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Post by mrsscrapdiva on Jul 28, 2015 18:06:10 GMT
My children's preschool started at 2 yrs 10 months. The did help them potty train and allowed diapers or pullups. We just used pullups for a short time. I know a lot of preschools that the children MUST be fully potty trained before they start.
A long time ago in the 90s I worked at a childcare facility and there was 1 child in cloth diapers because of extreme rashes. I remember it being a big tado with the teachers in that room.
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iowgirl
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Post by iowgirl on Jul 28, 2015 18:22:05 GMT
That's really interesting. My first two were cloth diapered, except at night. Both were fully trained, day and night, before 18 months. I was pretty smug about it. Then number 3 came along. I didn't use cloth diapers as much with him and I wasn't sure he would ever potty train. At age 3, I finally said ENOUGH! LOL He went commando for about 3 days and finally decided to agree with me. Boy that kid is stubborn! LOL
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Post by RiverIsis on Jul 28, 2015 19:19:28 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: I think if you look into it closer, children weren't so much potty trained, as toileted a certain time after each meal. Hand them a book and tell them to sit until they are done sort of thing. Of course in the 1950's, children seldom left the home so it wasn't a big deal.
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