Kids: Today, in an attempt to potty train my step-son, my boyfriend...

By Anonymous - 07/04/2014 17:43 - Canada - Ottawa

Today, in an attempt to potty train my step-son, my boyfriend and I put underwear on him, hoping that when he peed himself, he would realize using the potty is the way to go. Instead, he peed while sitting on the couch, got up, took off the underwear, and then switched seats. FML

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By TiredMommy - 20/04/2017 18:00 - United States - Southbridge

Today, my 2-year-old son figured out that if he takes his pull-up off and DOESN'T go on the potty, he can pee all over things. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/02/2015 04:12 - United States

Today, in an attempt to potty train my 2-year-old, I sat her on the toilet and waited for several minutes. I finally gave up and lifted her off the toilet just in time for her to pee on my new shoes. FML

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By diapersplease - 07/06/2015 01:17 - United States - Buffalo

Today, I found out my husband potty trained my stubborn three year-old son who prefers diapers. He managed this by peeing with him and "sword-fighting" with their urine streams. I now have to clean pee off the ground every time he urinates. FML

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I just can't hide it

By doomeddaddy - 03/08/2011 16:46 - United States

Today, my son learned how to use the toilet for the first time. He was so excited he started peeing on the floor. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/10/2023 17:00

Today, I've been potty training my son and almost all of his clothes have been peed on, but for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to do all the laundry together. When I was getting it out of the dryer, everything smelled like pee. FML

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Potty drama

By NeverEndingBathtime_ - 03/08/2017 20:00

Today, my two year-old is being potty trained. He got the gist of it and actually did #1 and #2 in the potty and after our little celebratory dance, I went to get him a cookie (which took me two seconds). I come back to see him covered in shit and pee because he tried to go empty the potty himself. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/06/2010 16:43 - United States

Today, I finally convinced my son to use the potty. Later, he saw a show on TV about a toilet monster. Now he's too scared to even step foot into the bathroom. Here's to another few months of diaper changes. FML

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By Anonymous - 09/11/2011 21:52 - United States

Today, I thought it would be a good idea to let my 19-month-old son watch me pee, since I'm trying to potty train him. I didn't consider that he might try to grab my penis. When he did, I was startled and peed all over the floor and my son. Good job dad. FML

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By matchristityler - 09/02/2010 08:19 - United States

Today, my son pooped in his diaper and managed to somehow take it off without my knowledge. He then sat down on the carpet and imitated a dog with worms, all the way down the hallway, through the living room, and into my bedroom. FML

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By Overflow - 16/08/2009 21:05 - United States

Today, I was desperate to teach my 2-year old to use her potty. I had to pee, and thought maybe she would learn by watching me use it. Everything was going well, until I realized that I had a long pee. So long that it overfilled her potty all over. FML

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AlexaWuzHere 31

Monday 7 April 2014 22:54

At least he knows how to problem solve?

wolfgold2 20

Monday 7 April 2014 22:54

He's got his priorities straight.

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kendallfireHD 16

Tuesday 8 April 2014 1:46

Wow smart kid

juan3611 14

Tuesday 8 April 2014 1:57

This kid is going places, not to the toilet, but places.

SarcasmIsFun 6

Tuesday 8 April 2014 2:04

So basically you switched out a diaper for a pair of underwear and you expected him to understand the difference? To him peeing and pooping his pants is normal - you're the one who's expected to teach him differently. It sounds to me more like you just decided to be lazy and you're now blaming the kid.

marcranger 28

Tuesday 8 April 2014 7:57

^Eh, as long as you eventually teach them to change their own diapers, who cares? (Before the inevitable cries of "please sterilize yourself"...working on it, thanks! PM me if you want to contribute funds!)

plunkit 6

Tuesday 8 April 2014 3:19

The best time to put a kid on the potty is about 5 minutes after their morning coffee. Bingo.

TrinityNevada 11

Tuesday 8 April 2014 3:46

There is a parenting expert named Rosemond (or something like that). I think he is mean-spirited but I TOTALLY agree with him on the potty-training thing and it was similar to what you and your boyfriend were trying to do. Back in the day when all kids wore cloth diapers, they supposedly potty trained more quickly. This MAY have been because back then, mothers stayed home most of the time so they had the same someone always with them ... it was easier to train that way. Nowadays, kids in paper diapers aren't feeling "the wet" as quickly and they're not making the connection as quickly. Since many mothers work, Child is with Mom, daycare, Gramma, Dad ... and it's not consistent. Add in divorce/separation and maybe Parent1 makes progress for potty-training and Parent2 slaps a diaper on the kid all weekend out of laziness. One thing that helped was this: cover a couch cushion with a mattress protector (usually a kid-mattress- or crib- mattress-sized sheet protector works) and only let the kid sit on that cushion. Or use a shower curtain if the kid sits on carpet. that way, it's easier to clean up and the kid feels the wet. Hopefully you're able to wath for squirming and estimate how long ago Kid had his apple juice. Keep a portable potty in whatever room he's in so he can get there quickly. Yes, serving him juice and putting him on the potty 15 minutes later until he goes also helps too. Then praise the Hell out of him and say, "Hey! that juice came through! Good job!" Eventually, he'll get it and there won't be *as* big as a mess. The fact he felt some wetness and didn't like it is actually an improvement

Jakob2255 12

Tuesday 8 April 2014 5:35

actually the cloth diapers are like underwear they do not absorb like a diaper so you sit in your filth.

TrinityNevada 11

Tuesday 8 April 2014 14:27

That's .... my point. That's why you put the kid in underwear and that's why children wearing cloth diapers tended (and tend) to potty train faster. Problem is, parents got too lazy to use cloth diapers. really, I asked several parents why they weren't switching to cloth (cheaper, better for the environment) and they said, "Oh, they get wet faster and I have to do more work." *blink, blink* because god forbid you actually put EFFORT into your children.