Anonymous
08/08/2022 10:15
Subject: Re:Pooping at the playground
Anonymous wrote:The travel-potty-haters are so suburban! Don’t you guys ever take your little kids out hiking or biking on the beach? What about museums and art galleries where you can set the travel potty on the bathroom floor and not have your kid on a public toilet seat?
Do you haters ever go camping? If so, where to you relieve yourself?!
DH and his sister grew up in South Africa and would spend days camping and tracking with herds of elephants or other animals. Peeing on trees and digging a hole to defecate was a common occurrence. Adults and kids alike. I wanted to raise our kids with his sense of adventure but not pee or poop on land - so we use a travel potty for all of us when camping and always have the little travel potty for our toddler when we spend the day at a park or beach,
I have to laugh at the suburban parents who are so aghast on this thread!
I can’t tell if you are delusional or trying to be funny.
We live in the city, do plenty of hiking and camping, and have never owned a portable potty chair. Cities have public restrooms everywhere, in every venue. Camps, state parks and such almost always have bathrooms or porta potties. I have zero issue with my child sitting on a public toilet. They are cleaner than door knobs you touch all day. If your child cannot hold if more than a few minutes, they aren’t really potty trained.
Deep woods living/camping is an entirely different scenario and really has nothing to do with this thread. Even so, no way am I carrying a portable
Potty with me. Utilize the wood line and dig a hole if needed
Anonymous
08/06/2022 21:02
Subject: Pooping at the playground
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is about pooping at the playground. Getting your potty out and letting your kid poop wherever he feels like it is gross. If you can't manage the poop training so that this isn't an issue you either suck at potty training or your kid is too young. The nannies can stop patting themselves on the back if they consider that a success. I potty trained my own kids and never had to bring a potty everywhere to enable spontaneous public pooping. Get real.
A toddler can use a travel potty discretely, off to the side, to pee or poop. It’s really no big deal. I doubt anyone noticed. They’re two years old.
They poop once a day. This isn't some insurmountable task. Your kid is not potty trained if this is so hard to manage. Put him in diapers until you're over that hump.
I’m not against portable potties for pee but yes, it’s odd to me you’d need them for poop. Part of the way I knew DD was ready to train was that she was going into another room to poop in private. It’s animal instinct, actually— many animals instinctively seek privacy to defacate.
I wonder if one reason a lot of kids develop problems around pooping during potty training is that they are being encouraged to poop in front of other people, including peers on the playground. Forget how other people will experience this— I think it’s weird for the kids.
Oh, Jesus, get over it! Preschool kids, younger that OP’s kid, poop in the toilets in front of each other all the time. DS has even told me how cool it was that Larla’s poo looked “like a baseball”.
Don’t put your weird shame hang ups on your kids.
Wanting privacy and feeling ashamed are different. My DD came to the bathroom with me for 2 years before she potty trained, and she learned how bodies work. She still asks me for assistance with wiping sometimes and we discuss proper hygiene using the correct anotomical words. But when she poops, she wants privacy. And we believe in respecting the need for privacy in our house. It’s not shame.
Anonymous
08/06/2022 21:01
Subject: Pooping at the playground
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is about pooping at the playground. Getting your potty out and letting your kid poop wherever he feels like it is gross. If you can't manage the poop training so that this isn't an issue you either suck at potty training or your kid is too young. The nannies can stop patting themselves on the back if they consider that a success. I potty trained my own kids and never had to bring a potty everywhere to enable spontaneous public pooping. Get real.
A toddler can use a travel potty discretely, off to the side, to pee or poop. It’s really no big deal. I doubt anyone noticed. They’re two years old.
They poop once a day. This isn't some insurmountable task. Your kid is not potty trained if this is so hard to manage. Put him in diapers until you're over that hump.
I’m not against portable potties for pee but yes, it’s odd to me you’d need them for poop. Part of the way I knew DD was ready to train was that she was going into another room to poop in private. It’s animal instinct, actually— many animals instinctively seek privacy to defacate.
I wonder if one reason a lot of kids develop problems around pooping during potty training is that they are being encouraged to poop in front of other people, including peers on the playground. Forget how other people will experience this— I think it’s weird for the kids.
Oh, Jesus, get over it! Preschool kids, younger that OP’s kid, poop in the toilets in front of each other all the time. DS has even told me how cool it was that Larla’s poo looked “like a baseball”.
Don’t put your weird shame hang ups on your kids.
Nope. They really don't. Do you have some sort of poop fetish? You're way to into this.
Anonymous
08/06/2022 20:54
Subject: Pooping at the playground
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is about pooping at the playground. Getting your potty out and letting your kid poop wherever he feels like it is gross. If you can't manage the poop training so that this isn't an issue you either suck at potty training or your kid is too young. The nannies can stop patting themselves on the back if they consider that a success. I potty trained my own kids and never had to bring a potty everywhere to enable spontaneous public pooping. Get real.
A toddler can use a travel potty discretely, off to the side, to pee or poop. It’s really no big deal. I doubt anyone noticed. They’re two years old.
They poop once a day. This isn't some insurmountable task. Your kid is not potty trained if this is so hard to manage. Put him in diapers until you're over that hump.
I’m not against portable potties for pee but yes, it’s odd to me you’d need them for poop. Part of the way I knew DD was ready to train was that she was going into another room to poop in private. It’s animal instinct, actually— many animals instinctively seek privacy to defacate.
