Starting preschool ?

[Mama2Kayla]

Ds is 2 and starting preschool on Wednesday. He is not potty trained, so there may be times he needs a diaper change.

Should I say something to his teachers about not retracting? Are there any forms I can print up with AAP guidelines they can read.

Thanks!

[MommytoB]

Yes, definetly tell the teachers specifically to not retract your son's foreskin . Wipe Only what you see.

Many teachers are not aware of that and will retract kids because most of the time doctors give bad wrong advice to other parents even sometimes they stick in the past .

Like for example when my son was 6 1/2 wks old and I saw my mom retracting my son's foreskin and I told her stop you do not do that . She asked how does it get clean then ?

I told her you only wipe on the outside becaue the foreskin is still attached and will cause damage if retracted .

she listened and she proably didn't agree with me but was like whatever you know ?

So later on my aunt found out that Brendan was intact and she was my preschool teacher including having a home daycare up until I was in 6 th grade.

She said you do know your supposed to pull back the foreskin and clean under it. I just told her That was true in the olden days but now doctors found out that its not needed to do that

[l_olive]

I discussed it with my son's preschool teachers before he started. Luckily, they were both completely aware that retraction was a no no. If they hadn't been, I would have shown them the AAP statement that I printed out and carry around in my wallet. Better safe than sorry, I think.

[Minarai]

If he's not potty trained, how'd they let him into the preschool?

[eepster]

I thought nocirc.org had a pamphalet for daycare/preschool works, but all I could find were ones for parents and nursing homes. You could find something similar or give them these.

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

Originally Posted by Minarai

If he's not potty trained, how'd they let him into the preschool?

Not the OP but many preschools around here do take children 3y who are not totally potty trained.

Yes you definatly need to say something. If they already know great if not then you saved your ds from potential harm being done to him.

[Mama2Kayla]

Originally Posted by Minarai

If he's not potty trained, how'd they let him into the preschool?

He just turned 2 at the end of May-- IMO, not too many 2 yr olds are potty trained.

Thanks you all!!

[tutucrazy]

Most certainly you should mention something. This thread has a link to a NOCIRC pamphlet you can print or the AAP guidlines.

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...893&highlight=

[Minarai]

Originally Posted by MCatLvrMom2A&X

Not the OP but many preschools around here do take children 3y who are not totally potty trained.

I see.
Here, they explicitly require that all 3-year-olds be out of diapers and fully trained.

[Fyrestorm]

Half the kids in my DD's preschool were still in diaps.

OP - Tell everyone! You can never e too cautious with your children's well being. Why take the chance.

[laohaire]

Yeah, OT but I never heard of a preschool for kids that young, or not potty trained.

2 seems awfully young for school!

[Mama2Kayla]

Originally Posted by laohaire

Yeah, OT but I never heard of a preschool for kids that young, or not potty trained.

2 seems awfully young for school!

Oh, I agree, but I have to go to class---so he has to be somewhere . It's a play based preschool, they don't really have "school".
It helps that his big sis has been going here for 2 yrs, so he already knows everyone . He didn't even cry when they took him out of the car--just waved byebye. I think it was harder on me .

Oh, and I mentioned it to his teachers today and they were fine with it --they already knew the drill.

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

Great now you can relax and know he is in good hands.