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
Collection
Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
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
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
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
Today, my 2-year-old daughter started showing signs of understanding the potty training concept. She announced to my mother-in-law that she needed to go potty, only to be flatly told, "No, you don't." So she crapped herself. Now it's going to take forever to train her. FML
Today, while teaching at a daycare, a child came up to me and asked if he could go to the bathroom. Obviously, I said it was fine. He then pulled his pants down, and pee on my brand new shoes, and all over my leg. FML
Today, my daughter watched a potty training video on Sesame Street. In the middle of the video, she got up and ran to her potty to practice. She then announced, "All done!", and proudly closed the lid to her potty. She then immediately stood on top of it and peed. FML
Today, my 3-year-old missed the toilet. In the time it took me to get paper towel to clean it up, my one-year-old decided it was the perfect puddle to play in. FML
Today, I was potty-training my nephew. He had been on the toilet for almost twenty minutes and could not go. My phone started ringing, and as I went to pick it up he knocked it into the toilet. He then peed and pooped on it. FML
Today, my son learned how to use the toilet for the first time. He was so excited he started peeing on the floor. FML
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
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
humpaleg 12
Im just curious, why do people wear shoes inside?
drayloon 50
Some people just need a little lift to accomplish a task
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (103)
dreamful_artist 14
Looks like you have some work to do :)
Charles900 16
Don't worry about it; it takes time for a kid to be physically and mentally ready for it. Some of them learn it faster than others, so just be patient with her, OP.
foxysunshine 12
It sucks but it just takes time.... we tried at age 2 with my LO and finally gave up until age 3. He's fully trained in a week. Try again at 3 :)
Bigfabthetruth52 22
Sometimes you just have to be a little more patient with children but you didn't deserve that.
MeMyselfAndSatan 10
Aww dude hope it wasn't some fresh j's
janfleury 19
Welcome to the world of potty training.
themouse 3
YDI for trying to train a two-year-old to use the loo. They learn when they're ready, and two years old seems far too young for potty training.
rocker_chick23 27
Two is the perfect age to start potty training.
PennyLane27 32
Mine didn't 'get it' until around 3. But my friend's son potty trained at 9 months. Each kid's different :)
Colon_Man 17
It's weird how animals(human included) will do the opposite of what's expected in odd ways. I have a friend who owns a dog with a fenced in yard. The dog will not pee unless she's on a leash... inside the fence.
mike3775 39
All my kids were out of diapers around the age of 2. When they were 18 months, I started putting them in cloth diapers and whenever I went to the bathroom I would bring them with to watch and learn. This worked for me, but it didn't work on my sisters kids(and her youngest is still in diapers at nearly 4 yrs old while my youngest just turned 2 and is in underwear now), but her youngest is getting better though Some of the potty training horror stories I went through though, this one is tame, but I never got mad at the kids, and today when some of them start to make fun of any of the younger kids over accidents, I just mention some of their accidents to get them to stop
PennyLane27 32
You're spot on- the #1 most important thing is not to get mad at the kids, and not to shame them. They eventually get to the point where they feel bad and embarassed about it on their own accord.
TheDarkOne1821 7
this will pass, I am currently potty training my 2 year old,and it can be a headache, but just keep at it and it will improve just keep trying that's what my husband and in are doing and patience is key,and believe me it can be challenging my daughter has peed on the floor and everything so don't lose hope and keep trying
PennyLane27 32
Hang in there :) In the meantime, they're arming you with stories to 'accidentally' spill to their friends when they're older ;)