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Post by sunraynnc on Jul 28, 2015 0:47:22 GMT
Did your children wear cloth diapers in preschool? How did that work?
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Post by Minnesota*Mom on Jul 28, 2015 0:50:24 GMT
At the preschool my kids attended, the kids had to be potty trained. No diapers of any kind.
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Post by gsquaredmom on Jul 28, 2015 0:51:46 GMT
My kids were potty trained before preschool. But daycare before that required disposable diapers to age 3, at which time they had to be in regular underwear and fully potty trained to stay at the daycare.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 0:52:33 GMT
Our preschools don't allow children in diapers.
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Post by janeinbama on Jul 28, 2015 0:53:33 GMT
There are no child development centers in our area who allow cloth diapers. My DD researched. They uses CD at home and the center will put one on DGS at pick up.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 0:55:20 GMT
Preschools here require kids to be potty trained.
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Post by lumo on Jul 28, 2015 0:57:18 GMT
DD was potty trained before she went, but she went to a Quaker (read: crunchy-liberal) playgroup (so not technically a preschool), and I'm sure had she still been in cloth, they would have had no issues w/it.
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Post by txdancermom on Jul 28, 2015 1:09:54 GMT
I used cloth with an in home daycare provider, I would send more than enough for a day and a bag to put the dirties in. When they went to an day care center - no go on the cloth
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Post by georgiapea on Jul 28, 2015 1:18:06 GMT
The Montessori pre school my grandaughter's son attended charged a higher rate for un-potty trained children. I can't imagine that cloth diapers were allowed though.
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Post by bluepoprocks on Jul 28, 2015 1:18:17 GMT
You have to be potty trained to attend preschool here.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 1:24:40 GMT
We had "mothers day out" prior to preschool, but they required disposal diapers. To go to actual 3 or 4 yr old preschool, the kids had to be potty trained and could NOT be in pullups.
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Post by moveablefeast on Jul 28, 2015 1:29:37 GMT
The preschool where I work has a younger 2's program that doesn't require potty training, and we don't have a policy on this.
I would leave that decision up to the teachers, whether they would be willing to deal with cloth or not. It would surely require diligence on the part of the parent to continuously provide diapers in the correct size, and I would not expect them to do anything more than change a diaper and put the dirty in a plastic bag for transport home - if they were willing to do that. There would not be rinsing of diapers or soaking in pails or anything along those lines.
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Post by pridemom on Jul 28, 2015 1:36:50 GMT
My girls potty trained before they started preschool. A benefit to cloth is kids potty train sooner than average.
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Jul 28, 2015 1:41:12 GMT
No diapers allowed in preschool here either.
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Post by caangel on Jul 28, 2015 1:47:28 GMT
Preschool=potty trained
My kids potty trained pretty quickly. Some say CD helps with it sincw they can feel the wetness. They were never afraid of the toilet since they were used to me flushing solids. I also never used a mini toilet just the regular one everyone else used except for a kid seat on top.
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Post by jamielynn on Jul 28, 2015 2:08:42 GMT
I live in a very crunchy area, we even have a cloth diaper store with a storefront! They have a list of the daycare a that are licensed that will cloth diaper. The list is quite short and last time I saw it only the newest center was open to "trying" cloth; the other centers wouldn't do it.
I don't believe any preschools are on the list. Most of the preschools here as others mention the child has to be potty trained for. I know our preschool they can be in diapers still but I'm not sure how that works or if she'd be open to cloth.
I asked our daycare provider who is a close family friend about cloth. She was hesitant but didn't say no. I took that as she wasn't keen and I didn't go any further with the idea. I believe her response, as well as a good friend with a daycare was along the lines of checking with the state and licensing regarding having a bag of soiled diapers versus sealing and disposing of them. It must be able to be done as other licensed area daycare a will do it; however very few.
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Post by johnnysmom on Jul 28, 2015 2:57:02 GMT
At the daycare center ds attended and both centers I worked at many moons ago, they would only allow cloth diapers if the child was allergic or had a medical reason for them.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 28, 2015 3:20:39 GMT
Kids have to be totally potty trained to attend preschool here also.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 28, 2015 7:31:21 GMT
At the preschool my kids attended, the kids had to be potty trained. No diapers of any kind.  |
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Post by lindywholoveskids on Jul 28, 2015 8:35:48 GMT
We also live in a crunchy area. The private preschool I tsught in allowed diapers till the child was trained. The school did want cloth diapers, but then changed to asking for paper. In the 2"s program I'm not sure exactly what the policy is, but im sure diapers are allowed.
