I coddle my boys like crazy (well G doesn't let me but Arlo loooves coddling!). However it annoys the shit out of me when my MIL does it to H, the golden boy only child. I recognize my hypocrisy and only whisper "no one will ever love you as much as your mother" in their ears once a day.
ETA: coddling by Anustart probably isn't quite as mushy as a true coddle. I'm pretty cold, but I give my boys all of the warmth I can muster.
I think potties that aren't actual toilets are disgusting and I will never use one to train my kids. We just put the little seat on our bowl. And don't even get me started with you guys and your car potties and travel potties. I will just keep a trowel in the car and dig a hole if needed for the boys.
Also, I don't believe in potty training. G did it mostly himself and daycare helped. They figure it out eventually, why would I stress myself out about it?
G is also like a super genius, so there's that . But in all seriousness, I agree with waiting until they are ready and following their leads. I'm just stressing that mine picked right this week to really want to go for it. Like she couldn't have picked a worse time but I feel like I need to just roll with it since she's doing so well. No daycare to help us though so it's just me and her.
daffy2k true dat on G's genius powers! Ha. But I was in the same position with G when I was overdue with Lo and I just kept him in a pull up and did my best to get step stools and seats set up for him to use if he wanted. When we were out if there was a public potty he'd go but if it was hard to find one if just tell him to go in the pull-up. Don't stress too much, she will regress when baby comes anyway which is why I didn't stress pre baby #2!
daffy2k true dat on G's genius powers! Ha. But I was in the same position with G when I was overdue with Lo and I just kept him in a pull up and did my best to get step stools and seats set up for him to use if he wanted. When we were out if there was a public potty he'd go but if it was hard to find one if just tell him to go in the pull-up. Don't stress too much, she will regress when baby comes anyway which is why I didn't stress pre baby #2!
she doesn't care much if she has to go in her diaper (luckily), at least for now. Mostly I've just been letting her run around naked at home so she can easily go when she has to. She's peed on the floor once this week, and only because she was way too distracted having fun with DH. I'm fully expecting her to regress a bit but since she's giving it such a solid go right now I'm just trying to be supportive, lol. She's so proud of herself!
The car potty really isnt bad. Granted J has only pooped in it twice and i just picked them up with a wipe, put them in the old diaper and closed it up. Same as picking up dog poop. Lol
I havent pee trained him but hes peed in it a bunch. I like to put him on after things like zumbini when its nap time. Finish zumbini, potty in the car, then ready for a nap. If he falls asleep in the car hes already ready to just be plopped in his crib for his nap.
I think potties that aren't actual toilets are disgusting and I will never use one to train my kids. We just put the little seat on our bowl. And don't even get me started with you guys and your car potties and travel potties. I will just keep a trowel in the car and dig a hole if needed for the boys.
Also, I don't believe in potty training. G did it mostly himself and daycare helped. They figure it out eventually, why would I stress myself out about it?
DH's face would be priceless if I tried to pack a potty in the car.
I also also hate the word potty.
For us there is nowhere to stop to take the kids if they have to go. We live in the middle of nowhere. And the little villages around here don't have a Tim's that's we can run into. We are a 3 hr drive to the city.
DH was not expected to do anything around the house growing up (they had a nanny), when I went back to work after DD was born I made it clear he needed to do his share around the house. He still isn't great at cleaning up after himself, but I wash dished less than once a month and he will start a load of laundry without being asked. I don't think you can blame everything on your SO's parents.
I am dreading potty training too. G shows all the signs of being ready, however... when we put him on the potty seat, he has a fit and I have no idea how to handle that. I would have loved to have had him trained before the baby came, but that is a no go. And now we'll have two in diapers, which makes me want to cry...
It's not so bad!!! Really. You get used to it immediately, I promise.
I hope so! Sometimes I feel like all I see are dollar signs when I think about two in diapers... lol! I fear that I won't have the time or energy to keep up with cloth diapering, and will wind up doing disposables due to the conveniences, but it gets so expensive so fast!
re: baby food. I've made the argument before that there is no money savings in home made purees, especially with the price of fruit around here. I only did homemade veggie purees but did store bought for fruit. Now that I can easily find kosher veggie purees I don't think I'll be doing any homemade purees this time.
For us there is nowhere to stop to take the kids if they have to go. We live in the middle of nowhere. And the little villages around here don't have a Tim's that's we can run into. We are a 3 hr drive to the city.
This is definitely something I wonder about! We aren't as remote as you, but there are lots of 50 plus mile stretches with no services.
G has pooped in the woods before and he pees in the woods like, all the time. If Lo gives me a hard time about needing a seat to go I swear I would get a baby lawn chair and cut a hole in it and stick a potty seat over it and still make them go in the woods before turning my trunk into a toilet. I also see the trunk toilet as something that would become a super funny novelty to my boys so they would definitely abuse the use of it. Ain't NO WAY they are going to know other mommies make that happen. There are lots of things I never let them know exist as I don't want to have to follow through on them as a mom.
G has pooped in the woods before and he pees in the woods like, all the time. If Lo gives me a hard time about needing a seat to go I swear I would get a baby lawn chair and cut a hole in it and stick a potty seat over it and still make them go in the woods before turning my trunk into a toilet. I also see the trunk toilet as something that would become a super funny novelty to my boys so they would definitely abuse the use of it. Ain't NO WAY they are going to know other mommies make that happen. There are lots of things I never let them know exist as I don't want to have to follow through on them as a mom.
That is another problem we usually have a dog in the trunk. It could get messy really fast.
No dog for us. And it's mostly farms along the highway so I'm assuming they don't want kid manure. Travis will go pee on the tire of the car or in the ditch. However he will not poop with out a potty seat. He won't go on the toilet without a seat. I can't seem to break him of that. He will poop is pants if he doesn't have potty near.
The potty is in the back seat. I dont put him in the trunk. We are in the car with the music and AC.
I keep it on the floor behind the passenger seat when its not in use.
Let me clarify that when I say "trunk" I more meant minivan/SUV moms like myself where the "trunk" is part of the car.
But hot damn the backseat is even worse to me girl!
ETA: because I have seen this set up in park or museum parking lots before. Parks and museums with public bathrooms. And all I can think is, "that kid is RUNNING the show in that family. That mom is whipped!"
The potty is in the back seat. I dont put him in the trunk. We are in the car with the music and AC.
I keep it on the floor behind the passenger seat when its not in use.
Let me clarify that when I say "trunk" I more meant minivan/SUV moms like myself where the "trunk" is part of the car.
But hot damn the backseat is even worse to me girl!
ETA: because I have seen this set up in park or museum parking lots before. Parks and museums with public bathrooms. And all I can think is, "that kid is RUNNING the show in that family. That mom is whipped!"
I actually prefer the back seat bc hes not on display. Haha Ive seen moms stand behind the car with the hatch up and the kid on the potty. Thats not for me.
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