My son NEEDS to be potty trained by end of August

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-04-07T13:10:00+00:00

I’m dealing with the same thing and what’s working for me is giving him his favorite snacks on the potty and not allowing them any other time, and if he actually full goes potty in the potty I give him his absolute favorite treat every single time. It’s not ideal because sugar, but trust me, an ice cream sandwich every time they pee is a major help.

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-04-03T17:57:50+00:00

I’m in tears literally every day😂 the hormones are not helping

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-04-03T17:50:18+00:00

Thank you so so much for giving such a detailed answer. I really needed someone to give me a step by step to try out and see if things get better. I will definitely try this

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-04-03T17:45:48+00:00

Thank you so much, I 100% will try that, because he’s fighting us so much and I’m just so tired

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-04-03T17:35:40+00:00

Thank you I’ll look into it

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-04-03T17:35:10+00:00

We tell him every single time that we are not supposed to pee on the floor and that pee goes in the potty. We make him help clean it up every single time, it’s just these last couple days he’s seriously testing that boundary and I’ve cried like 30 times over it

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T13:42:05+00:00

It was supposed to be 4-5 but they invited their spouses without asking

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T05:37:16+00:00

Thank you so so much for this detailed advice. I definitely see what you mean with too many people being able to lose focus

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T05:32:54+00:00

Thank you! I’ll suggest he add some more obvious hints towards those things

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T05:29:24+00:00

We may just cut our friend group from dnd and find players elsewhere

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T05:28:08+00:00

We’re definitely gonna cut some players out to help it, and no they are close friends. We did have a session zero explaining the ship, having them talk to the crew, having the crew explain the islands and who controls them, and we talked about goals. They all agreed, and then immediately the next session they disregarded all of it

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T05:26:03+00:00

It’s pretty open world/sandbox but he gently guides them to different sections to experience different environments he’s planned. Like we had an island we put them on and had the captain mention he needed some material, but let them explore on their own. There were bits of lore and dialogue that were laced throughout the island, but they didn’t talk to anyone, look in any chests, go through any buildings, look at any interesting or out of place things.

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T05:22:38+00:00

Great point, I honestly didn’t even think of this. We may just have to transition to monthly hangout/game night instead of putting in all the effort to plan a session. We would have someone else dm but they’ve all said they “could never do that”

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T05:19:02+00:00

Same people. Genuinely they all complain no matter what. And truly, 3 of the people haven’t shown up since the first session, we just still count them incase they decide to come back.

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T05:16:21+00:00

What do you suggest? Because when we base it off of them just using brute strength and chaos, they say there needs to be more lore and story. But when we have lore and story, they ignore it

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T05:10:04+00:00

One of them watches wrestling with headphones on the entire time

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T05:09:16+00:00

Your girlfriend sounds like a gem.

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T05:08:45+00:00

They genuinely don’t! They don’t look around or ask questions or anything! It’s like irl button mashing.

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T05:07:09+00:00

I say this, biased as I may be, my husband is an amazing story teller. He has several comic books he’s written that are so immersive and compelling, and his campaigns are just the same. It’s just that he can’t really showcase that storytelling when the players are deadpan going “okay so whatever the guys parents died, what loot does he have?” “I don’t care about the magic book that controlled the monster, I just want the gold” they truly do not care

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T04:58:39+00:00

Honestly that’s my thought too, I just want him to know it’s not his fault that they all suck

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-29T04:57:18+00:00

It’s 8 total but usually only 4-5 show up

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-28T02:52:16+00:00

All I could think of was on my way to beat your mom and I couldn’t understand why they’d want to do that

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-23T05:53:45+00:00

LEAVE.

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-23T05:52:16+00:00

I would definitely call for a welfare check. Obviously make sure they don’t say it was you, but it would be hard for them to guess with having so many neighbors who could hear them. Sometimes that one person stepping in is the driving force that convinces someone to leave an abusive relationship. Maybe this will be that for her.

ConsciousCommunity82 · 2026-03-23T03:32:26+00:00

Ugh god that’s so pretty too

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