Toilet training!!

My little girl (2.5) is showing signs of readiness for toilet training, but she just doesn’t want to sit on the potty. I’ve tried everything!
She’s now started taking off her nappy and leggings and just parades around had naked (when at home)
Any advice or tips on what to do?

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We’ve been trained since Christmas but we never used the potty. My daughter just showed interest in the toilet! I brought a seat with steps from smyths! Have u tried the toilet?

We had the same for my little boy. I bought some pants for him, which he got excited about to choose and told him that one day, we will be saying bye bye to nappies and hello pants. We then let him have his pants on for an hour or two at home most days and he quickly understood he needed to go on the toilet :-)

We’re the exact same! My sons been showing signs of being ready for a while but he point blank refuses to sit on the toilet or potty. We have tried everything too 😩

Same here. By coincidence, just today we watched one episode of Bing on BBC iPlayer where they did "Toilet choo choo train" when the character needed a pee pee. Our little one loves the trains so I'm going to try that 😅😅

I think it helped our little seeing us on the toilet. He would sit on the potty while I sat on then toilet. Also the steps other people have recommended. Good luck!

I have seen these stickers for the potty. They animals appear once wet. I've not used them but it might help encourage her to try.

https://www.mycarrypotty.com/products/my-magic-potty-training-stickers

I got my daughter to put her dolly’s on the toilet first. It was very much “her go, your go” and that worked

in our community

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?

Post partum dad

I have a 2 month old. A few weeks ago my husband crashed out because he didn't feel like he was getting to bond with her. I started exclusively breastfeeding around that time and honestly didnt see the big deal. Baby and I left for a few days and when we got back home, everything was fine. He was extremely hands-on. He helped with my meals, her bedtime, bath, stories.....for a few weeks it was great. Then he randomly sounds depressed af. He says our lo is better off without him, he wants to sleep all day , he asks me not to watch tv then tried playing a video game. He refused to reply to me when i asked any follow-up questions. Then he woke up our baby trying to race me to the bathroom first thing in the morning . He's doing a weird mix of crying, trying, and giving up. Im starting to feel like I cant handle him not being able to handle life with baby and just want to be alone. Are there resources for men?

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?