OT - POtty training and preschool

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Hi !

I was thinking that myself -- but the school I visited

yesterday said no pull-ups!! Not to provide TMI for

but my DD is a night time pooper anyway, so she'd just

have pee in her diaper during class - and on days I'm

running around with her I don't change her diaper

every time she pees - otherwise I'd be in restrooms

all over town when we have activities and errand days.

I'm sure it is for liability/legal reasons that they

don't want the teachers going into the bathroom to

help the kids - but I don't think many three year olds

can be completely independent w/ wiping, hand-washing,

etc. Plus, they want the kids to be able to

completely undress and re-dress themselves if they

spill something or have an accident (they want a

change of clothes in their back-pack for this

purpose).

I'm visiting another school tomorrow - so I'll see

what they have to say.

Honestly, if she were wearing a pull-up and was just

gone for 2.5 hours, I'd be content to let her sit in

pee until we got home or I was able to change her.

This list is getting too real now! LOL!

Donna

--- Sprague <kittyn@...> wrote:

> Ok way off topic and you may think I am crazy, but

> if they are in preschool

> for 3 hours or less they may not even need to go

> potty – you can put a

> pull-up diaper on her and hope for the best. Seeing

> other kids using the

> potty will help her realize that big girls need to

> use the potty and she

> will finish training easily. I know very few 3 year

> olds that are

> completely independent – they usually need reminding

> and help wiping and

> cleaning up afterwards. Maybe some that trained way

> early may be able to do

> those things themselves but that particular phrase

> and 3 year olds seems a

> bit strange to me. I wouldn’t trust a child to clean

> up themselves all the

> way until they are about 4…

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> Now - on to the OT - my daughter is 2 1/2 now also.

> How did you find a placement for her that did not

> require potty training? Or, do the 3 year old

> classes

> by you require potty training? I'm looking at a 3

> year old program and they want them completely

> independent in that area. Geez.. I have quite a bit

> of work ahead of me if I'm going to achieve that by

> September.

>

> Take care!!!

>

> Donna

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