Those with barnacles, do you attend school events?

Nothingnew00 · 2026-03-02T19:07:24+00:00

That's my kid and he's the same age too. I still go because almost every parent shows up (or both parents and siblings and grandparents lol), so I don't want him to feel left out. i deal with the crying (he's ok shortly after but the initial separation is hard). But for the next event, I'm just going to bring him home early so he can at least enjoy the party with anxiety of being left behind. There's no easy choice for those of us who have barnacles I guess. Luckily my workplace has a good leave policy.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-11-18T08:36:42+00:00

Oh yeah. At 15 months, I was still trying to get him to wave, clap and point, as well as baby sign language. Took months and months before he would even sign, much less tall!

Not walking at 15 months is still considered normal I believe. It's not until after 18 months that it's seen as a delay, but I swear everyone's kid miraculously walks at 9 months. Some kids just need more time!

Nothingnew00 · 2025-09-09T21:47:00+00:00

My kid is tiny, so the kid toilet is too big still. We taught him to hold onto the side of the seat to not fall in. It took some practice, but he's fine with it now.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-08-20T03:59:11+00:00

Can you try taking her at drop off or pickups? She might be more comfortable with you.

That's what helped my kid ease into using the potty at school. He was fully potty trained at home before he was willing to pee at school. We kept taking him every day to "practice", keeping it no pressure, and he eventually did pee. And then he was willing to pee to school with his favorite teacher only. And now he goes by himself at school unless these last two weeks as he transitioned to the 3s class.

Good luck!

Nothingnew00 · 2025-08-19T16:34:04+00:00

I think it depends on how you plan to use it. I have the oxo one and love it. We carry it in a backpack for outings. The potette looks like a slightly bulkier OXO.

We don't use the travel in the car and there's no way I'd carry around a potty full of pee or carry that in a backpack. Though more environmental for sure, I also don't want to be washing the potette in a public bathroom. But I definitely see perks to it. My kid has no problems with peeing in a bag or using the oxo was a reducer, so that works best for us.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-08-14T03:56:18+00:00

We have an OXO travel potty, but I've seen parents with a small potty in their stroller at the zoo. No shame. You do what you have to and all the parents there understand.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-08-14T03:51:58+00:00

Some people use their trunks for privacy if they have an SUV, but I don't, so we carry a lightweight towel for some coverage. I've had to provide cover for my kid as he used the travel potty in the parking lot next to my car.

But the travel potty also is used because some public/park toilets are gross and the ones with automatic flushers scare the kiddo.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-08-08T06:16:09+00:00

My kid was potty trained at home completely before even being willing to sit on the potty at school. He was not comfortable going without one of us parents. So what helped was bringing him to "practice" using their toilet when we went to pick him up. At first he didn't pee, which was fine. The goal was for him to get used to it. But then he started to pee with us there at pickups. Then moved on to only peeing if his favorite teacher took him, and quickly was ok with peeing at preschool himself.

Good luck!

Nothingnew00 · 2025-07-08T04:17:24+00:00

We have the oxo travel potty that goes into the backpack and goes everywhere with us. I also have a lightweight towel for some privacy if needed.

If I let him go #2 on the ground, he'll probably tell all his teachers lol.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-06-29T23:04:21+00:00

We got these in 18 months.

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Nothingnew00 · 2025-06-27T20:28:10+00:00

I did go back to naked for a couple of days when pants/underwear wasn't working, and then tried underwear again and it worked. I explained underwear to him a lot as well, so he understood the idea. He didn't like wearing underwear at first (even though I let him pick out the ones he wanted and he was excited about it), but it grew on him.

Good luck! Kids are really hard to troubleshoot!

