Potty Training Advice

What’s everyone using with regards to potty training?
We have just purchased a potty to start training but first time mom so all very new 🫣 Should we be using pull ups or pants? I keep seeing Upairy training pants but not a clue if these are worth the money 😕 We’ve just let her float about without a nappy this morning but obviously this wont work when out and about.

Any advise or suggestions would be much appreciated x

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No idea on this, but the time I will have to start thinking about this is fast approaching, so I am following this post for sure!

Following along! I've had my girl in pull ups for months now but I don't know the benefit of it when it comes to potty training beside the fact that it gets them stepping in and out like the pants they'll have. Mine used to sit on the potty and pee every morning but now she quietly plays in her room for like fifteen minutes before calling me so the first wee goes in her nappy!

There is no benefit to using pull ups other than they are easier to pull up and down when using the potty. They still absorb the wee so they have no feeling of being wet as such. When the time is right for us I will be taking a week off work and staying at home so she can fully do it rather than having her in and out of nappies/pull ups to go places or in the car etc as this is confusing. There is no right or wrong way of doing and everyone will do it differently, good luck!

We've used pull ups for months, they're not really for potty training as they're still as absorbent as a nappy, just easier to get on.

We've just got cotton pants, but we used pull ups out of the house. At home he's naked from the waist down a lot of the time, and we get lots of wees on the potty. I read the oh crap method and it just doesn't work for us, we just encourage potty use at home, we have a travel potty for out and about but we haven't taken the plunge to no nappies yet. We have long journeys to childcare and I don't fancy washing the car seat cover and changes of clothes multiple times a day just yet. He's also been hesitant to sit on the potty at nursery but this is more frequent now, but he doesn't often wee on the potty at nursery

I know it can differ between boys and girls, but with my first we potty trained at 2.5 - we went no nappy or pants or anything for a few days and just encouraged him to use the potty. We found that when he wore pants he would just wee in them instead rather than using the potty. Took almost a week for him to be fully dry and we didn’t really go anywhere for that time. I was pregnant with my November 24 baby at the time 🙂

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Would this annoy you?

So for context I have my mum who is 48 and my nan is 68 and I’m an only child. I am not as close with them as some families are however I still love them obviously and I know they’re obsessed with my baby.

My baby has said dada for a while and babbles.
Recently has started saying ‘nana’ and I believe when he says ‘nana’ he’s saying ‘banana’ as we call it ‘na na’ for short and he says it every time I’m feeding him, giving him banana or if he sees a banana.

My mum and my nan have both taken this and said ‘oh he’s saying nana for me’
I feel quite hurt as they keep saying that he’s saying it for them, and he’s never even said mama yet.

I know they mean well and they’re excited, they don’t want to come across that way but we literally see them every 4-6 weeks. Sometimes more sometimes less. I just feel like it’s rude of them to assume he’s saying this for either of them when they see him so little but I’m with the baby every hour of every day?

Maybe it’s hormones and I’m being selfish and sensitive..

Paying back childcare costs ? 😪

Husband has limited company and didnt do great last year, turns out his salary was 9000, ive been claiming 30 hours childcare, my salary is 40k but his salary would make us not eligible i believe, I expected him to earn more though dont know if that makes a difference.. does anybody know about this, im panicking im going to have to pay nursery fees back!!
Thanks xx

Overreacting or not

So was my 37th birthday yday. Spent a lovely day with my son, my husband had to work as he’s off two days next week for our son bday, when he got home we got take away, his suggestion and I couldn’t think what to have so just agreed, and then done the evening as normal, cleaned up, putting baby to bed but he was fighting it so my husband took him for a drive left me to some me time for an hour, then came home I said thank you, he THEN went to game, like he does 6/7 nights ( usually he starts when I start bedtime) I said are you gaming and he was like if ya don’t mind? I went well no guess not but you could see I was little upset I though being my bday it wouldn’t be on his mind and he’s come to bed with me, watch a film, have a cuddle but I went bed alone, like I do most nights and I just thought to myself is this it, take away and help putting baby to sleep, is that how special my bday gets 🤷🏻‍♀️ dunnno if I’m just a bitch 🤣 and this is just adult normal life

Potty training is easy who people who say it isn’t actually just cba with accidents or the effort

There have been reports that show the number of children starting school still in nappies has risen dramatically in recent years…

DISCLAIMER: obviously if your child is showing some signs or awareness!!!!

vent about fiancé

I just need to vent for a minute, and maybe see if anyone else has been through this.

Has anyone ever been with someone who is a good provider and financially responsible, but just… isn’t emotionally gentle?

I don’t mean perfect. I know everyone gets stressed and tired. I just mean someone who is impatient, rough around the edges, or doesn’t really know how to comfort you when you’re hurting.

Ever since having my baby, I’ve realized how much I crave kindness and softness in a partner. I don’t want gifts or grand gestures.. I just want to feel emotionally safe, like I can relax instead of constantly worrying about saying the wrong thing or making someone mad.

The hard part is that we just had a baby together. I don’t want my daughter to grow up with separated parents, but I also wonder if it’s realistic to hope someone will become more patient and gentle when I’ve been asking for over a year.

Has anyone been in a relationship like this? Did your partner actually change? If so, what helped? Or did you eventually realize they just weren’t capable of giving you what you needed?

Please be kind. I just feel really lost right now and would love to hear from people who’ve been through something similar. ❤️

Solid foods

Hey! My baby just turned 4 months yesterday and I was wondering if anyone had started solids at 4 months or is it best to wait until 6 months? Also looking for some recipes other moms have made for there babies for future ideas 😊 thank you ❤️