My 21-month daughter is diaper-free at home - except at nap-time and sleep time. She often wakes up dry after a nap.
However, her daycare teachers say she is not ready because she does not get a score of 8/10 in this questionnaire. She has been diaper-free at home for two months now...every morning on a weekday I have to put a diaper on because her daycare teachers insist that she's not ready
I'm SO tempted to pull my daughter out of that daycare...the only reason I can't right now is that I'm working full-time and everything else about the daycare is SO good!!!
PS: I was also very upset by the question just below the questions...
The BIGGEST question is, "Do you REALLY feel your child is ready or are YOU tired of diapers?"
When Joanne was ready for serious toilet training, my husband and I intuitively knew. We followed our intuition and the cues Joanne was giving us. She's doing great at home...However according to these "Experts", she's not.....Do we trust our intuition or do we trust our intuition and our baby's cues?
However, her daycare teachers say she is not ready because she does not get a score of 8/10 in this questionnaire. She has been diaper-free at home for two months now...every morning on a weekday I have to put a diaper on because her daycare teachers insist that she's not ready
I'm SO tempted to pull my daughter out of that daycare...the only reason I can't right now is that I'm working full-time and everything else about the daycare is SO good!!!
PS: I was also very upset by the question just below the questions...
The BIGGEST question is, "Do you REALLY feel your child is ready or are YOU tired of diapers?"
When Joanne was ready for serious toilet training, my husband and I intuitively knew. We followed our intuition and the cues Joanne was giving us. She's doing great at home...However according to these "Experts", she's not.....Do we trust our intuition or do we trust our intuition and our baby's cues?
This questionnaire is "western world". They could learn a thing or two from us in the thirld world. From the age kids can sit down, there instincts on going poo or pee are heightened.. I can attest to that; infact I remember being dismissed by others when I mentioned this with my first born, but with my second born I trusted my instinct and sure enough by 1year she was comfortable with no diaper and she knew to ask for potty. I shared with two other friends and the result was the same. These gals all went of to creche at 15 months quite able to go potty. Many cultures in Africa start training their kids early ( considering the kids spend a lot of time on their mummy's back!) whatever the inspiration ( why shoudnt cost of diaper be one?), with patience, mothers should not have to be buying diapers until the baby is 3 or 4!;
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