Our grandson used Seventh Generation paper diapers .
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Post by seaexplore on Jul 28, 2015 14:51:22 GMT
At the preschool my DD goes to, the kids are expected to be potty trained. We struggled all last year, while she was in school, to get her trained. Finally, we just sent her in pull-ups for pee. She's a poop in the potty pro. She's just now (a few weeks shy of turning 4) finally getting the hang of it and been dry for the last 3 days during the day. I wasn't fully trained until I was almost 5 tho so I will be happy if she is daytime trained this year. She cannot go to kinder next year if we're still having the daytime wet issue.
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Post by ingrid6 on Jul 28, 2015 14:53:55 GMT
No diapers of any kind at the preschool that my kids attended.
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Post by eastcoastpea on Jul 28, 2015 15:05:19 GMT
Around here your child must be potty trained for preschool - no diapers.
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Post by smalltowngirlie on Jul 28, 2015 15:18:17 GMT
There is a big difference between Preschool and Daycare and they can have totally different policies.
In my experience, children need to be potty trained to attend Preschool programs, no diapers of any kind. I know this can be tough for parents when they can send their 3 year old to PreK, but the child is no where near potty trained. I have seen many children pushed way to soon. This is just one way I see society pushing children to grow up at the adult pace, not the child's pace.
I have worked at Daycares that allow cloth diapers. As someone said earlier, there are no extra steps when changing. Whatever is in that diaper in wrapped up and put in a plastic bag. No rinsing, soaking, we couldn't even drop what ever could be dropped into a toilet, no just wrap it up and bag it. It is up to the parent to deal with it EVERY NIGHT. I always wondering about the diaper that got filled at 8:00 am and knew it would not be looked at again until after 5:00 at night. That would not be something I would want to look forward to each day.
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Post by SabrinaM on Jul 28, 2015 15:31:41 GMT
My girls didn't go to preschool until they were 3. They were potty trained as per policy.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 28, 2015 16:10:44 GMT
In my experience, children need to be potty trained to attend Preschool programs, no diapers of any kind. I know this can be tough for parents when they can send their 3 year old to PreK, but the child is no where near potty trained. I have seen many children pushed way to soon. This is just one way I see society pushing children to grow up at the adult pace, not the child's pace.I think this is interesting, because back in the day 40+ years ago when I was growing up parents pretty regularly pushed their kids to be trained much, much sooner than we do today. Even though I knew she was capable earlier, I waited to really start potty training with DD until after she was 2 because I knew our impending move would be disruptive to the process. Several people I know over 65 mentioned, "Wow, she's not potty trained yet? All of my kids were completely trained by 18 months." So in reality, I think it's just the opposite. Kids today are pushed to train early far less than they ever were in the past. A quick Google search and I found this online which seems to support that thought: |
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Post by smalltowngirlie on Jul 28, 2015 16:21:05 GMT
In my experience, children need to be potty trained to attend Preschool programs, no diapers of any kind. I know this can be tough for parents when they can send their 3 year old to PreK, but the child is no where near potty trained. I have seen many children pushed way to soon. This is just one way I see society pushing children to grow up at the adult pace, not the child's pace.I think this is interesting, because back in the day 40+ years ago when I was growing up parents pretty regularly pushed their kids to be trained much, much sooner than we do today. Even though I knew she was capable earlier, I waited to really start potty training with DD until after she was 2 because I knew our impending move would be disruptive to the process. Several people I know over 65 mentioned, "Wow, she's not potty trained yet? All of my kids were completely trained by 18 months." So in reality, I think it's just the opposite. Kids today are pushed to train early far less than they ever were in the past. A quick Google search and I found this online which seems to support that thought: Not all children are pushed, I should not have made it sound like this is the norm, when it is not. There are always those children that will reach milestones later than the average child, just as there are those that will reach them at a very early age. When a parent is ready for their child to go to PreK, they will push their child to be potty trained, because the school requires it, not because the child is ready. Every year I will hear at least one parent say, "If you want to go to school to need to use the toilet." or something to that effect, and I guarantee that the child has not been totally potty trained when school starts in 2 weeks. Most children have no problem being ready for PreK, but those that aren't are often pushed. That is the adult time line. I did not use cloth diapers. DS was trained to pee in the toilet pretty early, he was actually dry at night just over 2 years old, and using the toilet on his own by 3 easily, we did not push it. Now pooping, that is another story entirely that would take this thread in a totally new direction. Again, sorry I made it sound like I was generalizing, that is not what I meant. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 28, 2015 16:39:30 GMT
