Toilet Training Of 3 Year Olds....

AnonyMouse_6685 · 2007-05-24T14:45:38+0000

Hi, I run a Pre School taking children 2 1/2 to 5years. We are open mornings only, for two and a half hours. Over the last few years, (since we were no longer allowed to refuse children who were still in nappies, (coincidence?) we have seen a huge increase in children over 3 who are not at all continent, both pooing and weeing in their nappies everyday and not telling anyone when they've had a poo. we often have to play "where is that smell coming from?"!! We now have at least 4 or 5 children a day (out of a total of 22) using nappies. These children's development is 'normal' in every other way, but more and more parents tell me they 'don't want puddles on the floor' or they tried once and the child had an accident so back on with the pull-ups. This is taking up so much staff's time as well as not being too pleasant - changing a nearly 4 year olds nappy (which they may have been sitting in for 5 minutes or so until someone noticed the smell!) is no fun. We all accept that this is part of caring for the child and would never make the child feel uncomfortable about changing them. Has anyone else noticed this? Why are so many children still in nappies at 3-4? Why was this not a problem before children were not able to start pre-school unless they were at least on the way to being continent? Does anyone else think it has become 'socially acceptable' for children to be wearing nappies so much longer than they used to and therefore parents put off that messy first two weeks of toilet training, with puddles etc. galore!!? I try to persuade parents to let their children have a go out of nappies and reassure them that accidents while training are totally normal and not a problem, but we're not getting very far! Anyone got any good ideas for helping parents to take the plunge so to speak? Hope I don't sound too 'harsh' it may be the result of having to change two pooey nappies each morning this week, but I also think that a child's self-esteem and overall development is improved greatly with more independence in this area. Any thoughts?? Jane

By AnonyMouse_6685
May 24, 2007 in All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues

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