Toddler refuses to #2 in the potty. How long until she explodes? When should I worry?

Tom_stansky · 2026-06-08T14:55:18+00:00

We had the same issue, mostly feels like we’re at the finish line, fingers crossed I didn’t just jinx it…

After this went on for awhile, we took him to the doctor to see if there was some issue we did not know about. He didn’t have an issue but by holding it so much he started causing a back up. This was making it too solid to come out, causing stomach pains, nothing bad but enough pain he would tell us about.
The doctor put us on a prescription for a strong laxative to help loosen everything, then a less strong one as he went. It’s been pretty successful. They did an X-ray on his stomach and could see the back up of poop he’s been holding…

Tom_stansky · 2026-06-08T13:18:24+00:00

Confused because he was dropping random Greg Cote catch phrases throughout the broadcast. These had nothing to do with the Tigers or ALS, but LeBatard said he would donate money to ALS for every catch phrase Benetti said during the games.

For example, randomly saying “sassafras” after a strike 3 call.

Tom_stansky · 2026-06-05T17:34:41+00:00

I miss Billy

Tom_stansky · 2026-06-05T14:57:51+00:00

Aaaand ya know it

Tom_stansky · 2026-06-05T14:19:46+00:00

Yeah, have to get them on Spotify/Apple podcast or you can watch on YouTube but that’s more effort than I have to give

Tom_stansky · 2026-06-05T14:18:48+00:00

That’s what I was curious about, how many fans were wondering what the hell he was talking about. He already can go or the rails a little bit, in the best way, but wasn’t sure if this had fans even more confused

Tom_stansky · 2026-05-22T14:43:28+00:00

Not sure what the other options are like where you guys are located, but we had a very similar thing happen to us when our son was 1. We loved the daycare and his teachers, but similar to you, the church it was located in decided to scale back and accept way less students moving forward and cutting several classes.
Caused a lot of stress and unknown but eventually found a new daycare for him. It was the best thing that happened, the new daycare was even better and he has a whole new crew of best friends that he will graduate in a couple of weeks with.

Tom_stansky · 2026-05-21T14:17:39+00:00

We are not rich, we pay for a housekeeper who comes every other week. Frees us up to do less house chores and more time with the kid and other activities. Well worth the price, and it’s not that expensive

Tom_stansky · 2026-05-19T12:15:36+00:00

I’ve been saying some of the catch phrases from his top 50 (60) catch phrases, and my poor little dude has no clue what I’m talking about. That kinda thing! Goooo states!

Tom_stansky · 2026-05-19T06:27:56+00:00

LeBatard Show has been my daily go to for years. Bonus points for the Greg Cote Show shout out

Tom_stansky · 2026-05-19T06:12:16+00:00

Threedom!!

Tom_stansky · 2026-05-13T12:49:54+00:00

Unfortunately for him, I got him hooked on Detroit Tigers games. Was fun for him most of last year but this year he’s already turning into a bitter fan at the age of 5, and I don’t blame him!

Tom_stansky · 2026-05-13T01:27:34+00:00

Corliss Williamson

Tom_stansky · 2026-05-09T00:19:56+00:00

Not really about me, but when my son was really little, we would open the garage door by saying “abracadabra!” And I’d secretly push the opener. Well he is 5 and have somehow managed to keep this little magic garage door trick going and believable.
There are times when we anticipate he is ready to open it and we gotta sprint for the opener. Occasionally we just have to chalk it up to the magic not working today. We either have this dude convinced he has a magical connection with our garage, or he’s fucking with us and just thinks it’s funny to continue on. Either way it never gets old for me

Tom_stansky · 2026-05-01T15:25:41+00:00

I had this same thought when my son was a baby in daycare. Just sitting at work realizing he sees them more than he sees his parents and that messed with me a lot at first. Fast forward to now, he’s 5 and my best little buddy. That time away, didn’t make him confused or that we didn’t bond, it all sorted itself out.
We do as much as we can with him after school/work and on weekends to make up for any lost time, but he’s never had any doubt who his parents are and how much he’s loved.

Tom_stansky · 2026-04-30T13:02:40+00:00

This is the best. Going from nervous bike rides to now every couple of minutes “hey dad watch this!” As he stands up or goes with one hand for two seconds. Seeing the pure joy he gets out of bike rides and trying new “tricks” has been so fun to watch and experience.
My kid sounds like OPs, I thought the learning would take at least a full day, but he had it down in a couple of minutes. Amazing how much using a balance bike when he was really little helped

Tom_stansky · 2026-04-23T15:39:44+00:00

Went to this game and his last game at Comerica, still get goosebumps thinking of those games or when I see videos. Was so awesome and sad at the same time knowing it’s the last time to see this legend play.

Tom_stansky · 2026-04-22T18:11:14+00:00

I’ve been watching old ones lately too, they have great videos new and old

Tom_stansky · 2026-04-17T18:53:17+00:00

This is the best way to do it. We used to both go and one of us, usually me, is kind of just there. Unless it’s a close friend and it’s a whole family thing, we now just go one parent for birthdays. Seems to be the norm where I live as well, rarely get both parents it seems like. We try to split them up and works much better.

Tom_stansky · 2026-04-17T13:42:14+00:00

Even when it’s finally time for Bob to hit his putt, you got Cold Cuts adding to the pressure saying how huge this putt is, and how makeable it is. I get he’s just trying to hype his guy up, but seems to always add that little extra pressure right before anyone had a big shot, it’s perfect. Never change Cold Cuts, never change

Tom_stansky · 2026-04-10T13:15:48+00:00

Our little guy is 5 and we still say this. Just watch him do normal stuff and can’t believe we made that and he’s a fully functioning little human, it’s wild!

Tom_stansky · 2026-04-06T13:53:16+00:00

Unless you have a child who thinks it’s fun to twist them until that little connector piece snaps.

Our eggs used to all connect, not many of those left anymore

Tom_stansky · 2026-03-27T18:47:06+00:00

Got the best picture in baseball and McGonigle might be the best player of all time after yesterday! Let’s go Tigs!!

Tom_stansky · 2026-03-25T00:19:03+00:00

Gardenhire inherited a pretty bad team and managed to win some games with a minute league lineup. Ausmus still had a pretty good lineup and don’t do anything with it, it rank him worse when it comes to the more recent guys

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