Childminders and Potty Training

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Hi - can i get a bit of information as to how best to deal with potty training and taking my child to the childminder. If i start training at the weekend can i bring my DC to the childminder whilst training or should I stay home and train myself and only take to child minder when trained? How long does this usually take? Also - what to do about accidents in their care (i.e. wees and poos in their house)

Thanks

first - talk to the CM so that she can plan to stay close her setting when you have agreed a start; you don't want to start only to find that she has a trip to the farm, a picnic on the beach and a visit to the fire station planned for that week

I encourage the parents to start on a Friday night but that's just for my convenience, I may as well be honest with you

wees and poos are part and parcel of supporting a child through the process and are to be expected, I have hosed down a child many times

send many more spare clothes than you think will be needed

good luck

Snap. I have a policy regarding this and it basically says that I'm happy to continue as long as it's started over a weekend. I have 4 children aged just 3 and under at a time so I couldn't put the same effort in to starting from scratch as a parent would (plus it wouldn't be fair on the other mindees) but I'd be more than happy to continue if things are going pretty well (accidents to be expected! ) after a few days.

Good luck, best thing is to speak to your cm

Definitely talk to your childminder.

I am lucky to be able to have 4 days straight with my ds so i had 4 days at home with him before sending him out into the big wide world!!! she then continued exactly the way I wanted (however I did ask her before starting for any helpful hints).

Would be surprised if she said it wasn't part of the package as some children can have accidents for a very long time.

Good luck - my ds has now been potty trained for 2 weeks - phew

As others said - talk to your minder.

Also remember to send spare socks and shoes, because they do wee standing up, fully clothed sometimes.

I quite often suggest to parents when to start potty training as spending a lot of time with the child, I am nearly always aware of when they need to start.

I introduce it very low key, potties, book etc, and then have a couple of days and see how it goes, and then send them home for the weekend and ask parents to continue. I ban pull ups, but use Bambino Mio training pants to save the carpet, they are really soft, look just like pants and you can get them in pink, white and blue, Wilkos is the cheapest

I have just trained one mindie, she is just 2, it was fairly easy, we had a couple of poo accidents to start, but once she understood the feeling and sensation, plus a few chocolate buttons, we cracked it. She is also came dry at night after 2 weeks.

Now I have a 20 month old telling me when to change her, so she is next in line!

Great not to have a huge sack of dirty nappies that is only collected once a fortnight!

Oh, and I provide lots of spare knickers, socks, tights, etc. just part of my all inclusive service!

I always find this a tricky one as have often spend ages potty training in the setting to have the child turn up in nappies the next morning which to me is just silly, if you start then you start.

I now ask parents to have at least 4 clear days just with them and the child full time, no nappy. It usually means that it is done in holiday time or the days they are not in the setting.

I expect accidents sure, but I am not going to start from scratch,, if I did that with all the mindees I have, I would need my home steam cleaned.

I am a childminder with mindees of varying ages.

One of the little ones is out of nappies/pullups at home. Unfortunately she does a no. 2 in her pants.

I had to ask if nappies/pullups could be sent as this was happening with me. The little one was not telling me when she wanted to go to the toilet.

For health and safety reasons I need to protect the high chair, buggy from any spillage.

I still take her to the toilet/potty as much as possible.

Please speak to the childminder as its important that you work together with this. Our routines are very differnent.

Its is easier when the little one tells you they want to go to the potty, toilet.

Sometimes I am out for quite a while, not always having access to toilet.

Sorry to hijack but I wanted to ask you something OP.

I read on here you weaned early at 16 weeks under advice from a dietician. Can I ask what the reason was? Was it because your child was losing weight or slow to gain weight?

HI Nappy addict

I started early because my DS (and DD but didn't wean as early with her) had milk protein and soya allergy. He was on Neocate and meds for Reflux - Neocate is very thin and he has a fast metabolism so was taking a lot, not putting on a great deal of weight and so was introduced to baby rice early as it helped line his tummy and helped his reflux.

Did he ever lose weight or was he just slow to gain it?

Did the dietician advise on your DD as well or just DS?

Was it a general dietician or a paediatric one?

Can you remember how much milk he was taking before you started on the baby rice?

Sorry for all the questions!

Before he was diagnosed he had dropped percentiles. Then placed on Neocate and started thriving but was extra hungry. By 16 weeks was guzzling 8oz bottles at every feed but still throwing up at times so we started on baby rice, under dietician care, as it helped thicken his feed and keep things down. He weaned slowly though. Took ab out 2 months t get to the same stage as most people would get to with weaning later (IYKWIM)

DD also under dietician care. Only just started her on solids as she was diagnosed early and responds well to meds and her weight gain has been fine but she is now getting hungrier and Neocate is quite thin so not as filling as regular formula.

Dietician was a paediatric one from the out-patients at our hospital where both DC were under the care of the paediatric clinic.

So DS dropped percentiles but didn't lose weight?

How old was DD when you weaned her?