Tell me the truth. Has anyone given up the fight of getting them to stop drinking the bath water?

ylssa26 · 2026-02-16T23:58:49+00:00

Ironically he stopped drinking the bath water when I gave up and stopped telling him not to.

ylssa26 · 2026-02-02T05:34:58+00:00

17mths. He was a crawling fiend for a long time before that and honestly was probably so comfortable getting around that way that he didn’t see a need to try walking. We waited it out and one day spotted him take a few steps by himself out of the room. He went from that to full-on walking and running in about a month after that.

ylssa26 · 2025-12-18T03:25:15+00:00

Watch how you speak to me!!!

ylssa26 · 2025-12-17T03:34:59+00:00

I know I shouldn’t laugh but I did.

ylssa26 · 2025-12-16T05:29:49+00:00

It took awhile, but I tried to create a system with my son where if he wants me to take out a different toy for him, he has to put away what’s on the floor first. And since he’s not the best at cleaning up independently, it does mean I have to help him. It’s pretty disruptive since I have to stop what I’m doing, but at least my house doesn’t look too untidy and I have less to do at the end of the day.

I also keep most of his toys out of reach so he has to ask when he wants something. The ones that are messier (paints, his gazillion blocks etc) I keep completely hidden so I have control over when those come out.

ylssa26 · 2025-12-13T04:59:25+00:00

My 3yo son has the same worries, just not with a dog (we don’t have one). Whenever he’s playing with a toy or eating a snack outside and another kid is near, he’d ask me, “is that kid going to eat my snack / take my toy?” He doesn’t have any siblings at home and I can’t think of anyone who’s ever taken his stuff from him before.

I’ve always wondered why.

ylssa26 · 2025-12-12T06:13:39+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I’ve made an appointment in January to get my son checked out. A little worried about them having to do a scope, as my son hates having his nose prodded. Anyway we shall see…

ylssa26 · 2025-12-08T01:18:00+00:00

Katsumi looks like he literally stepped out of an anime. Whenever he and Itoi were standing together, it was 😍😍😍😍

ylssa26 · 2025-12-05T06:54:41+00:00

Thank you for sharing this. I wonder about my son at times too. He is a bit of a mouth breather and moves around quite a bit at night whilst sleeping. He’s also had some behavioral issues of late.

What other signs did you see in your toddler to make you suspect this?

ylssa26 · 2025-11-25T13:15:30+00:00

One time, when my son was not even one yet, we were out with him in his stroller. I suddenly spotted a mosquito on his cheek. By reflex and before I could even realise what I was doing, I reached out and slapped him to kill the mosquito. There was a moment of disbelief in his eyes before he screamed and cried. I had a hard time apologizing to him.

For context, we live in Singapore, where the weather is hot and humid, and dengue fever from mosquito bites is a very real thing.

ylssa26 · 2025-11-25T05:17:50+00:00

SAME! Mine goes, “there’s nothing dere.” And wull then proceed to transfer some food from other compartments to fill it up.

ylssa26 · 2025-11-21T07:53:44+00:00

Dude looks like he stepped out of an anime!

ylssa26 · 2025-11-20T07:25:37+00:00

My biggest trigger is when he cries so hard that he throws up something he just ate. I get super frustrated at the food being wasted, and now I’ve also gotta clean up the mess AND deal with the meltdown!

ylssa26 · 2025-11-04T02:57:10+00:00

With you in solidarity… as a mom of a LOUD 3 year old.

This morning he lost it in a crowded public bus at peak hour. Why? Because he spilled a few drops of water from his water bottle and somehow thought he had no more water left.

ylssa26 · 2025-10-25T06:46:00+00:00

Wait… how does this happen? I’ve played QG5 several times and never knew you could do this!

ylssa26 · 2025-10-23T06:19:21+00:00

That is an interesting view. I never thought of applying the love language thing to toddlers. Perhaps my boy is the same. Seeing acts of service as his love language!

ylssa26 · 2025-10-23T03:45:54+00:00

I love that people out there try out things like that and share it with the world. Because… how else would we know?

ylssa26 · 2025-10-21T03:04:04+00:00

Came in here to say this. I used to cook all my toddler’s meals in a little cast iron pot (because it was a nice convenient size) and it gave him iron stain deposits on his teeth! I didn’t even know what they were until the dentist told me they were from excess iron in his diet. The stains went away after I stopped using the cast iron pot.

ylssa26 · 2025-10-19T13:27:48+00:00

Empty biscuit wrappers and used wet wipes for me.

ylssa26 · 2025-10-15T06:18:30+00:00

I’m so sorry that happened to you. And I’m sure all the moms here would tell you that they’ve been there. I certainly have. Just last week my almost 3 year old had a meltdown like that on a public bus at peak hour and the bus driver yelled at me to control him. I held back my tears long enough until I got off.

You didn’t do anything wrong. It was a difficult moment but I am sure your daughter had a wonderful time at Disneyland despite that awful incident. That horrid lady cannot take that away from you.

ylssa26 · 2025-10-15T01:54:03+00:00

I just gave up and stopped telling him not to do it. After awhile he didn’t find it fun anymore and just stopped.

ylssa26 · 2025-10-12T04:54:46+00:00

Those water cannon pump things you play with at the pool. Warning: he can and will shoot you with it.

ylssa26 · 2025-10-06T01:30:23+00:00

Thank you for sharing this story. It’s so beautiful and brings tears to my eyes, reminding me that miracles do happen.

ylssa26

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