Re: potty training?
Hi
Miss Muffit - I personally think it is too young when they cant speak but im not an expert. You get these books saying you can potty train your child from any age.... yeah sure you can, just depends on how successful it is.
Example. I trained Belle when she was 2yrear 4 months, 3 days it took. No pull ups, straight onto the toilet but a potty was there if she preferred. I waited until I knew she was 100% ready and it made the whole process so quick and easy for everyone. Put her in pants on the friday, spent the weekend making sure she was comfortable with it all and then come the monday she was happily going alone and no accidents (bar the odd one).
Mindee A. Parent wante dto start training her on 2nd birthday. No ready, not speaking much, in pull ups. Whole process took 4 months from pull up to pants and then there were loads of accidents. Stressful for the child and me but parent was too stuborn to wait until child was 100% ready. Eventually child was dry but took an age to get there and I just dont see the rush in forcing it. It doesnt mean your child is smarter than others because of how young they are when they are trained. Its important to keep everything calm and happy! 16 month - I think it will be a lot of needless hard work and stress.
Kelly - It is not your job as a childminder to initiate potty training with a child. You need the parenst to be 100% behind you for it to make your time and effort worthwhile. I think the best way forward is to sit with the parents and explain that you feel thier child is at a stage where she is ready to train but you would not do it without there support and also suggest that it is started over the weekend so that when child comes to you all you are doing is carrying on with thier teachings.
Good luck to both of you and let us know the outcomes
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