I will email you, but for the sake of anybody else that might
be interested in this - having lots of changes in the
classroom can throw children off their new routines of
pottying. And sometimes I have seen children back up - i.e.
be going in the toilet pretty consistently and then not at
all. Is she still wearing underwear at home? I would ask her
parents to keep her in undies for the weekend and chart what
times she wet her panties, went potty in the toilet, got
taken to the potty, whether she asked to go potty or parents
initiated, etc. Then I'd study their chart to see if she is
showing enough self control to try undies and pottying at
school.
If a child seems to be taking a few steps back, I have no
problem with giving the child a choice and abiding by that
choice. For this child, I would say "I can see that you are
having a wet pull-up each time we go to the potty. Would you
like to wear a diaper and try using the toilet again later,
or would you like to wear underwear and use the toilet?" And
if she said "Diaper", I would do just that and not show any
concern or feelings about it. I would just say, "Ok we'll do
that. You let me know when you want to wear underwear and
try going in the potty again." When she is interested in
using the potty again, we'd be working on keeping that diaper
dry for the "big reward :)" of wearing undies. (Remember, I
don't do pull-ups - we go from diaper to undies.)
Don't know if this helps, but it might give you some thoughts?
On 4/19/08, Jennifer wrote:
> I have a child in my class who has been three since the
> first of February. She is ALMOST always wet when I check
> her pullup. Anyway, she is VERY smart and SHOULD be potty
> training by now. I talked to her mom yesterday and she
> said that another teacher that was in my room before me had
> her in underwear and she was doing well. WHY they put her
> back in pullups I will NEVER know. I told her mom I wasn't
> planning on going anywhere and if we worked together maybe
> we could get her potty trained and she agreed with me. She
> KNOWS to bring several outfits and several pairs of
> underwear. Do you think we are doing the right thing
> here? The child has been in this particular classroom for
> approximately two years and she has been through several
> teachers which might be the reason she is having a hard
> time. I will post again some time next week and let you
> know how it goes. I refuse to put her back in a pullup
> like I did with the other little . This little
> would mess in her pants just to go back in a pullup and the
> other little did NOT want to go back in a pullup.
> Please email me if possible at jenniferandchase@comcast.net
> Thanks,
> jennifer
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