I totally understand your frustrations. I haven't experienced this as my son's nursery have been really active in supporting my little boy's transition to potty and toilet. I would discuss it again with your child minder and see if she is prepared to support you and your daughter, if not Im afraid I would be looking at alternative childcare arrangements. X

 

[Shepherdess]

I'm quite shocked your childminder has said that. surely she should understand they all train at slme point. if you trust your little girl then I just wouldn't send the pull ups. my daughter trained super quickly, she was totally ready by 22 months and after I gave her knickers she didn't have a single accident, but, when if I left her with anyone for the next few months I'd still warn them she may need support but she was fine, if anyone had wanted to take the lazy option and put a nappy on her she wouldn't have gone to them.

by the sounds of it she's not going to "be having accidents all day". I would expect a childminder to understand they may have to clean up once or twice but that's their job.

 

[Hoping for no2]

I'm totally shocked too - all childcare professionals I've encountered would support toilet training, it's part of their job! Also what kind of child minder doesn't have a potty? Seems very strange. If the childminder won't support you I'd look for another as its going to be impossible to train otherwise X

 

[Sezzy1718]

It's difficult because in all other aspects she's a brilliant childminder and we have a really good relationship so I wouldn't want to ruin that by just going against what she's asked.

Plus she has all her own nappies/pull ups.

Just had a text saying she's not been on the toilet again all morning but was absolutely fine last night at home!