Halloween Accident

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen parents with elementary age children who still use pull-ups when they are doing anything where finding a bathroom might be an issue. Kids usually are fine but every once in a while accidents do happen.

Barring some extreme circumstance (special needs) that's just really strange and infantilizing.

[Anonymous]

Look even the Oh Crap lady who is pretty militant about potty training says you can use pullups for travel. Yes, if your toddler still has frequent accidents then wearing a pullup for one hour is not going to reverse potty training progress.

For elementary school students, yes I would assume a child wearing a pullup has special needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m just dying laughing. Thinking about these mothers thinking It’s OK to whip out their portable toilet and the neighbors driveway. Just so their kid can stay out later trick-or-treating.

Not everyone trick or treats in their own neighborhood. Sometimes people do travel and when you have young children you have to be prepared.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look even the Oh Crap lady who is pretty militant about potty training says you can use pullups for travel. Yes, if your toddler still has frequent accidents then wearing a pullup for one hour is not going to reverse potty training progress.

For elementary school students, yes I would assume a child wearing a pullup has special needs.

I swear I’ve seen parents changing kids who are definitely not special needs at rest stops.

[Anonymous]

How old is the child? I never used diapers on my kids during the day once they were potty trained. They were able to hold it for a couple of hours and can count on one hand the times my 3 kids had day time accidents after 2.
But every kid is different and I have definitely seen 3 possibly 4 year olds wearing diapers at school or out during the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look even the Oh Crap lady who is pretty militant about potty training says you can use pullups for travel. Yes, if your toddler still has frequent accidents then wearing a pullup for one hour is not going to reverse potty training progress.

For elementary school students, yes I would assume a child wearing a pullup has special needs.

I swear I’ve seen parents changing kids who are definitely not special needs at rest stops.

How do you know the kids don't have special needs? Saying some children "are" special needs sounds really ignorant btw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m just dying laughing. Thinking about these mothers thinking It’s OK to whip out their portable toilet and the neighbors driveway. Just so their kid can stay out later trick-or-treating.

Not everyone trick or treats in their own neighborhood. Sometimes people do travel and when you have young children you have to be prepared.

Being a parent is setting limits based on your child’s needs. Dragging them out and about for hours is not meeting your child where they are if they can’t hold their pee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m just dying laughing. Thinking about these mothers thinking It’s OK to whip out their portable toilet and the neighbors driveway. Just so their kid can stay out later trick-or-treating.

Not everyone trick or treats in their own neighborhood. Sometimes people do travel and when you have young children you have to be prepared.

Being a parent is setting limits based on your child’s needs. Dragging them out and about for hours is not meeting your child where they are if they can’t hold their pee.

Ok grandma. I know it’s been awhile since you had kids but kids can decide they need to go suddenly. Last night my kid went #1 before walking out the door and halfway through decided he had to go #2 so we ran ran ran the two blocks back home. I don’t think pull-ups are wise or smart for a potty trained kid and would hope that a kid who is out trick or treating and suddenly needs to go can find a house with a powder room owned by a friendly person who remembers more about parenting toddlers than you clearly do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m just dying laughing. Thinking about these mothers thinking It’s OK to whip out their portable toilet and the neighbors driveway. Just so their kid can stay out later trick-or-treating.

Not everyone trick or treats in their own neighborhood. Sometimes people do travel and when you have young children you have to be prepared.

Being a parent is setting limits based on your child’s needs. Dragging them out and about for hours is not meeting your child where they are if they can’t hold their pee.

Ok grandma. I know it’s been awhile since you had kids but kids can decide they need to go suddenly. Last night my kid went #1 before walking out the door and halfway through decided he had to go #2 so we ran ran ran the two blocks back home. I don’t think pull-ups are wise or smart for a potty trained kid and would hope that a kid who is out trick or treating and suddenly needs to go can find a house with a powder room owned by a friendly person who remembers more about parenting toddlers than you clearly do.

Hilarious assumption, I’m a fellow parent! Not some grandma. There’s a difference between your kid having to go randomly versus always caring around your portable toilet and popping them down in someone’s driveway. That’s so bizarre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, diapers only for naps and overnight. Bring a change of clothes and push for the potty before. If they dont go potty before ToT, then a pull up is ok.

This is a circuitous and tedious way of answering “Yes” to OP’s question.

But actually, it should be "If they dont go potty before ToT, then they don't get to go ToT." And bringing an extra pair of pants and undies seems more reasonable than reverting back to diapers (or bringing a whole dang portable potty in a backpack...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m just dying laughing. Thinking about these mothers thinking It’s OK to whip out their portable toilet and the neighbors driveway. Just so their kid can stay out later trick-or-treating.

Not everyone trick or treats in their own neighborhood. Sometimes people do travel and when you have young children you have to be prepared.

Ok but if you are traveling, you'll have your car parked in your general vicinity. At least leave the potty in the car.

Now you'll probably come back and claim you're ToT via city bus or cargo bike...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, diapers only for naps and overnight. Bring a change of clothes and push for the potty before. If they dont go potty before ToT, then a pull up is ok.

This is a circuitous and tedious way of answering “Yes” to OP’s question.

Is it? I took PP’s post to be saying, “No, except—“

[Anonymous]

Volunteer at one of these organizations once, and I was really disheartened at the amount of junk that people gave. It’s probably not PC for me to say that because “giving is giving“ but these children who don’t have anything to be given scratchy shirts, very thin jackets that won’t keep them warm, etc. is leaving them with less again. It just broke my heart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m just dying laughing. Thinking about these mothers thinking It’s OK to whip out their portable toilet and the neighbors driveway. Just so their kid can stay out later trick-or-treating.

Not everyone trick or treats in their own neighborhood. Sometimes people do travel and when you have young children you have to be prepared.

Ok but if you are traveling, you'll have your car parked in your general vicinity. At least leave the potty in the car.

Now you'll probably come back and claim you're ToT via city bus or cargo bike...

Are you really taking non-toilet trained children to other neighborhoods for ToT? I would think a couple blocks is fine for the toddler set. Even preschoolers are toilet trained?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m just dying laughing. Thinking about these mothers thinking It’s OK to whip out their portable toilet and the neighbors driveway. Just so their kid can stay out later trick-or-treating.

Not everyone trick or treats in their own neighborhood. Sometimes people do travel and when you have young children you have to be prepared.

Ok but if you are traveling, you'll have your car parked in your general vicinity. At least leave the potty in the car.

Now you'll probably come back and claim you're ToT via city bus or cargo bike...

Are you really taking non-toilet trained children to other neighborhoods for ToT? I would think a couple blocks is fine for the toddler set. Even preschoolers are toilet trained?

DP I would not be surprised. I have seen a lot of complaints that some neighborhoods don't participate in Halloween.