We've decided to start potty training our 22 month old since he can pull down his pants, we've thrown ourselves into it.…

@thatregalmujer the chart I mentioned might help with that. Or do to him what he does to you. Avert your eyes when he tries to talk to you. run away when he says hes hungry and say you have to go potty, lol!!!

@momsrmagical yes, we do all that, the potty training is cool, it's that he uses it as "an excuse" to get out of doing stuff we want him to do

and that's totally understandable. Kids will do that to us in the moment we don't realize the repercussions of her decisions and then we feel like pieces of crap after. Maybe try putting him on the potty first thing in the morning, about 10-15 minutes after he drinks and then right before bed giving him something to keep his hands busy while he's sitting on the potty like a snack a book or his tablet/kindle will help. He'll be too busy focusing on that to get up and he might end up going

I do get so frustrated 🙈 I have to work on my patience. I def try to be consistent, he wears me down and I give up, I'm going to stop giving up and stand firm. Cuz what would happen is, I'll try with him, he'll laugh AT me, lol cuz that's what it feels like, I'll get frustrated, we go back and forth, then I feel like "forget this, I'll do better next time"

Thank you! I'm happy to hear that it's normal for his age. I will just continue to talk to him and follow through. I always stay with him in the potty, he can't pull his underwear back up properly as yet, and he gets up off the potty if he is left alone. Yes, testing boundaries is the right term, lol, thanks!

❤ thank you! I will have to outplay him, I have to mentally square up with a 1 yr old 🤣 I could not have seen this day coming. I'm definitely working on patience

@thatregalmujer I send mine to the potty and they always pee when they say they have to go. My 4 year old had an accident a few weeks ago during a time out bc I thought she was using it as an excuse. So I will no longer make her wait. I have her go and just add time to her timeout. Thankfully she is at a point where I am able to tell her things more and more. She is learning and is really a good little girl most of the time.

I hope he'll be a good little boy with time, and I do believe as he ages he'll be better, I just have to get through today, and work on his behavior so it'll be better tomorrow

we normally make ours go before time out and they still cry to go but when we do let them which is rare they never go . It's just another excuse after the next. Lol

Glad to read that it's normal and I'm not all the way crazy, lol. Yes, I'm working on staying the course. Sometimes I wonder if I'm just easily annoyed, or if I should just pick my battles. For instance, I don't want him throwing his ball in the house, he does it anyway, and can say "no throw ball," but continues with the behavior. Or he sits on the arm of the sofa (I'm worried he'll fall over,) it's like I don't know what to let go and what to try and change. At that rate, he'll be in time out all day

Just stay calm and def if it's a safety thing keep at it. Telling him no about something doesn't always have to mean time out. Take the ball away. Put him in his room if he climbs and won't stop. Keep removing him from the sofa arm. They don't have to like us as their parents. They just have to be able to trust us to keep them safe. They won't always understand and it's a daily battle but the in at the end of the year is totally worth the repetition it takes to get them to victory!!! You've got this.

❤❤❤ so much truth and reality in what you said. I'm doing the repitition, it's hard and frustrating, but I've committed to no spanking, it's not a good fit for us, so we have to find a different and effective way to discipline. So repeat, repeat, repeat it is

I think that is good, to help them understand what they are ferling, also letting them know it's ok to feel like that. Thank you!

Thank you, I def need to hear this. It is what I believe, but then I think it's what I "want" to believe, my brain is in overdrive, lol, and for this really small thing, what am I gonna do when he gets older? Maybe I'll wear him down overtime

just stand your ground and let him know your the boss and your in charge not him

And he will have his days but he will learn/understand he won’t get away with it

I'm not going to survive a little trickster 🤣 I hope that's not the personality he's forming. Yes to repetitive, even though I feel like it's not making it through to him sometimes. He'll laugh... at me? maybe? lol... sometimes when I'm firm with him, like "hahaha this lady really thinks she can tell me what to do 🤣"

the potty training for right now, I'm just having him get a feel of not being in a diaper, he does ok with it, it's that he uses, or try to use it, as a way to get out of doing stuff. Like if he's sitting down for a meal, but he doesn't want to be there, he'll say potty. Once I take him out of his chair though, he's running around playing, not going to the potty, so I start to believe sometimes he says it to get out of doing something.

@thatregalmujer and that's totally understandable. Kids will do that to us in the moment we don't realize the repercussions of her decisions and then we feel like pieces of crap after. Maybe try putting him on the potty first thing in the morning, about 10-15 minutes after he drinks and then right before bed giving him something to keep his hands busy while he's sitting on the potty like a snack a book or his tablet/kindle will help. He'll be too busy focusing on that to get up and he might end up going

@momsrmagical yes, we do all that, the potty training is cool, it's that he uses it as "an excuse" to get out of doing stuff we want him to do

the chart I mentioned might help with that. Or do to him what he does to you. Avert your eyes when he tries to talk to you. run away when he says hes hungry and say you have to go potty, lol!!!

smh, I'm ok with him being smart, just not a smart ass, lol

I agree lol

@thatregalmujer, haha girl u might have to stand with him 😂😂 it’s a frustrating age

that's probably gonna have to be how it goes... so I'd sit with him but ignore him? He'll climb all over me, try to talk to me, lol, I can see it now

😂😂yes so when he does that just continue to put him back no talking just keep doing it it’s annoying 😭

Thank you! I'm happy to hear that it's normal for his age. I will just continue to talk to him and follow through. I always stay with him in the potty, he can't pull his underwear back up properly as yet, and he gets up off the potty if he is left alone. Yes, testing boundaries is the right term, lol, thanks!