Travel potty - outside.

Looking for some help, what does everyone use for potty trained kiddos when put and about? ( girls only as boys can pee standing )

My little girl is potty trained ( day time ) however she cannot hold her wee for long, we have one of those pop up travel potty’s that I had been using the end of last summer when we are out and about and she needed to wee, but reverted to a nappy once it got colder because I didn’t want to freeze her bottom off.

What does everyone else use to let their kid go potty when out and out?
Do I just let her have accidents until she builds up to being able to hold her wee?
Continue with the pop up travel potty?

I’ve found this wee thing on Amazon too, wondering if anyone else has used it?

Any help or ideas welcome.

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I am going to buy my son this as he is not get trained to stand up as it’s not good for him to stand and pee . https://www.argos.co.uk/product/1951804?istCompanyId=a74d8886-5df9-4baa-b776-166b3bf9111c&istFeedId=30f62ea9-9626-4cac-97c8-9ff3921f8558&istItemId=rrlrpxqxm&istBid=t&&cmpid=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59157%7Cacid:629-618-1342%7Ccid:20378155429%7Cagid:%7Ctid:%7Ccrid:%7Cnw:x%7Crnd:14982693854080297489%7Cdvc:m%7Cadp:%7Cmt:%7Cloc:1007283&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=20378155429&utm_term=1951804&utm_content=shopping&utm_custom1=&utm_custom2=629-618-1342&GPDP=true&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD9II9mcibP034BKKAGBfVQzaBb3w&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5cOwBhCiARIsAJ5njubVL4PgC0-wJhF62eGxwHk6Jj5VFFd1rXSO9bwUnW7-8nHo4jLXcDUaAm7GEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds xx

This! It's brilliant, and I think it's an absolute must-have now I don't know how we would have done without it 😄

https://amzn.eu/d/eagqt9P

The legs fold out so it can be used on any toilet, and with the legs down as a freestanding potty, and it has disposable bags with an absorbent pad inside each one that soaks up the wee, so you just tie the bag and put it in a bin - so you don't have to carry around a potty full of wee or figure out how to clean it whilst out and about

Carry potty x

We just do a wild wee to be honest

when you say a wild wee, you mean just squat down and wee at the side of the street? ( not a judgemental question, genuinely curious as this was my mams solution too and I was thinking is that still allowed? Lol )

Thanks ladies; I have a carry potty but it’s so cumbersome when just out for a walk or going to the shops etc. trying to see other alternatives!

yea basically. If we go anywhere we do wees before we leave & when we get there. But if we are walking to nursery (5min walk) and she’s panicked she needs a wee, I take her bottoms down and hold her legs under her knees while lifting her up and take her to a side and she does a wee. We’ve done a few in parks etc too to be fair we aren’t often roaming around actual streets lol
Look at this age I wouldn’t care what anyone thought or said to me out and about. They are learning. My lg gas cracked it now do that’s v helpful but she still gets caught short occasionally like we all do 😁

we have this carry potty too for my little girl
Hardly used so far she prefers to hold it until we get home.

We have a ‘my carry potty’ which is the best thing I could’ve brought personally x

We do wild wees too!

I don't have girls but I have 2 boys my oldest 4.5 can't hold his poos long hes got chronic diarrhoea had it his whole life so we always have to have a potty with us even if it's just popping to the village shop which is like a 5-10 min walk depending on how slow they are. I have a urinal type one like that for wees too, they both love it and it's great but obviously can't comment on the girl version. I feel your pain about not wanting to take a cumbersome potty the only solution I have is I put it in a big reusable bag that I can put over my shoulder. My friend used to do wild wees with her girl my oldests age by holding her legs (one hand on each of her daughters thighs and she lent against her mum) in a sitting position and hovering her obviously only in places it was suitable xx

thanks so much!
I feel abit better about wild wees now ( or as me ma calls them ‘bush wee’ ) lol

I’m definitely going to do it this way, I feel if I constantly carry the potty she won’t learn to hold it and we will be carrying the potty for ages!

thanks for this, I would have followed Vickies way of holding her up, I wouldn’t have thought to balance her against me.

this is sort of what I meant too 😄 just not great at describing lol glad you’re feeling better about it Aimie. They are little and learning ❤️

thanks for responding. It’s always hard to know what other parents are doing with their littles xx

Another vote for the potette plus! Bagging up and binning is super handy out and about. Our son (almost 3) very happy to use it and we’re happy with it too

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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

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?

Are these men ok?

I get so sad seeing all the posts on here daily about women dealing with partners who are treating them horribly. I know it seems over represented because those of us with great partners don’t need to write posts asking for help, but I really hope most of us don’t have these kinds of men in our lives!

I tell my husband about these posts I see sometimes and he’s even shocked by some of the things these guys say/do.

Nobody’s perfect, and every relationship takes work. And becoming parents is a stress test unlike any other for sure, but seeing how many women get stuck in these relationships with men who aren’t interested in being better is so so sad😞

But is/was your partner helpful, loving, and supportive during your pregnancy/PP/etc? Was he a wonderful person but changed for the worst after becoming a parent? Has he put effort into becoming the partner you need him to be, even if he struggles?

Pouches

I’m not one of those mums who stand in the kitchen making every meal from scratch and batches of healthy snacks as I simply do not have time with other children and soon back to a full time job, but I do try give my weaning baby part of what we eat at meal times and will throw something healthy together if what we eat isn’t suitable. However, I do have some pouches in for convenience or a last resort. I’ve only used these a few times in the space of two months but she absolutely LOVES them. She will scream for more, get excited when she sees the pouch and will literally eat the whole thing. She’s underweight so this is massive for me seeing her eat so well, but the guilt is getting to me a bit! Anybody else like a little pouch every now and then and can make me feel a little better about giving her them😅

Friends with shitty husbands

Does anyone have a close friend with a shittv husband?

My best friend of 14years married her high school sweetheart (minus the sweetheart.) He was always a POS growing up, had an on and off relationship and eventually from what I was told, they sorted their shit out and got married. I moved countries and her and I drifted apart for a while so I didn't know too much about what their relationship was like but assumed all was well since her social media alluded to that.

We both had babies within a year of each other, she had hers first and when she gave birth I found out I was pregnant. I had a rough pregnancy and we weren't in contact much but after my LO was born we spoke a lot. This is when I found out that she was struggling with PPD etc. She opened up about how useless her husband is, I would go as far as to say abusive. She's a SAHM who basically does absolutely evervthing & is being financially abused She's completelv touched out and is about to have a second child in a week.

I absolutelv cannot stand her husband. I hate how he treats her. I hate to hear about him. She posted on social media all the time about how lucky she is to have him as a husband and father to her babies yet cries to me on the phone in private about what really goes on.
I'm at a point now where I want to tell her that I don't want to hear about it anymore. I feel guilty that she's going through this but she's also allowing it to continue in a sense. I'm so emotionally exhausted with her problems and just want to shake her.

How do you/would you navigate this situation?

Car issues

Idk if I’m in the wrong. I have a full time job. My husband takes care of the kids while I worked. Today was the day I was supposed to get us a car. But I couldn’t cause of the down payment. So now he’s texting me saying I’m wasting his day to be alone at Walmart so he can spend his tax return. I really want to say go ahead. Leave. Leave the kids and me alone. While you go out and spend money. While your at go ahead and buy urself your drugs and a bitch to go fuck.

Lucky I’m even thinking about him about the car situation if not I would’ve been buying me and the kids a car small enough for us!