Toilet training

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I need some advice on how to start toilet training my son who is turning 3 next month. What steps do I take

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Hey! So I've just started TT my 3 year old. First step is getting a potty, and make it exciting! Get him a peppa pig potty or whatever he's interested in! Play with his toys round the potty and show him how to sit on it. Maybe place his pull ups next to it, so he associates nappy changes with potty. Leave his nappy off and when he tiddles, say "good boy, let's use the potty" it will be messy and there will be accidents, but try not to scould or tell him off when this happens, as he may back track all together and associate weeing with negativity. After a few times, he'll realise the potty is for weeing. Use pull ups If you aren't already, and get him used to pulling them up and down, and pulling them down when using the potty, even if he doesnt go, just the act of pulling the nappy down and sitting on the potty is where you want to be. It's all very tidieous and slow, but it will fall together pretty quickly with persevering. I leave my sons nappy off completely when we're home xxxx

Thank you so much

My boy is the same age 🥰 Definitely watch for their cues to be ready. I’d get a potty seat for your toilet rather than their own little toilet. We slowly tried at 2.5 but it was cold weather then so didn’t push it. In November he wanted to be naked all the time so I started properly at home end of November, went on a holiday early Dec but when we came back home it took a few days and he was trained during the day. I’m not rushing night time training as he still likes to drink milk and water before bed. Not for everyone but I did buy a few bags of jelly beans so he got a treat after going to the toilet. As above, we had been using pull ups for a while too during the day. He now goes to the toilet himself, takes his undies off, cleans himself and even persists to use the big toilet without his seat which makes it easier when we go out too 😊

He is getting to the point where he is interested in down there takes his nappy off and stuff so I’m thinking he is ready?

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What’s wrong with me?

My marriage has been struggling for years now. I just had another baby after falling for the lies and promises of change from an absent husband and poor excuse of a father to my children.
I’m left alone with 3 children to manage the house, the kids the meals the cleaning the shopping the drop offs and everything in between. I go days without showering or having to hold my toilet with no support as I cannot leave a newborn with toddlers. I’ve made adjustments like a bouncer in the bathroom and chairs in every room so baby is just glued to my hip 24.7 if I’m lucky enough to have a shower it’s with my baby watching me usually screaming. I used to have hobbies, dreams. I’ve tried filing for divorce, it’s a long story but for right now I’m stuck where I am.
I have just 1 friend and other than my mother no other form of support. I look in the mirror and I don’t know who the person is staring back at me. I fill with anger and rage and I want to damage something. I’m the worse version of myself and feel like I’m failing my children just moving from one day to the next. I’m not the person that looks like they struggle. I’m the person everyone turns to for help and advice when in reality I’m falling apart at the seams. A fresh blow dry, a blazer and heels and a fake smile. No one knows what goes on behind closed doors
I don’t need advice or medication I guess I just wanted to get this off my chest.

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I’m sick to death of having to remind my partner to do things for me e.g wash the bottles/sterilise whilst I’m asleep as he works nights so when he gets in that’s one of his jobs but funnily enough I’ll wake the next morning to them still in the washing up bowl and all I’ll get when he wakes up is ‘I’m so sorry I forgot’
I just feel sometimes I’m overreacting over the smallest things but I do literally everything for him as well as look after our boy on my own 90% of the time.
He gets frustrated when he can’t get the baby to sleep and asks me to take over which I will always do but I don’t get that option I just have to deal with it?

Also I didn’t get anything for my first Mother’s Day lol and feel like I let him off easily but when these little things happen it just makes me think does he actually care about me?

Am I just being a hormonal pyscho?

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