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Probably a full sized turd, at some point.
Funnily enough my wife messaged me not long ago to tell me she'd just managed her first potty poo and then got up and looked disgusted at it
The reactions they have are great. When our daughter was using the potty she'd keep saying "I don't want to look at it"... Ok? So just don't look at it you silly egg.Funnily enough my wife messaged me not long ago to tell me she'd just managed her first potty poo and then got up and looked disgusted at it
After she got used to the potty, we ended up buying a toilet seat that has the little toddler sized seat built into it. Made it a lot better for all of us.
My brothers smallest would do his wees in the potty and then turn the potty over on the floor 
His eldest did a poo on the floor and panicked so he tried to squish it between their floorboards. They had an old house and there were gaps to be found. Reckon it was like spaghetti under there.
His eldest did a poo on the floor and panicked so he tried to squish it between their floorboards. They had an old house and there were gaps to be found. Reckon it was like spaghetti under there.
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Funnily enough my wife messaged me not long ago to tell me she'd just managed her first potty poo and then got up and looked disgusted at it
I like the sound of your wife already - I tend to do the same.
Well after my earlier posts in this thread, lots has happened and as of early this week, I have a little boy!
Over the moon although my other half gave everyone a big, big scare this last 36 hours but she's on the mend. Counting down the minutes until I get back to see them!
Edit 06:02 - The alarm went ott to get up, and all I want to do is stay in bed should have just left at 4
Over the moon although my other half gave everyone a big, big scare this last 36 hours but she's on the mend. Counting down the minutes until I get back to see them!
Edit 06:02 - The alarm went ott to get up, and all I want to do is stay in bed should have just left at 4
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Our son is around 3.5yrs old. Doing well on the potty/toilet training. But refuses to go to toilet when he needs a poo.
We were fortunate not to suffer the terrible 2's and he is a good kid. Just needs to start going to the toilet for poos.
We were fortunate not to suffer the terrible 2's and he is a good kid. Just needs to start going to the toilet for poos.
Ours was the same, he went a few times on the potty when he was about 2.5, then totally regressed and would only go for a poo in his nappy, he wears pants but would ask for a nappy to go poo, and no amount of bribing would work, and only now at almost 4 has started going on the actual toilet for poos, I think seeing his peers at nursey go for poos on the toilets has triggered it.
Evidently my child is weird because she loves seeing her poo in the toilet
We made a massive positive deal about it though and always high fives around when she does a big ol' turd.... Sadly I don't get the same treatment!
K is just under 3.5 but we've had almost a week of dry nappies at night so we're tempted to let her start sleeping in those night time nappies and transition to none. But we still keep puppy pads in her bed just in case.
We made a massive positive deal about it though and always high fives around when she does a big ol' turd.... Sadly I don't get the same treatment!
K is just under 3.5 but we've had almost a week of dry nappies at night so we're tempted to let her start sleeping in those night time nappies and transition to none. But we still keep puppy pads in her bed just in case.
Well after my earlier posts in this thread, lots has happened and as of early this week, I have a little boy!
Over the moon although my other half gave everyone a big, big scare this last 36 hours but she's on the mend. Counting down the minutes until I get back to see them!
Edit 06:02 - The alarm went ott to get up, and all I want to do is stay in bed should have just left at 4
Congrats man! Is it your first or an addition to a lovely gang already?
Ditch the alarm, you wont need that for much longer if it is your first
She finishes on the potty and immediately proclaims "Good girl!" and then stares at us waiting for the praise, then if anyone else does anything she thinks is good they are also a "Good girl"Evidently my child is weird because she loves seeing her poo in the toilet
We made a massive positive deal about it though and always high fives around when she does a big ol' turd.... Sadly I don't get the same treatment!
K is just under 3.5 but we've had almost a week of dry nappies at night so we're tempted to let her start sleeping in those night time nappies and transition to none. But we still keep puppy pads in her bed just in case.
She's an absolute knob sometimes but makes up for it by being cute and funny
First day of nursery trying her with the potty today so we'll see how that's gone when I pick her up.
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It might be too late to train the wife but I'm sure you could get your daughter to do it
It might be too late to train the wife but I'm sure you could get your daughter to do it
Probably go like that
So three weeks into fatherhood and I'm absolutely loving it.
Starting to get nervous about returning to work, and my ability to do so given the sleep terrorist.
I'm only in an office two days a week, home the rest, but I am curious as to how people have managed 'shifts' to care for the bambinos and still function in a high pressure job
Starting to get nervous about returning to work, and my ability to do so given the sleep terrorist.
I'm only in an office two days a week, home the rest, but I am curious as to how people have managed 'shifts' to care for the bambinos and still function in a high pressure job
While my job isn't massively high pressure it does have it's moments and as a dev it's quite mentally taxing and all I've got for you is caffeine, keep that caffeine stream topped up. Ideally 90/10 caffeine/blood and you'll be fine..ish
Generally we would split it so if I was in the office the next day then that was always mums night as I leave just after 4am so any wakeups would pretty much zero that nights sleep, everything else was just split one night each.
Generally we would split it so if I was in the office the next day then that was always mums night as I leave just after 4am so any wakeups would pretty much zero that nights sleep, everything else was just split one night each.
Mostly after my paternity leave finished, the wife who was on much longer leave did most of the night-time stuff. I was there dozing on standby if needed, but usually wasn't.So three weeks into fatherhood and I'm absolutely loving it.
Starting to get nervous about returning to work, and my ability to do so given the sleep terrorist.
I'm only in an office two days a week, home the rest, but I am curious as to how people have managed 'shifts' to care for the bambinos and still function in a high pressure job
We were lucky that our daughter was a really good sleeper from only a few months in, and slept most of the night fine. Always been a good sleeper since then, rarely ever waking.
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So three weeks into fatherhood and I'm absolutely loving it.
Starting to get nervous about returning to work, and my ability to do so given the sleep terrorist.
I'm only in an office two days a week, home the rest, but I am curious as to how people have managed 'shifts' to care for the bambinos and still function in a high pressure job
It's a bit mixed for us. I go to bed later and get up earlier, but its always been like that. I do a dream feed at 10:30 PM, then go to bed. If things happen overnight, it really depends how severe/what the frequency is. When she was born (now 7.5 months old) we agreed that my wife would do everything after the dream feed until the morning. In reality, I cope OK with disturbed sleep, so I help out where I can in the night - like I might change baby's nappy while my wife makes milk and then feeds her.
I think shifts is important. It just gets very difficult when your other half is "on call" overnight and then also during the day and can't find time to actually rest.
Its a bit depressing. Even though ours are only 2.5 they are changing so much and I can't help but think about the future when they won't be such lovely innocent little boys. Theres something about their laugh and general manner at this age that is just amazing. I mean, it would be weird if a 15 year old went from being apoplectic to off their little chops laughing within the space of 5s but small children manage it a dozen times a day. Almost always happy to see you and want to spend time with you just sitting and reading and cuddling.
Lovely creatures are children (for now)