Potty Training Girls

Hey all. My daughter was really eager to use the potty and used to go in her little toilet before she was 2 years old. She has entirely lost interest and is almost fearful of it. My mom stayed with us for a little bit and I had another baby and I think the combo of pressure from her grandma and not being the only child have had negative effects. I don’t want to pressure her at all so I keep saying “when you’re ready” but she’s over 2.5 now and still scared of it.

I work out of the house full time so I need something my husband can assist with when I’m not here 5 days a week too. I made a sticker board for her and have two styles of potty for her.

Any tips on how I can make it fun and set up a potty station for her?

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My daughter hated the potty would only wee not poo and used the toilet for pooing instead I got a training seat and step for her as she was a lot happier going to the toilet

Try reading Oh Crap Potty Training. It is a commitment and best to take a few days off work to really get it to stick. But it’s worth it and you’re little will be so proud once they catch on.

If she enjoys being read too, we read diapers are not forever. Everyone poops and a potty for me, they talk about that's what big girls do

A sticker board is a good idea! I also like 's idea about the training seat on the toilet. She might be more inclined to do like her mom and dad do. But, as an early childhood educator, I've worked with many age groups, and I've worked with children that are 3-4 that still have accidents, or who are still in pull-ups. Some children take to it quicker than others. But if you keep at it, some.trial and error, I'm sure it will happen for her :)

Thank you all. We love readying the potty books- she talks about them but it hasn’t curbed her interest back. We also have the toilet seat set up over the normal toilet too but she doesn’t want to go on. I’m ready to take time off or start it in my off days but just concerned to have her in the best psychological space. Not sure if I should pressure her since I think that is what turned her off when my mom talked to her about it.
I’ll keep trying all these suggestions and update with what works for her.

What worked for my girl is asking her do you want to use big potty or little potty?, sticker chart, a small piece of chocolate when she uses potty and every time she does a poo on the potty or 4 pees in a row she gets a small prize from the dollar store (usually a book lol). It’s a lot I know but potty training is so damn hard. Good luck!

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No sitter but cant let myself go into postpartum depression

Brought my little girl to my lash appointment she was so well behaved thank god !!!! Any other mamas end up bringing their kid to their maintenance appointments ?

Cancelling Easter…

So my step son (11) lives with us full time we’ve started with an issue of him stealing little stuff from school, taking his brothers clothes from his mums here without anyone knowing ect but now
He’s also got the habit of taking chocolate and crisps out the kitchen to the point of he’s eating all my 1 year olds snacks like the 6month+ wafers and then he’s got no snacks. I’m buying loads of stuff to last us the month and he’s going through them within less then a week 🫠 (he never gets told no to snacks either unless it’s just before a meal then he gets told to wait until after hes ate)
He has now gone through all the chocolate we hid for Easter that was also his two little brothers and he’s gone through the stuff my mum brought round for them. So now iv got just over a week with hardly any money to try and get all the Easter stuff back. We’ve sat and spoke about it and why he feels like need to just take and we get a “i don’t know” or “it’s just snacks”

My thing is should I re buy him Easter stuff or leave it as a “you’ve already had you Easter early behind our backs” he’s not missing out completely because he has Easter at his mums but I feel like there’s nothing more we can do other then put locks on cabinets so he can’t get in them but that’s just stopping him from getting to the thing he wants not necessarily him learning 🤷🏻‍♀️
My partners just in that “can’t be arsed” “just replace it” where we have 1 child together and 2 step children and a baby on the way so just constantly going out and replacing stuff really isn’t happening ☹️ he’s agreeing with not giving him anything for Easter but I feel guilty about it but he has teqnically had his Easter + more…

We have also spoken to his mum about it and she just says she has locks on the doors and she did it as a kid and laughs about it which just feels like shes validating what he’s doing.

Sorry for the rant just wanted to see other people opinions and views as I feel so guilty to cancel Easter for him but at the same time we don’t have the money to re buy everything he’s gone through 🫠

Am I doing something wrong?

I went for brunch with a new mum friend, both our little boys are 7 months. My LO would not sit at and tbh he rarely does, he had just had a feed and nap, I also offered him a banana which he had half of and convinced him to play with multiple toys but he either wanted to bounce on my lap or for me to walk around with him and eventually got cranky/whingy. I wasn’t able to finish my food. The other LO was sitting calmly the whole time and chewing on his teether. I even offered my LO a teether. Am I doing something wrong, am I spoiling him by picking him up constantly if he’s not crying and just whinging 😅

Is yogurt enough breakfast for a 7month old?

I'm really struggling with weaning and feeling like I'm failing my child.

I've always just been a cereal for breakfast skip lunch kinda person.

If you have advice or easy ideas please drop them below.

I'm also struggling with PPD so I'm really struggling with motivation when it comes to cooking etc.

Just a rant

Being a primary parent sucks sometimes.

I love my daughter more than anything but I feel this world is not built for primary parents.

I work from home (thankfully) part time. My partner works full time but he's in meetings or calls all day.

My daughter has a medical condition which causes her to be sent home from nursery frequently. So it isn't unusual for me to be working, parenting, cleaning and cooking all in one day.

I'm exhausted. I can't have any more dependants leave because I'm only a couple of more incidents away from a disciplinary. We aren't in a financial position for me to quit work either.

The world wants more babies, but isn't prepared to support mothers or primary parents. It sucks.

Feeling guilty for resting

This may sound silly but if I ever get a chance to ‘rest’ or have 5 mins to myself i have this guilty feeling that i should be doing something baby related? Am I the only one?

I have always been quite an organised person so when it comes to babies nap time I don’t usually have any tasks to do. For example, he’s having a nap right now and I’ve made myself a cup of tea and sat down on the sofa, and I feel like I shouldn’t be doing this. Am I being silly ?