Hello!

How can I get my 3 year old son (4 in Feb) to go to the toilet at daycare? He lets me know when he needs to go and does number 1’s in the toilet, even at the shops. But he won’t go at daycare. Any suggestions or advice would be good.

Posted by Melissa, 16/10/13

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  • I’m struggling with this too, except that she does well at times then goes backwards. I was hoping seeing the other kids at kinder would help but time will tell.


  • Try and get him to go before you leave perhaps!


  • I had a similar problem and found it was because the staff had designated toilet times.


  • there are some good comments here


  • How is he going now?


  • Tough one! Ask his day carers for advice…?


  • do staff at the day care have any suggestions? maybe you can take him when you drop him off at the day care?


  • Hope some of the answers below have helped.


  • did anything work good? 🙂


  • Were the suggestions or advice any good?


  • I hope you find the answers you need


  • It definitely needs to be an effort by the carers to encourage him.


  • The day care staff will help you solve the situation by offering strategies to assist him talk to them about your concerns


  • Need to talk with day care workers as they should be encouraging him to go to the toilet.


  • Maybe get him to go to the loo with you before you leave. That way you do it as a routine with you there. Then he might feel more comfortable.


  • Speak to your room staff at daycare and as stated it may be a privacy thing and together you can come up with a solution, such as him going to the toilet when all the other kids are doing something else or have gone outside


  • You need to have a talk to the daycare staff and together you can talk about ways to improve the situation.


  • Chat with the workers and come up with a plan. He may need an incentive put in place, though I found peers had a magical effect 🙂


  • It can be difficult maybe he is embarrassed to go there. have a good chat to him about it


  • I can remember not wanting to use the toilets at daycare (many years ago now lol) because I didn’t want everyone to see me sitting on the loo – all of the toilets were in one room and both boys and girls had to use them. Also there was no door and the walls were low enough for the staff to keep an eye on us – but for me I just felt exposed so tried not to go.


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