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Potty training

My daughter is 4 turning 5 in November and is going to kindergarten this September. She is half potty trained. She pees on the potty all day long and has for the past year. She refuses to poop on the potty. She was just diagnosed with adhd and odd. I have tried everything under the sun to try to get her to poop on t...

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Potty training stories please

Can anyone share their potty training journey? I'd love to hear how it went- how long it took, what methods you used and what you found helpful. Thinking to start next week, but I need some motivation to go for it!

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How did your childs first dental trip go?

Taking my toddler for first time next week and i tried to explain it like going to the doctors (which he has been totally fine to do) and also used a paw patrol audibook but toddler is throwing a tantrum about it when i bring it up now and doesn’t want to go… feel like i gave tmi and it would have been fine on the d...

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What age did you potty train your child?

My daughter is 18 months & want to start just to see how she will do with it, any tips or advice I should know?

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Potty training or taking advantage of the weather?

I had planned to use the next couple days to focus on potty training but I feel bad keeping her in all day when the weathers so nice :/ so do I wait til the next rainy day?

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Potty training

Morning all! We’ve given potty a go today as I thought LG was ready as her communication is great and she’s been doing a wee on the potty before the bath for over a week. This morning however has been a little chaotic 😅. She is saying wet or wet as she’s doing on or just after but there’s not enough tile…

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Teething?

Hello. I’m a first time mum so please be gentle to me the below question might sound silly. I think we are at the thick of teething! My boy has been extremely clingy, hard to settle which was never the case, can’t eat solids as much but drinks his formula, wants to be cuddled all day, cries more that usual, excess...

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Potty training

Any tips on helping my three year old son to start pooping on the potty? He started peeing on the potty at 18mos! .. but he has a fear of pooping. He knows when he has to poop. Asks for a diaper and everything, so it’s not for lack of understanding. When I ask him why he just says it’s scary. I try not to force the ...

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Teething

My LO is 6 months in a few days and seems to be teething though it’s hard to tell. What symptoms did you all experience when your baby was teething?

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Potty training..

So we are just starting with potty training. My toddler had no interest until about 2 weeks ago. Things are going how you would expect. We do training underwear during the day and she’s going pretty good with pee but we are yet to get a poo in the potty. My question though is about night time and nap time. My girl i...

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First dentist appt

Little one has his first dentist appointment on Monday. What do they do and any advice is welcome

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Potty training- help

Is anyone else dealing with a super stubborn toddler? My little girl is flat out refusing to use her potty. We tried to go cold Turkey a couple of months ago, but she was just holding it and holding it and making herself ill. When we bring up the potty she just shouts ‘no’ or ‘I don’t want potty’. I don’t want to sc...

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Have any of you started potty training yet?

If you've started potty training have you been successful? How did you do it? If not, when do you plan to start?

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Potty training tips

1st time mom here! I have a 15th month old, when should I start trying to potty train him and does anyone have tips for potty training a boy? Thanks 💙

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Teething??

Hey how do I know if my baby is startin to teeth, she’s 3 months old just starting to find her hands, there constantly in her mouth and she’s always slobbering

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Teething

My little one has been so unsettled since this afternoon. We’ve been doing calpol, ibuprofen, granules, frozen formula in feeder and gel on teething toys and gums. Every time I put him down to sleep he cries so I get him out, rock him and he had a couple of sucks on the bottle then falls asleep, then we repeat. Do...

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