Not all children are pushed, I should not have made it sound like this is the norm, when it is not. There are always those children that will reach milestones later than the average child, just as there are those that will reach them at a very early age. When a parent is ready for their child to go to PreK, they will push their child to be potty trained, because the school requires it, not because the child is ready. Every year I will hear at least one parent say, "If you want to go to school to need to use the toilet." or something to that effect, and I guarantee that the child has not been totally potty trained when school starts in 2 weeks. Most children have no problem being ready for PreK, but those that aren't are often pushed. That is the adult time line. I did not use cloth diapers. DS was trained to pee in the toilet pretty early, he was actually dry at night just over 2 years old, and using the toilet on his own by 3 easily, we did not push it. Now pooping, that is another story entirely that would take this thread in a totally new direction. Again, sorry I made it sound like I was generalizing, that is not what I meant. I think it's all over the board these days what people do, but more people let their kids go considerably longer than many parents did historically which was my point. We did push our kid some, but it was more a matter of finding the right currency to motivate her. She was totally capable, she just wasn't motivated. Once I figured out what would help motivate her, she learned very quickly and pretty much on her own. I think that back in the 50's most kids didn't go to PreK or daycare, they were home with mom. It was just expected that all kids would be trained as quickly as possible, and our expectations as a society have changed over the decades. |
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Post by moveablefeast on Jul 28, 2015 16:58:00 GMT
I think this is interesting, because back in the day 40+ years ago when I was growing up parents pretty regularly pushed their kids to be trained much, much sooner than we do today. Even though I knew she was capable earlier, I waited to really start potty training with DD until after she was 2 because I knew our impending move would be disruptive to the process. Several people I know over 65 mentioned, "Wow, she's not potty trained yet? All of my kids were completely trained by 18 months." So in reality, I think it's just the opposite. Kids today are pushed to train early far less than they ever were in the past. A quick Google search and I found this online which seems to support that thought: Not all children are pushed, I should not have made it sound like this is the norm, when it is not. There are always those children that will reach milestones later than the average child, just as there are those that will reach them at a very early age. When a parent is ready for their child to go to PreK, they will push their child to be potty trained, because the school requires it, not because the child is ready. Every year I will hear at least one parent say, "If you want to go to school to need to use the toilet." or something to that effect, and I guarantee that the child has not been totally potty trained when school starts in 2 weeks. Most children have no problem being ready for PreK, but those that aren't are often pushed. That is the adult time line. I did not use cloth diapers. DS was trained to pee in the toilet pretty early, he was actually dry at night just over 2 years old, and using the toilet on his own by 3 easily, we did not push it. Now pooping, that is another story entirely that would take this thread in a totally new direction. Again, sorry I made it sound like I was generalizing, that is not what I meant. We often have parents at my school ask about potty training. For some kids, it is pressure to be told you have to be trained before you can go to school. For others, that's a huge motivator and very positive - for a child who really wants to go to preschool, being ready is a huge reward. For a child who would rather stay home with mom, it's actually a great motivator to delay potty training and can really backfire  but I would say a good number of kids really want to go to preschool to be with other kids or to be like an older sibling. |
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Post by melanell on Jul 28, 2015 17:01:23 GMT
Having used both disposable diapers and cloth diapers, and growing up in a household that had the earlier babies in cloth and the latest baby in disposable, I think a really common reason for kids training later (in general) now is that it's easier to let them stay in diapers longer now than it was when people all used cloth. I mean, I think cloth diapers are great, but they were also a pain in the butt to a certain degree. At least for me. So I can say hands down, that if I had two 18 month olds, one in disposables and one in cloth, I'd be more excited about the cloth wearing toddler to give up the diapers. And the cloth diapers of the 30s or 50s or 70s are not the same as they are now. The pre-folds look fairly similar, but the covers are far superior to those awful rubber & plastic pants. And the all-in-ones bare almost no resemblance to cloth diapers of old at all. Plus, women (in general) have less children now. I have great grandmothers who would often have 3 (or more) under the age of 4. Laundry was a much bigger chore back then, and pair that with cloth diapers that didn't work as well, the poor women were probably dying to get each kid out of diapers as soon as possible.  |
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but I would say a good number of kids really want to go to preschool to be with other kids or to be like an older sibling. 
