Potty Trained PreK-3

[Anonymous]

Anyone’s child potty trained before they started PreK3? If not, how did the school handle it?

[Anonymous]

My kid was potty trained at 2.5 because her daycare made us potty train her to be in the classroom she was in. They helped by putting her on the toilet every hour but she wasn’t allowed pull-ups. I know you can enroll a not potty trained kid in pk 3 but some schools won’t allow pull-ups.

[Anonymous]

My kid was potty trained when they started preK3. It was fine. There were some accidents early on because my child was not used to speaking up to go. But DC got the hang of it quickly.

[Anonymous]

They will change your child in PK3, it is recommended but not required to be potty trained.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They will change your child in PK3, it is recommended but not required to be potty trained.

It depends on the teacher.

[Anonymous]

They can't expel your child for accidents. But with one teacher and one aide for over a dozen kids they may not be able to change your kid promptly. They might call you to get your kid or ask you to send them in pull ups. A lot can vary across schools, especially charters. But you have 8 months until school starts so you can be working on this.

[Anonymous]

You need to potty train before school starts. You can do it. It’s unfair to the teachers and other students if you send your child in unprepared.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They will change your child in PK3, it is recommended but not required to be potty trained.

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They will not change your kid. Your kid will be sent to the bathroom to change their own clothes. OP, make sure your kids can, at least, change their own underpants.

[Anonymous]

Try to get them mostly potty trained. Mine had a few accidents and all was fine. I was mainly worried about nap time, but mine adjusted. I know there were a few that had accidents a lot and they survived, but trying to get them as potty trained as possible is better for all.

[Anonymous]

Have to be potty trained. Don't send your kid if you aren't willing to do it before. It will be miserable for your kid. (If your child has special needs that is different ... then you should pursue an IEP and get an accommodation.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They will change your child in PK3, it is recommended but not required to be potty trained.

It depends on the teacher.

Found this to be very true at our Title 1 DCPS. Teacher was very against having a kid wear pullups but that was not against school policy. Just her preference and she made it clear that she would not be assisting with helping to change him. The aide was much more willing to work with us on this by quietly helping our son with reminders and by the winter break things got better with less accidents and we were able to forego the pullups in the spring.

Now aftercare was a whole different story. The staff were really unhelpful and not understanding. Several times our son was found crying alone in the bathroom because he had an accident and was embarrassed to tell anyone. Everyone kept telling us not to worry, that the other potty trained kids would be a motivating influence. Turned out to not be true for us and the maturity (late summer baby) gained later in the school year helped the most. I will add that we and his daycare teachers were constantly trying to get him fully potty trained before the start of PK3 so it wasn't a lack of effort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They will change your child in PK3, it is recommended but not required to be potty trained.

It depends on the teacher.

Found this to be very true at our Title 1 DCPS. Teacher was very against having a kid wear pullups but that was not against school policy. Just her preference and she made it clear that she would not be assisting with helping to change him. The aide was much more willing to work with us on this by quietly helping our son with reminders and by the winter break things got better with less accidents and we were able to forego the pullups in the spring.

Now aftercare was a whole different story. The staff were really unhelpful and not understanding. Several times our son was found crying alone in the bathroom because he had an accident and was embarrassed to tell anyone. Everyone kept telling us not to worry, that the other potty trained kids would be a motivating influence. Turned out to not be true for us and the maturity (late summer baby) gained later in the school year helped the most. I will add that we and his daycare teachers were constantly trying to get him fully potty trained before the start of PK3 so it wasn't a lack of effort.

Which is strange. Why make it so that the kids don’t have to be potty trained? If the teachers don’t have to help, it should be a rule that all the children should be potty trained.

[Anonymous]

My kid was PT by age 2 because I knew DCPS needed that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone’s child potty trained before they started PreK3? If not, how did the school handle it?

My god, how have you not potty trained your 3 year old? Unless they have a developmental delay they should be good by now. All 3 of my kids were done by 2. This sounds like a parenting issue…

Don’t pass it along to the pre-k teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone’s child potty trained before they started PreK3? If not, how did the school handle it?

My god, how have you not potty trained your 3 year old? Unless they have a developmental delay they should be good by now. All 3 of my kids were done by 2. This sounds like a parenting issue…

Don’t pass it along to the pre-k teachers.

How lucky for us to have such a superior human being grace us with her presence on this thread!