I'm slacking, I know. It's hard to remember to post on a blog when you go to school full-time and work when you're not at school.

Today I'd like to talk about potty training. Potty training is obviously different for each kid, but there are certain things that are the same throughout, like CONSISTENCY. You're an idiot if you think you can leave the potty training up to your daycare providers. We have more than just your child in our classroom, and it's hard enough to change all their diapers, let alone have them sit on the potty while we chase five hundred other kids around, then come back to clean your kid up and rediaper them. We try as hard as we can, but it takes a village, blah blah blah.

If you're not trying at home to potty train them, tell us and we won't try either. You've NO clue how FRUSTRATING it is to have to change a child's clothes all the time because they wet and shit themselves. It's even MORE frustrating to hear you talk about how your child wears a pull-up at home, and you "forget" to take them potty sometimes but it's ok, because they go at school. The best thing I encountered was a mom who stayed home with their kid for a week, kept them in underwear the whole time, not caring if they peed themselves, and really worked hard at getting her child potty trained. That child is now fully potty trained because her mother took the time, cared about what she was doing, and focused on the goal. 

And lastly, putting underwear OVER A DIAPER or pull-up is the stupidest, most pointless thing anyone can do. It's confusing and makes no sense. It's all or nothing. Let the kid get used to the feeling of underwear and don't get angry when they have accidents, it WILL happen, just deal with it. If you pay attention and send them to the potty every hour or so, they will be better off.