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What Is Your Nurseries Policy on Toilet Training?

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 13 February 2012 - 15:49

My 2.5 year old DD ihas been attending a reputable nursey here 4 mornings a week since September.One of the questions I asked when joining the nursery was what their policy on toilet training was and was told that they would support the method that the parent was useing and work alongside.
My dd has been familiar with the potty for a while now and uses it when she is at home to do a wee only (had an issue with pooing on it)whenever she is naked or pull up free.However if she has pullups on she rarely asked to go.
DD was off nursery for a week before half term so I decided to make the commitment as I know she is physically capeable and use the 2 weeks to toilet train.Everything has been going really well -Only one accident on the first and second day and none since,she even has her daytime nap with just knickers on and so far all ok.We stayed home for the first 2 days but have since been in the car and out and about in malls-all accident free.She has graduated from the potty to the toilet and again all seems ok.
Before we started it we bought a potty book together which discussed throwing nappies in the bin and me her an DH threw her nappies away.
So today I spoke to one of the nursery admin staff about another matt er and told her that dd would be returning to nursery and that she is now toilet trained to which she told me'the first time that she has an accident she will be put straight back into pull-ups as we have to be careful with hygiene'.I just replied Ermmmmmmmmm okk.But really it's not ok with me that the first time she should have an accident that she will be put straight into pullups-this was not the approach that I was led to believe that the nursery would take and it goes against everything that I have read.
Sorry for the long post but would be interested to know what other mums think and also the experiences that you have had with nurseries here although I love the nursery and DD is really happy there I feel that I may move her.
TIA for replies x

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 14 February 2012 - 22:49
Thanks for all of your replies ladies. I sent the nursery an email yesterday outlining my concerns and requested to go in and discuss it...so far no response.I will call them in the morning. <em>edited by michamen on 14/02/2012</em>
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EW OLDHAND
Latest post on 14 February 2012 - 22:31
If they said that they support the potty training, then they should stick to it. When DS started on potty training, I spoke to teacher and she was very supportive. They took him to toilet every 30 min. Of course, he did have lots of accidents with #2 at first, but at their request, I always kept 2 sets of spare clothes for him. You need to talk to teacher about it, if not, then go to principal. I would understand if the nursery's policy would say that child should be fully toilet trained at the start of the year, but this case is just unacceptable. <em>edited by dramaqn on 14/02/2012</em>
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 14 February 2012 - 11:20
Our dd is at nursery full time, 8.30 to 5, each day as I work full time. Her nursery were really great with the potty training as they started with the training there. It was expected that she would have some accidents, she still does every now and then even though she has been out of nappies (during the day) for about 2 months. They just tell me when she has an accident and I pack extra clothes and panties in case. I think you should speak to the nursery staff as your dd is still little and putting her straight back in pull ups will set her back. She sounds like she is doing really well though. We now need to tackle night time potty training but I've seen another thread on this and so I'm not that worried about it now, our dd is almost 2.5.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 13 February 2012 - 21:03
Also what it did with my daughter is took her to the nursery toilet and just "showed" her around and told her that she must ask the assistant to take her to the toilet if she needs to go.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 13 February 2012 - 21:00
My daughter who is around the same age has just started toilet training also. After five days at home I sent her along to nursery with pants on as she had only had one accident in the previous two days. They mentioned to my husband about pull-ups when he dropped her off but he said (as we had discussed) we only want her in pants from now on and they were ok with it. The first two days the assistant took her to the toilet every half an hour and she had no accidents. It only took two mornings at school and then she got the hang of asking and she hasnt had an accident since (fingers crossed!). Its a bit of a pain for them to do this but since they take children who are right at that toilet training age they should be good at dealing with it. A bit of wee on the floor wont kill anyone and they should have a better policy than just putting them in pull-ups! Just ask them if they can shadow her for a few days, it sounds like she is going really well and just needs to be comfortable asking someone at school to take her. Good luck!
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 13 February 2012 - 19:58
Bump for the evening crew...opinions/experiences would be appreciated before I speak to the nursery.
 
 

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