potty training

so my 3 year old boy has been potty trained for the good part of 6 months now, he usually has very very rare accidents like if he doesn’t make it in time and he might wee a little in his pants etc.

however recently, he’d turned to pooing in his pants purposefully. everytime i ask him why he’s doing it and not using the toilet he responds with “because i want to”, im unsure as to how to navigate this situation, he goes to nursery every morning mon to fri and never had any issues there it’s only when he’s at home!

any help and advice would be greatly appreciated, thankyou:)

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I don’t like my toddler.

My little one was a easy baby. So loving. Even entering toddlerhood the big feelings moments were not nearly as horrible as they are now. She listens well and we hardly have to repeat ourselves until she says okay mommy or daddy. This past week her behavior has been horrible. She is giving me nasty looks when I am smiling at her. She crosses her arms at me. She screams at the top of her lungs saying go away, leave me alone, no, etc. We have her in preschool half time and her teachers have no complaints, she is always very passive and friendly. To top it off, she hits me so much. She will dig her nails into my arms and swing her arms and hit me. She will also use her head to try to hit me when I hold her arms at her side to try to stop the hitting. We never spank her back and we are firm with her on timeouts but even that she will fight so hard whereas before she would go and sit down on timeout no issues. She is turning 3 in the summer. I’m at a loss as to why she is acting so out of the ordinary. I want to chalk it up to be developmentally normal but there are zero sweet moments with her now. Even when she sits with me she will look at me and clench her jaw and push her head really hard into me or only want her dad. I just want to cry cuz I feel guilty for feeling like I don’t like her at all. I’ll always love her but it’s like the sweet kind cuddly girl she was has been possessed by this feral mean abusive toddler. Please help me, am I alone in this? Are there any other moms going through this because for some reason when I talk about this with other moms they are all shocked that she knows to hit and thinking that we showed her the hitting. Why the hell would I expose her to hitting?! I only have one mom friend who said her child also hits and it was not like she was taught that, kids just do that right? I’m at a loss.

Going away and weaning

Hiya, we’re going away for about a week and staying in a hotel.

In my head I’m thinking she’s a little person and needs to eat like any other human and I don’t want to halt weaning but obviously it’s SUPER messy, I don’t know if it’s appropriate to weaning a restaurant/hotel?

Any opinions or advice appreciated 🙏🥰

Am I in the wrong? Help me understand

Hey everyone little context I have been out and had a babysitter for my son ONCE. Since I could remember I was always caged in by my parents I was never let out to do anything even with my own family. Since I had my some my family has been telling me that since I’ve had my son there no such thing as me time or fun time for myself at all. I go out one time and my entire family is in my ass about me stepping out for 5-6 hrs out of the day with my cousins have ONE drink. And the babysitter was my own aunt and my mom says I left my son with a stranger to everyone. Am I in the wrong that I want to have fun since I never experienced any of that in my life. Again I understand I have my son and ofc I would prefer to come home to him than being blacked out from drinking. My sons father also encourages me to go out and he’ll watch our son while I am out and if I wanted to step out the whole n night it’s fine by him but just to him now ahead of time. Am I in the wrong? Or help me understand

When did you start on baby’s nursery?

Haven’t started yet and I’m panicking!

10.5 month old won’t eat!

Is anyone on here struggling with getting their baby to eat solids?? My girl will be 11 months may 7th and I can’t get her to eat anything other than milk. She doesn’t explore with her mouth like a lot of babies. She’s a die hard thumb sucker so I feel like that contributes to not eating. If I put finger foods on the table she just plays with it and if I try a spoon it makes her upset. I find myself constantly panicking because everything I read is after 12 months you should start to worry and that’s around the corner. I feel like I’ve tried all the tricks also. I welcome all advice to anyone experiencing the same issue. My oldest will be 16 in June and I remember her also struggling with solids but I forget all the small details of how I was able to get her to eat.

Long distance drive 🚙

We’re moving to the other side of the country and my girls hate car rides 😩😭 literally over a day drive and we’re gunna have to be stopping so it’ll probably be a 3+ days drive for us and every time we get in the car now I get anxiety and overwhelmed just thinking about it….
My 2yo and 10mo hate to be in their car seats they hate the car and no snacks songs or toys work.
I convinced my husband that my toddler is gunna need shows music and headphones for the trip and I think she’ll be okay BUT my baby is another story idk what to do I just spent a car ride home doing a dog and pony show to get her to stop crying I finally gave up and just sat there hearing her cry the rest of the way home 😓
I’ve tried everything we even changed her car seat someone tell me they went through this and something worked so I can try cause our move is in about a month and at this point imma go crazy 😭😩