Charlie ended up back in a diaper at daycare yesterday due to a big misunderstanding on my part. Apparently, "we'll start potty training him here when you start at home" means two weeks without accidents at home before they can go diaperless at school.
So now I'm kind of at a loss. There's no way that he's going to potty train while he's in a diaper. I know my kid, and I know that as long as that plastic/paper abomination is covering his butt he's going to take advantage of it. His daycare teacher suggested that we get him some pull-ups. I'm pretty opposed to the pull-up idea - though it might not be the popular opinion, I think they delay potty training as opposed to encouraging it. Come on, they were developed by DIAPER MANUFACTURERS. The average age of potty training in the land where KC and P&G reign supreme is already so much higher than in other industrialized countries, so why wouldn't they want to extend their reach?
I need to figure out another plan, especially since the massive skin irritation he has in his diaper area is starting to flare up again. I just don't know how this is going to work when he's in diapers at daycare and undies at home. I can't exactly take an entire week off work to sit in the house, but if it comes down to it I guess that's something to consider.
What am I missing?
Edit: They will help potty train within the context of pull-ups. They are able to do it more intensively in the next room up, but he won't be transitioning over there for another 4-6 months, and I don't really want to wait that long. We're really very happy with the center, but every once in a while there's something that really annoys me. I don't know if this is an issue that's unique to our center or just something that working moms have to deal with - having to compromise on our child-rearing plans.
