Potty Training a Boy

Hello, so we have had a potty for ages and my now 22 month old has peed and pooped on it before during the getting familiar with the potty time. Now it’s time to fully potty him, he won’t sit and stay on the potty unless I gently keep him there like I tickle his feet or he plays with my hair or hugs me. Most of the time he doesn’t do anything. He usually just gets up and pees elsewhere instead. (My living room carpet stinks of wee and I can’t get rid of the smell) lol. Yesterday he did a wee on the potty which he got soooo much praise for and I was bouncing off the walls for a while. Haha.

So my question is does anyone have any tips and tricks for a crazy wild little boy that could help?

Thanks

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My son potty trained and went into pants around 20months, we just kept a potty in each room and took him with us every time we went to the toilet and sat him on his potty at the same time! They say to stay home for 3-7 days just allowing them to be naked and giving them the chance to use the potty as and when! Also if you are committed to potty training put pants on him, if he does a wee in his pants it’s going to feel wet and uncomfortable and he will be more interested in doing it in the potty instead! I read that once you start potty training not to put a nappy back on them so we didn’t! Within 3 days he was fully in pants!
Argos and Amazon do a frog urinal, that’s also great if your son likes to wee up things! (We had that issue) also on Amazon there is a pet urine cleaner. It’s an enzyme cleaner so actually breaks up the urine rather than just covering up the smell! I paid £50 for a rather large bottle of it and it’s been a god send!

When at home he’s always naked. He tells us when he has weed or pooped. And if he poops in a nappy he will take it off. As he just won’t stay sat on the potty even when we go to the toilet ourselves he just gets up and runs off (he can open doors). He pees everywhere but mainly the living room carpet or sofa which really stink of wee. No amount of carpet cleaning will get rid of it 🙈 the only time he wears a pull up nappy is if we go out and for naps and overnight other than that he’s naked. I got him some potty training pants and some underpants too which the potty training ones he isn’t too fussed about if wet and undies the same really. Will definitely invest in the urine cleaner (do you have an image so I can ensure I get the one you’re talking about please)?

He sat on his potty before then got off walked across the living room and peed on the carpet 😭

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Just so mentally exhausted :(

I recently tied the knot with my boyfriend of over 2 years, and at first I was really excited. But that excitement has worn off and it’s like I don’t even wanna be around him anymore.

Yesterday he called me his girlfriend, which stung because shouldn’t you acknowledge me as your wife? Then he spends almost all of his time on his computer or twitter or doing whatever. He’s usually good with our son and takes a lot of the responsibilities but I feel left out a lot.

I’m gonna be a sahm of 2 under 2 soon, and I just genuinely feel so much stress rn. I spend most of my time out in the living room because I’d rather just be by myself than spend another quiet moment in our bedroom.

He either wants to play the game or watch a movie, which he doesn’t even watch. I just don’t know if I can do this anymore with him

Would this bother you or am I being too sensitive?

My husband and I are both 27. We’ve been together for 10 years, have a 3 year old son, and I’m currently 30 weeks pregnant.

For years, I’ve told him that I really appreciate little check ins when we’re apart. I don’t mean constant messaging all day, and honestly it doesn’t bother me too much if he’s just out for a few hours. It’s more when he’s away for longer periods, like all day or overnight, that I find it difficult.

Whenever he goes out/away with friends/work, I usually don’t hear from him at all from the moment he leaves until he’s back home. This has caused a lot of arguments over the years because I’ve explained so many times that a simple message saying, “how are things?” or “how’s our son?” would mean a lot to me and make me feel thought about.

He has always said he’d work on it, but nothing has really changed. More recently, he’s told me that it’s just something I need to accept because he gets caught up in the moment and struggles with what he calls object permanence. From what I understand, he means that when he’s focused on what he’s doing, people who aren’t physically there can slip from his mind.

He’s away overnight with friends tonight and I haven’t heard a peep from him since he left this morning.

What makes me question myself is that whenever I’m with friends and they get messages from their partners throughout the day, I’m genuinely shocked and, if I’m honest, a little envious. Again, not because I want constant communication, but because it seems so natural for them to check in and let each other know they’re thinking of one another.

I want him to enjoy himself and have a good time with his friends, but I also want to feel like me and our family cross his mind while he’s away.

Am I overreacting for feeling upset about this?

Relate?

I love being a stay at home momma. And I’m so grateful but sometimes I feel like I need a break. Not even a long one. Maybe 30 minutes. But I feel so guilty asking for one. When I know my boyfriend works all day. And he wants to decompress from work and relax.

Am I just being hormonal?

Sorry it’s a long one.

So my hubby made plans with Robert (not his real name) almost 2 weeks ago for tonight 4th of July. well as we were 10 mins in to the drive, Robert texts him saying he just got to the area and there’s no parking anywhere so we can’t come. And hubby called his friend Frank (not real name) he’s at a family event but said we can come but I don’t want to go anywhere anymore. The only person I will know is Frank and I won’t have anyone to “hangout” with while hubby hangs out with his friend. I feel like this day is ruined because of Robert and the poor communication and planning. And I’m currently trying to hold back my tears because I was excited to meet Robert’s wife and children. And even got the kids something to play with that I thought would be a good gesture.
Am I overreacting or being hormonal?

Also I’m 17w+5ds.

I’m feeling really fed up with my fiance. I’m just over his constant attitude and he’s always annoyed at me for something. like even if you are mad at me does that mean you stop caring about me?? am I bugging?

I smacked my head against the wall super hard while standing up and screamed (I’m not a screamer typically lol). I was standing there with my hand on my head for a minute and he was standing in the same room feeding our son. He looked up, then continued with what he was doing. A few later he walked over all annoyed and was like “what’s the problem what are you being so loud for” and I told him and he didn’t say one word. Just walked away.

EVERYTHING IS UNATTRACTIVE BUT MY BODY

This man ant worth the two pennies he don't have
But for some reason my body is very much still attracted to this man. I'm talking about I get full body horny tingles just thinking about him.
Makes me want to fucking fight (ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)ง EVERYTHING.

When I say bum
78% of the day he spends gaming while I'm out here doing everything for 3 babies two of which need constant supervision.
He doesn't even come out to check on us I haven't heard him talk about finding a job in idk how long.
When I go to game every two games I come out to check to see if he needs help or if my babies are ok.
I'm sitting here having to beg folks online for help financially. cause he refuses to just work anywhere till he can get the job he wants.

Like I'm begging for help to buy a car for him to work and so I can reach my dreams of an RV so WE CAN STOP LIVING IN THIS MOLDY APARTMENT.
Then tells me I don't need to get a part time job I'm still looking cause I can't wait on him. I'm physically disabled who needs to be able to sit to work cause I'm a fall risk.