RE: OT - POtty training and preschool

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I had to chime in on the potty training. I know we aren't supposed to get too far off the list topic, but had to tell you all how proud I am of . We have only had her since Nov 27 at which time she didn't have a clue how to use the potty. Now, she goes to the potty by herself, doesn't have to be reminded and wears underwear all day. The only time she wears a pull up is to bed which she does wet in... HOWEVER, if I get her up before she actually wakes up, she goes to the potty and her pull is dry.

I am so proud of how she has been doing. She even goes on her own to poopy... The other day I asked her if she was ready for lunch (which she always is) and she took off running and I thought, where is she going? I followed her and she was in on the potty.

The only question I have is how do you we do this when we go out like say to a restaurant and then to Walmart or something, I can't tug the potty chair along and she has never sat on a big toilet hmmmm.

I would like to start her in a head start program but we are waiting for the adoption to go through. Not sure how it works here. It doesn't surprise me that they have to be potty trained.

Ok, back to working out! hehe

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[Guest guest]

Donna,

I would guess the potty training

thing has to do with teachers per student. They probably have to have more

teachers if some students are not fully potty trained. I’d find a new

school though because if they have to completely dress themselves as well if an

accident does happen children tend to be upset and they will have problems

dressing themselves (well some will). And that would mean they could never wear

clothes that have zippers or hard buttons – it seems a bit harsh for a 3 year

old. And I would guess that many a 3 year old would come out of the

bathroom without washing their hands –YUCK Even the 4 and 5 year

olds at my children’s school get help with putting on their jackets,

tying their shoes and doing up zippers and buttons. Or in the case of an

accident. For that matter doing up a jacket all on their own can be really

rough for this age. It’s a hard skill to learn (Sylvia is learning it now

but she has problems getting the zipper attached at the bottom and she has

incredible small motor skills) And many of the 4 year olds have problems doing

it as well.

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Donna M-P

Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006

8:17 PM

Subject: 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

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[Guest guest]

fitgrl222@... wrote:

> The only question I have is how do you we do this when we go out like

> say to a restaurant and then to Walmart or something, I can't tug the

> potty chair along and she has never sat on a big toilet hmmmm.

i used to have a kiddie toilet seat that folded up and fit into my

bag. it would fit inside the bigger, adult, toilet seat on a regular

toilet.

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/27/2006 7:34:01 A.M. US Eastern Standard Time, ledman@... writes:

Once he started going on the big potty and going in strange places we got rid of it. It didn't take long!

wasn't his butt too little for the big potty? would fall in lol

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/27/2006 7:34:01 A.M. US Eastern Standard Time, ledman@... writes:

Once he started going on the big potty and going in strange places we got rid of it. It didn't take long!

wasn't his butt too little for the big potty? would fall in lol

*~**~*

[Guest guest]

That's wonderful !! Eventually she will just go in the big

potty.... We have a minivan and carried around the little one for

awhile. It was convenient! Once he started going on the big potty

and going in strange places we got rid of it. It didn't take long!

Darcy

At 01:31 PM 1/26/2006, you wrote:

>I had to chime in on the potty training. I know we aren't supposed

>to get too far off the list topic, but had to tell you all how proud

>I am of . We have only had her since Nov 27 at which time

>she didn't have a clue how to use the potty. Now, she goes to the

>potty by herself, doesn't have to be reminded and wears underwear

>all day. The only time she wears a pull up is to bed which she does

>wet in... HOWEVER, if I get her up before she actually wakes up, she

>goes to the potty and her pull is dry.

> I am so proud of how she has been doing. She even goes on her

> own to poopy... The other day I asked her if she was ready for

> lunch (which she always is) and she took off running and I thought,

> where is she going? I followed her and she was in on the potty.

>[]

>

> The only question I have is how do you we do this when we go out

> like say to a restaurant and then to Walmart or something, I can't

> tug the potty chair along and she has never sat on a big toilet hmmmm.

> I would like to start her in a head start program but we are

> waiting for the adoption to go through. Not sure how it works

> here. It doesn't surprise me that they have to be potty trained.

>

>Ok, back to working out! hehe

>

>

>~~

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

That's wonderful !! Eventually she will just go in the big

potty.... We have a minivan and carried around the little one for

awhile. It was convenient! Once he started going on the big potty

and going in strange places we got rid of it. It didn't take long!

Darcy

At 01:31 PM 1/26/2006, you wrote:

>I had to chime in on the potty training. I know we aren't supposed

>to get too far off the list topic, but had to tell you all how proud

>I am of . We have only had her since Nov 27 at which time

>she didn't have a clue how to use the potty. Now, she goes to the

>potty by herself, doesn't have to be reminded and wears underwear

>all day. The only time she wears a pull up is to bed which she does

>wet in... HOWEVER, if I get her up before she actually wakes up, she

>goes to the potty and her pull is dry.

> I am so proud of how she has been doing. She even goes on her

> own to poopy... The other day I asked her if she was ready for

> lunch (which she always is) and she took off running and I thought,

> where is she going? I followed her and she was in on the potty.

>[]

>

> The only question I have is how do you we do this when we go out

> like say to a restaurant and then to Walmart or something, I can't

> tug the potty chair along and she has never sat on a big toilet hmmmm.

> I would like to start her in a head start program but we are

> waiting for the adoption to go through. Not sure how it works

> here. It doesn't surprise me that they have to be potty trained.

>

>Ok, back to working out! hehe

>

>

>~~

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

We have a small hard-plastic folding potty

seat that travels with us. My DD won’t sit on a “big potty”

either. I got the folding seat at Babies r us, but have seen them at Target,

WalMart, etc.

Take care,

Dawn

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Carolyn or Visser

Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:25 PM

Subject: Re: OT

- POtty training and preschool

fitgrl222@... wrote:

> The only question I have is

how do you we do this when we go out like

> say to a restaurant and then to Walmart or

something, I can't tug the

> potty chair along and she has never sat on a

big toilet hmmmm.

i used to have a kiddie toilet seat that folded up

and fit into my

bag. it would fit inside the bigger, adult,

toilet seat on a regular

toilet.

:*carolyn.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for mentioning this - I was wondering how this

would work once we got to that stage!

Donna

--- geoffroy <geoffroy@...> wrote:

> We have a small hard-plastic folding potty seat that

> travels with us. My DD

> won’t sit on a “big potty” either. I got the

> folding seat at Babies r us,

> but have seen them at Target, WalMart, etc.

>

>

>

> Take care,

>

>

>

> Dawn

>

>

>

> _____

>

> From:

> [mailto: ]

> On Behalf Of Carolyn or Visser

> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:25 PM

>

> Subject: Re: OT - POtty training

> and preschool

>

>

>

> fitgrl222@... wrote:

> > The only question I have is how do you we do

> this when we go out like

> > say to a restaurant and then to Walmart or

> something, I can't tug the

> > potty chair along and she has never sat on a big

> toilet hmmmm.

>

> i used to have a kiddie toilet seat that folded up

> and fit into my

> bag. it would fit inside the bigger, adult, toilet

> seat on a regular

> toilet.

> :*carolyn.

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

He just sits on the end of it and has to hold on. If we're in public, I

have him hold on to my hands so he's not touching the seat.

Darcy

>

> In a message dated 1/27/2006 7:34:01 A.M. US Eastern Standard Time,

> ledman@... writes:

>

> Once he started going on the big potty

> and going in strange places we got rid of it. It didn't take long!

>

>

>

> wasn't his butt too little for the big potty? would fall in

> lol

>

>

>

>

> *~**~*

>