By NotThePotty - 19/10/2015 10:15 - United States - San Francisco

Today, according to daycare, my son is behind in his potty training curriculum because we are not "celebrating his natural bodily functions" enough. He turned 2 a week ago, and he peed on our bed last night because we're trying to meet this demand. FML
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Tell him to celebrate his bodily functions all over his teacher

According to pediatrician Emmi Pikler 95% of all children manage to successfully use the toilet during the day by the time they turn three without forcing it onto them. The daycare needs to chill.

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Tell them to stick it. He's your kid and he'll be ready when he's ready. Let him sleep in his own bed and let him figure out the potty for himself. Ugh. FYL, OP.

Oh eff the day care people. He will do it when he is ready and forcing the issue makes it worse.

My boys were not ready potty trained until 3 years old. Even then it took a good month or two for them to recognize the sensation to go. If the kid is not ready then it is a horrible experience to try and force them to potty train.

Wait a second- are you telling me you can put potty training in your curriculum? Why did nobody let me know? Now I can put "several years of experience" in mine! Hooray!

Wth does "celebraring bodily functions" even mean? It's potty training. Just teach the little guy where he can and can't do his business without all that psychological mumbo jumbo

Time to pull him out of THAT daycare. Expecting a two year old to be potty trained, let alone referring to it as 'curriculum', is wrong on so many levels.

Children don't develop the hormones required to check their bladder in their sleep until 2 and a half. I wouldn't even start night training til he is 3. i have 3 year old twins, they mastered toilet training within a month - during the last 6 months. Your daycare has no idea what they're on about.

He's too young in any case to be able to control his bodily functions. That usually doesn't develop until three or four.

Screw the daycare people, they are not your child's parents and have zero say in how/when he gets potty trained. They're just trying to save themselves the trouble of diaper duty, which is ridiculous.

My parents put Cheerios in the toilet to make it a game for my brother. Idk if that would help, but good luck!!