mothers of pull up kids..

[jeanie]

ok i have been bringing nicky in pull ups to preschool he just started pre school....he is not i repeat not ready for undies..his preschool teacher is pushing me to poo train him i told her i would bring him in pullups and then she can change him into undies at school..he has pood on the way to preschool three times now and i have to take him home and change him he is a utter mess i am to way to busy to deal with this in the morning with my other preschooler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so today i brought him in pull ups she said the school doesnt allow pull ups for me to bring him in a diaper..does your school allow pull ups? i feel thats so silly if they cant come in pull up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ps i warned her he pooops five times a day and she said its ok..well now shes sick of changing him and wants him poo trained im mad..

[Rudy]

Your preschool is making me mad :mad: He is only 2.5yo!!!

The thing with pull-ups is they have to take his pants and shoes off to get a new one back on, which is PITA and time consuming. Do not stress yourself out over this potty training thing :grouphugg If you want to keep with this preschool I'd do one of these things

1) Send him in a pull-up and supply them with diapers to use when they need to change him. If he doesn't care there is no real value in a pull-up over a diaper IMO. I started with pull-ups with one of my kids and he bulked at going back to diapers but it did not speed up training any.

2) If they want him in underwear I'd dress him with underwear on over the pull up/diaper and when you get there take him to the bathroom and rip the pull-up off. No way would I put him in the car in just underwear in the situation you describe. What a nightmare for you!!

What a lame teacher. Like we can all just snap our fingers and say 'train now' :rolleyes:. If only.

[MomtoA&S]

Seriously...what is wrong with that teacher? He is obviously not ready and from what I've heard you can't force a kid to potty train, that it will just makes things ten times worse.

Our preschool makes us bring the boys in pull ups BUT they don't force us to potty train. If one of them poops, I usually have to go up the street and change him which is no big deal to me OR them. They're definitely not forcing me in any way to have them trained. Although my goal is if they aren't trained by June, then I HAVE to get working on it seriously. I want them fully potty trained by the time they go to 3 days in Sept. They're just not ready though. :shrug:

You're doing a great job, don't let her stress you out.

[mrsljb]

I think that is a little extreme for his age...

The program that the boys are in doesn't require them to be potty trained, but they do take bathroom breaks, so they want us to have them in pullups if they are not fully trained so it is easier for them to take their pants down and try to go potty. If they poop their pants while in school, I get a call and then I have to go change them.

I have to have them trained by the fall if I want them in the preschool program there because they won't take them if they aren't trained. They have to be able to go potty then...no pullups.

My PED told me that boys don't even really understand potty training until they are 3 and that I shouldn't even push the issue with them. We just went the other day for their 3 year check up and he told me to wait for them to show interest, which my one little guy does, but the other doesn't.

Good luck!

[ourtwinmom]

I think it is pushing it as well.

Our preschool is licensed to change the 2 1/2 year olds but not the 3 years olds. I understand and I'm okay with it - if one has an accident they just call me and I come change them. Since Christmas DD goes in big girl underwear but DS still goes in a pullup (with big boy underwear underneath them). I take both of them to pee when we get there but DD holds it (poor girl) and then pees right when I pick her up.

Ask if it is the changing part of the pullup she doesn't like? The fact she has to get him underdressed each time?

I found that the Huggies Brand of pullups have an easy open velcro side (for lack of better words) so it makes it act like a diaper to change w/o taking pants/shoes off. Pampers does not have these side openings.

http://www.pull-ups.com/na/products/learningdesigns.asp

[katieskrew]

Wow, I would be upset. DS uses the Pull-ups that tear at the side so you dont have to take his pants off completley to change him. His preschool has never said anything about the pull-ups.

[LG37]

I'm surprised they don't encourage pull-ups. Our daycare/preschool is very flexible, but they do require the pull-ups with the sides you can open, not diapers. Which I understand completely because there isn't a changing table or anything.

As far as training, they moved completely at our pace. Both of my girls have been potty trained for several months, but they never pressured us to do anything. In fact, at conferences we talked about what I wanted to do and how they could help.

[jeanie]

i called the school when i got home and told the director how great nickys teacher is and i appreciate the potty encouragement from her..but that he is not ready for poo training and i wont bring him in his undies..she said ok and that i can bring him in a diaper and then she will put undies on him and then when i pick him up he will have a diaper on. she says this will confuse him i told her i dont care hes not pooping in my car!!!! so hes going to and from school in diapers they can clean up poo mess all day at school..im not. thanks girls for your ears!