You have put a lot of work into your child trying to potty train them:  Being prompt with cues and timing, frequently asking them “Do you have to go?;”  Planning outings to accommodate the training progress; Getting creative with Cheerios for the boys; Developing rewards systems; Wondering how long it will take and eager to be done from diapers; Saving your cost on diapers, the time in storing them strategically around the house, and the task of changing them; anxiously awaiting the time when you can defray the expense of diapers and wipes into a college fund or other financial commitments.  Knowing all work pays off you stay on track and report the success and failures to family and friends.

Finally!  The potty program shows signs of success and eventually you get to state your little one is trained.  You’re proud, the child is proud, that part of rearing is for the most part over (literally).  You celebrate with them and share the good news to encourage, nurture and foster the new freedoms for both of you.  A weight has been lifted and blue skies are here.

We realize, as stated above, the energy required to succeed in potty training.  It is never fun to push policy in front of people but it does have a purpose, in this case to avoid shutting lessons down for every one if there is an accident.  Our stance is if your swimmer is under 36 months they must wear some protection while in the pool.  We’ve softened the lingo by encouraging you to use words like “Swim Pants” and omitting the word diaper.  It is a pure form of semantics but necessary to help maintain the success you’ve achieved by not dashing your child’s pride after working so hard to get them out of diapers.  We suggest you let your swimmer know this is simply part of what you wear for swimming.

Feel free to talk to our staff and see what we recommend to help this be as seamless as possible.  For more information and to see some of the other guidelines we operate under please visit: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/pools/wadingpoolsafetyfactsheet.html