Stressed about potty training!

So my little girl is totally not interested in potty training and resists it. I’m trying not to put too much pressure on her but I feel like she’s getting a little bit old to still be in nappies. There’s a lot of pressure from family members as they think she should be out of nappies by now.

She sometimes shows an interest and does the odd wee on the toilet or potty, but on the whole she has no interest. If I ask her if she’d like to go to the bathroom with me she shouts ‘no’ and cries. She’s very strong willed and I don’t know how to bring her round to the idea.

We have a toilet seat and step, carry potty, normal potty. We also read books on potty training and got her to choose her own big girl pants. We’ve tried putting pants inside her nappy but she didn’t seem to care. We’ve also tried going without a nappy for a couple of mornings and she refused to sit on the potty at all and weed all over the floor and the sofa on both occasions.

Anybody else in the same boat? And tips on how to get things started would be greatly appreciated!

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Mines not too thrilled about the potty yet either. She will sit on it on her terms but won’t do anything on it. It’s totally normal for some children not to be potty trained until after 3. I’m not pushing it yet.

Omg i just want to say thankyou i thought i was on my own with potty training and you have made me feel a whole lot better. Im in the same boat and not pushing it on my little one too much at the moment. Sorry i cant help much but i feel where you are at the moment

You can’t force it if she’s not ready xxx my little girl has only just got into rhythm of weeing on the potty but still holds her poop and will only do it in a nappy at night. We are just working at her own pace.

I have had constant unwanted input from my dad and my Nan since she was 18 months old because “you and your mum were both dry right through the night at 18 months old”

Well that’s nice but my daughter isn’t me or my mum 🤣 unfortunately there is always someone putting their bloody opinion in but nobody knows her better than you xxx

My boy wasn’t interested in the potty at all, but he kept taking off his pants when he was about to poop. We just started potty training this weekend using the Oh Crap book method, and it’s actually going well so far. He’s pretty consistently telling us when he has to go pee, but poop is another story lol

Girl same with my daughter. Idk what to do that I haven’t tried. Shes starting “school” in December and so theres alot of pressure to get her potty trained or close to although they do allow them to still be in pull ups. I will take any advice I can get right now!

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Is it bad of me to think this or no?

My husband has been abroad for work (1 day and exploring for 1 day) for 2 and a half days which means I’ve had both kids (1 year and 4 year old) for 2 and a half days plus cooking, cleaning, taking them to clubs, bedtimes!
He came home late afternoon and said I’m so tired, I just need to chill. I said can you wash up whilst I sort kids dinner out, he said he’ll do it later which means he won’t do it and I’ll end up doing it so I said no do it now please otherwise I’ll end up doing it and he said well you have been home and I’ve been away so you’ve just been relaxing.
Don’t know what planet he is on but having the kids alone for 2.5 days is not relaxing. I was stressed!

When he was away, I did miss him and wanted him to come back but now he’s back, I want him to go away again😂
Is that bad?

Feeding

My son is coming up to five months and I just started giving him oatmeal and rice cereal. When can you start trying veggies or fruits? I only give him the oatmeal or rice cereal once a day right now which is what the paediatrician had said to do. I’m just curious to when anybody tried anything else with their kids cause my son eats a lot of formula and he’s VERY curious when I eat.

Really bothered by this

A friend posted this and it really bothers me because that is exactly how she parents her kid, and it's rather unfortunate because when our kids hang out together, her kid has a meltdown at least 5x within an hour. We have know them for years and it's only gotten worse. My kids will concede to hers, because they don't want to see their friend crying, but it sucks because they give up so much of their toys and enjoyment to keep the peace. We aren't hanging out as much anymore but it's rather sad to think she doesn't intervene more in her child tantrums and just let's it slide

My 2 year old won’t eat nothing but snacks

Is this normal ? He won’t even try anything I eat .. he really only like pizza fries and spaghetti… nuggets and snacks bananas some other fruit but like anything else he won’t eat if try but I don’t want to force him I’m just I feel like bad I mean he isn’t losing weight I breastfeed mostly still

Is this normal

Let’s say you’re at a softplay with your 2 year old, and some friends & their toddlers.
You buy your 2 year old a kids meal - chicken nuggets, beans, and chips. They’re very happy with it and have almost eaten it all.
They’re sat at the table, fork in hand, consistently eating, and have one chicken nugget left.
Your adult friend comes over from behind you, picks up the last chicken nugget, and eats it.
There was no indication that your child wasn’t going to eat it, and they didn’t ask. They just took it with no warning and ate it right in front of you and your toddler.
How you reacting?

Shift worker daddies - advice please?

My husband works shifts (6am-6pm days or 6pm-6am nights) so when he’s on shift we either get about an hour or 2 before he goes to work or an hour or 2 when we gets home with him.

I don’t think people who aren’t married/have babies with shift workers fully understand the impact of feeling like a solo parent sometimes.

Does anyone have any advice? I do have parents who can help but I struggle to leave my baby with others as I always feel like they don’t understand the need for tracking wake windows or feeds and our baby will not sleep unless we black out a room or go for a car drive . Everyone seems to think ‘if he’s tired he’ll drop off’ - no he’ll just get overtired and have to then pay for it during his night sleep. So I feel like it’s just easier for me to do it all myself.

When my husbands off work he is great but I do take the mental load of telling him what to do or even reminding him of wake windows etc because he’s not here and forgets routines. He’s also being tested for ADHD currently so there’s that on top of shift work.

Just looking for advice on how to stay sane/keep routines or share loads with shifts workers?

Thank you ❤️