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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - sorry for the strange reply time, the baby is deciding it's going to be an all nighter. We spoke with them and they said she'd only had about one success a day with them, not what we're seeing at home. They want to keep using diapers until they see more interest from her at daycare. I'm not sure how she will show more interest if she can't independently access the toilet. They didn't say no to pull ups, so we've picked some up linked above, thank you for these! Hopefully we can persuade that this is worth doing. I'm confused if they can velcro them up why they'd still use diapers though? She does so well in them when prompted and out with us and doesn't treat them as a diaper at all so they're very different[/quote]

Is she telling them that she has to go unprompted? Is she showing any signs that she’s ready for potty training such as telling them that her diaper is wet or soiled? Does she have the skills to pull her pants down and back up on her own?

Pull-ups with the fastener sides are what we require at our daycare, but they are glorified diapers with less absorbency. Potty training at home is completely different than potty training at a daycare where she has so many distractions. She is having fun, playing, she does not want to leave an activity to go to the bathroom. Whereas at home, when you prompt her, she’s obviously going to go and it’s much easier for one on one training than group training.

In another comment, you mentioned that you feel the pressure to potty train her because she’s three years old. Who is pressuring you? You shouldn’t force potty training on her if she is not ready because you feel pressured. Believe me, when kids are ready, you will know and potty training will be much easier whether they are 18 months or four years old. I have potty trained as early as 16 months and also worked with kids as old as four. When kids are ready, they’re ready.[/quote]

OP here-Daycare are great and not pressuring at all, she doesn't ask to go in daycare but has gone successfully when they take them at breaks in schedule. She's 50-50  at prompting at home so still has occasional accidents but is better. I'm not sure if it's because she's happy to tell me immediately

I'm feeling pressure from other parent and family. I was always told this should have been completed by 3 at the latest and I know I need to be teaching her this skill[/quote]

I’m sorry you’re feeling pressured. It’s unfair to your daughter because from what you write. It doesn’t sound like she’s ready. Some kids are done by three but lots of kids are not done by three (I am currently potty training a 18 month old and a 3 1/2-year-old. The 3 1/2 yo was nowhere near ready at 18 months. He is only ready now and that’s perfectly OK.)

At home, you can teach her how to pull her pants down and pull them back up. You can also just stick her underwear at home and see how she does. Maybe during a break see if you have any success with the three day potty training method. She’ll still need to wear pull-ups at school, but it will give you an idea on whether or not, she can grasp the concept of identifying, the urge to go and making it to the potty. But the biggest thing you can do to help is teaching her to pull her pants and pull up/underwear up and down on her own.
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