3.5 and 4 year olds not potty trained...how did that happen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel for any of the other parents out there struggling with PT. My son will be 4 soon and I’ve only ever gotten him to pee in a potty once after almost a year of trying of and on. No amount of bribes or frequent trips to the potty make a difference. It’s so incredibly stressful and I’m tired of wasting our weekends to work on it.
And he’s been sleep trained and sleeping through the night since 1 so no issues there. I just have a stubborn 3yo!

It’s perfectly normal for some kids to take a little longer to be ready. No reason to feel bad about it. Kids grow up too fast, just enjoy him being little while it lasts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel for any of the other parents out there struggling with PT. My son will be 4 soon and I’ve only ever gotten him to pee in a potty once after almost a year of trying of and on. No amount of bribes or frequent trips to the potty make a difference. It’s so incredibly stressful and I’m tired of wasting our weekends to work on it.
And he’s been sleep trained and sleeping through the night since 1 so no issues there. I just have a stubborn 3yo!

It’s perfectly normal for some kids to take a little longer to be ready. No reason to feel bad about it. Kids grow up too fast, just enjoy him being little while it lasts.

Thank you for that. He’s a sweet kid and my youngest/last child so I do want to enjoy it all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel for any of the other parents out there struggling with PT. My son will be 4 soon and I’ve only ever gotten him to pee in a potty once after almost a year of trying of and on. No amount of bribes or frequent trips to the potty make a difference. It’s so incredibly stressful and I’m tired of wasting our weekends to work on it.
And he’s been sleep trained and sleeping through the night since 1 so no issues there. I just have a stubborn 3yo!

It’s perfectly normal for some kids to take a little longer to be ready. No reason to feel bad about it. Kids grow up too fast, just enjoy him being little while it lasts.

Thank you for that. He’s a sweet kid and my youngest/last child so I do want to enjoy it all!

It really doesn’t matter at all when a kid is done with them. I know several people who’ve waited to potty train because they weren’t ready and it’s much more convenient to just change a diaper than having to take a child to the bathroom every hour.

[Anonymous]

MYOB

[Anonymous]

Oh OP. MY DD was trained before 2.

She breastfed until almost 3, and we still cosleep often (she’s almost 5). Judge me, and leave everyone else alone.

[Anonymous]

As a public preschool teacher I imagine it sucks when you have 16+ kids and even 3-5 aren’t potty trained and they take big dumps at school in a diaper lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a public preschool teacher I imagine it sucks when you have 16+ kids and even 3-5 aren’t potty trained and they take big dumps at school in a diaper lol.

Accidents happen. Part of having kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a public preschool teacher I imagine it sucks when you have 16+ kids and even 3-5 aren’t potty trained and they take big dumps at school in a diaper lol.

Preschool teachers are essentially glorified babysitters. If you don’t like it than you should find a different job.