Asks for Nappy for Poos

[LimeSlice]

You won't need to cancel, they don't expect 3 year olds to be fully TTd for beginning of kinder. You will most likely find that she gets better out of sight by the time second term starts.
How old is she now? I think you just need to be patient. Not being totally toilet trained by 3 is quite normal.

[goddessofdawn]

Thanks, but she is already 3
She will be 3 and 3 months at the start of February when term starts, and unfortunately the kindy has been very clear that "children are expected to be toilet trained". Although I am sure there will be the occasional accident!

I might just leave it, I still have another 1.5 months to make some progress..... I just don't want her to be distressed at kindy if she needs to poo. I would be very very surprised if she just went to the toilet at kindy - more likely she would hold it in if not urgent, or if urgent she would become distressed and ask for a nappy... Disaster!

[feeb]

DS1 would ask for nappy and scream and cry and go crazy for a nappy for a poo. He didn't TT till 3 years 7 months. What I did after a few days of the hyserics was carry him to the toilet sit him on it and talk to him calm him down, then sing songs, tell a story and show him pics on my phone. Once he did a poo finally on toilet as was calm he was so excited that we took a pic and sent it to daddy at work LOL yes a poo pic LOL and we had no issues after that.

Good luck its stressful time I am close to doing DS2 and hoping he will be as easy.

[goddessofdawn]

Thanks Feeb - we have an ipad so maybe we should sit on the toilet with that!! And I will tell her we can send a poo photo to dad at work, she will love that! haha

[HotI]

My kinder said that they are not legally allowed to refuse kids on basis of toilet training, but encourage parents to do so, and they may call you up to change the child if they poo.

you could try encouraging her to sit in the bathroom, or on the toilet (wearing a nappy) when she poos. I have also heard people have success by then cutting bigger and bigger holes in the nappy (disposable), so eventually the poo goes into the toilet.