Potty Training Help !

Mama of a 3 year old boy as of last week ! We’re struggling with number two on the potty! Any tips or tricks .. feel like we’ve tried everything and I’m at a loss 🫠

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girl same, my daughter just turned 3 and regressed so hard when we moved. we’re currently watching the new ms Rachel potty video to see if that will help 😅😂

I don’t know how stubborn your boy is, but we tried everything - toys, candy, told her she could only watch tv after she used the potty, we even offered her money! let me know if you find anything else helpful haha

I'm in the same boat. My son has the peeing down but it's the poop that he doesn't want to do in the potty. I posted about it earlier in a different group

we’ve tried all that and he’ll hold it all day til until he’s home and then hide and poop on himself we’ve tried sitting him on potty longer too but he holds it in 🤦🏽‍♀️

same here ! He pees by himself but he goes to play and will come back and tell me he needs me to change him I’m like whyyy 😂😭

I know it's so challenging. I am trying to make it a positive experience. I am hoping that he gets the hang of it in the next 2-3 weeks.

My boy turned 3 May 10th and what I did was for an entire week, no diapers on in the house. Only when he pooped , he got a cool sticker to put on his potty chart. And every now and then I’d say if we poop on the potty we gonna get a treat !

So I will say my son was the same way. What worked for us is if we knew he was going we would literally pick him up rush him to the potty as fast as possible and hope that his body would push it out. He would cry and be sad we only had to do this like 3 times. Once we caught it and he pooped on the potty it was pretty easy to get him to go. From what I had heard from other moms and now with my son they just need to go once. Then it takes the scary part away and they are more willing and it starts kicking in quick like oh this is what my body is supposed to do to push out poop. Also we promised my son he could go to the toy store and pick out any toy he wanted once he was potty trained. So he also looked forward to that as well.

in our community

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!