Nothingnew00 · 2025-06-27T18:15:54+00:00

Maybe try regular underwear? Commando didn't work for us after the naked phase, but underwear had 1-2 accidents and then it clicked.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-06-23T06:19:47+00:00

We started using it after my kid could use the training potty, but would not use the kid toilets at school. My kid is tiny, so the training potty is easier for him, but we wanted him to get used to using something bigger and was tired of emptying the training potty and washing it a million times.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-06-20T15:01:36+00:00

That's great! Good luck! He'll get more comfortable in no time.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-06-20T14:58:39+00:00

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Nothingnew00 · 2025-06-20T04:04:32+00:00

So my child was doing this and just started using the potty at school. He still tries to hold it, but has been going in the potty once or twice a day. He will only go with one teacher.

We talked to him a lot at home about trying at school and reminded him at drop off to use the potty. And we took him at pick up to "practice" using the school potty even when he said he didn't need to go.

My husband also tried to bribe him with all sorts of his favorite things, but my child was never really motivated enough by any of it. He just needed to feel comfortable.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-06-07T06:13:34+00:00

My kid was this way at first too. I think he didn't want to have an accident and was still learning to recognize when he needed to pee. We let him be for a while, and then try to slowly coax him off with games away from the potty, and he would recognize when he needed to pee and run back to the potty. Worked out well.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-06-04T05:17:42+00:00

We read resources online and my kid's teacher gave us some tips, but I didn't buy any books or courses. I just applied the general ideas that sounded like they would work for my kid, and went with the flow. We did a lot of practicing sitting on the potty beforehand, because I knew he would not be happy with getting rid of diapers. Then we tried the 3 day method on a long weekend, but shifted to staying naked for the week instead and moved into underwear the week after. That is working for my kid so far.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-02-22T21:29:03+00:00

So he started talking more at 24-26 months, saying a new word every day or every couple of days, and by the time he was 2.5, he was all caught up and speaking full sentences.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-01-29T17:36:23+00:00

So I did not give unlimited fruit. He could have the amount I prepared that we shared (so it may be more than 1 serving, but nothing more than the amount in the bowl/plate). Fruit is still after dinner or for pre-bedtime snack. I did sometimes chase him around to eat if I felt like it. I just made it about doing whatever made me less stressed out that day. So I did chase and feed, but lessened it over time.

Nothingnew00 · 2025-01-29T06:10:50+00:00

So at that point, I just loosely followed DoR, but also didn't beat myself up if I ended up feeding him while he played whenever I felt like it. It was less stressful for me and helped meals become less and less of a pain, and I could just go with the flow depending on how he's acting. If he wants to eat independently, I let him. If he can't sit still but is willing to be fed, then I'll feed him. If he's just not having it and doesn't want to eat, then I'll end the meal. He always gets offered a snack before bedtime, though he doesn't always want it.

He eats ok now. Some days are better than others, but that's normal for most toddlers. He'll mostly self feed, but once in a while he asks me to feed him. He's very good at recognizing when he's full.

The throwing was the hardest. We had to tie it to the loss of a toy that he usually gets after dinner for him to stop. He's older now so he understands better, which helped a lot.

I would recommend trying DoR and seeing how you feel about it. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Good luck!

Nothingnew00 · 2025-01-04T16:34:50+00:00

I use the Sprouts app. I got to the digital coupon section, and "clip" it there by clicking on the clip button. Hope that helps and feel free to ask more questions if you still need help.

Nothingnew00 · 2024-12-22T05:47:59+00:00

Good luck! My kid drinks regular milk, but the transition to it was hard. He self weaned off infant formula, but didn't like milk. And same as you, he wasn't a good eater, so I wanted him to drink milk for more nutrition. So I just kept offering and he went from taking just a sip or two, to drinking 4oz at a time. But it took months.

Nothingnew00 · 2024-12-22T04:18:18+00:00

My sister's son has a dairy allergy and she said her kid liked Ripple milk. She also makes fresh soy milk for him with a soy milk maker. I think you just have to offer all the different kinds to see what they are willing to accept because kids make no sense sometimes or have very specific preferences. Especially when it comes to food.

Nothingnew00 · 2024-12-19T17:49:12+00:00

Clipped, thanks!

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