I wonder if one reason a lot of kids develop problems around pooping during potty training is that they are being encouraged to poop in front of other people, including peers on the playground. Forget how other people will experience this— I think it’s weird for the kids.
Oh, Jesus, get over it! Preschool kids, younger that OP’s kid, poop in the toilets in front of each other all the time. DS has even told me how cool it was that Larla’s poo looked “like a baseball”.
Don’t put your weird shame hang ups on your kids.
Anonymous
08/06/2022 20:51
Subject: Pooping at the playground
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is about pooping at the playground. Getting your potty out and letting your kid poop wherever he feels like it is gross. If you can't manage the poop training so that this isn't an issue you either suck at potty training or your kid is too young. The nannies can stop patting themselves on the back if they consider that a success. I potty trained my own kids and never had to bring a potty everywhere to enable spontaneous public pooping. Get real.
A toddler can use a travel potty discretely, off to the side, to pee or poop. It’s really no big deal. I doubt anyone noticed. They’re two years old.
They poop once a day. This isn't some insurmountable task. Your kid is not potty trained if this is so hard to manage. Put him in diapers until you're over that hump.
I’m not against portable potties for pee but yes, it’s odd to me you’d need them for poop. Part of the way I knew DD was ready to train was that she was going into another room to poop in private. It’s animal instinct, actually— many animals instinctively seek privacy to defacate.
I wonder if one reason a lot of kids develop problems around pooping during potty training is that they are being encouraged to poop in front of other people, including peers on the playground. Forget how other people will experience this— I think it’s weird for the kids.
Anonymous
08/06/2022 20:36
Subject: Pooping at the playground
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is about pooping at the playground. Getting your potty out and letting your kid poop wherever he feels like it is gross. If you can't manage the poop training so that this isn't an issue you either suck at potty training or your kid is too young. The nannies can stop patting themselves on the back if they consider that a success. I potty trained my own kids and never had to bring a potty everywhere to enable spontaneous public pooping. Get real.
A toddler can use a travel potty discretely, off to the side, to pee or poop. It’s really no big deal. I doubt anyone noticed. They’re two years old.
They poop once a day. This isn't some insurmountable task. Your kid is not potty trained if this is so hard to manage. Put him in diapers until you're over that hump.
And then get called out for PT late...heavens no! Also if the only issue the kid has is needing to poop at the playground then its circumstance-specific NOT toilet training specific.
Pick your poison. Be called out for public pooping or discretely wearing diapers that nobody knows about unless you tell them. OP should just tell her kid no park until he poops.
Everyone knows when a toddler poops in his diaper. And who cares? They’re little kids. They don’t have to be discreet.
The pearl-clutching over a little travel potty is insane.
People can have their own opinions. You think it's glorious and others can disagree. We aren't going to change each other's minds. Why do you care if others think it's gross if you're so secure in your choices?
Anonymous
08/06/2022 20:34
Subject: Pooping at the playground
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is about pooping at the playground. Getting your potty out and letting your kid poop wherever he feels like it is gross. If you can't manage the poop training so that this isn't an issue you either suck at potty training or your kid is too young. The nannies can stop patting themselves on the back if they consider that a success. I potty trained my own kids and never had to bring a potty everywhere to enable spontaneous public pooping. Get real.
A toddler can use a travel potty discretely, off to the side, to pee or poop. It’s really no big deal. I doubt anyone noticed. They’re two years old.
They poop once a day. This isn't some insurmountable task. Your kid is not potty trained if this is so hard to manage. Put him in diapers until you're over that hump.
And then get called out for PT late...
Pick your poison. Be called out for public pooping or discretely wearing diapers that nobody knows about unless you tell them. OP should just tell her kid no park until he poops.
Pooping really isn’t shameful. No need for embarrassed secrecy.
He can still poop at the park. Just in a contained diaper.
Anonymous
08/06/2022 20:31
Subject: Pooping at the playground
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is about pooping at the playground. Getting your potty out and letting your kid poop wherever he feels like it is gross. If you can't manage the poop training so that this isn't an issue you either suck at potty training or your kid is too young. The nannies can stop patting themselves on the back if they consider that a success. I potty trained my own kids and never had to bring a potty everywhere to enable spontaneous public pooping. Get real.
A toddler can use a travel potty discretely, off to the side, to pee or poop. It’s really no big deal. I doubt anyone noticed. They’re two years old.
They poop once a day. This isn't some insurmountable task. Your kid is not potty trained if this is so hard to manage. Put him in diapers until you're over that hump.
And then get called out for PT late...
Pick your poison. Be called out for public pooping or discretely wearing diapers that nobody knows about unless you tell them. OP should just tell her kid no park until he poops.
Pooping really isn’t shameful. No need for embarrassed secrecy.
Anonymous
08/06/2022 20:30
Subject: Pooping at the playground
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is about pooping at the playground. Getting your potty out and letting your kid poop wherever he feels like it is gross. If you can't manage the poop training so that this isn't an issue you either suck at potty training or your kid is too young. The nannies can stop patting themselves on the back if they consider that a success. I potty trained my own kids and never had to bring a potty everywhere to enable spontaneous public pooping. Get real.
A toddler can use a travel potty discretely, off to the side, to pee or poop. It’s really no big deal. I doubt anyone noticed. They’re two years old.
They poop once a day. This isn't some insurmountable task. Your kid is not potty trained if this is so hard to manage. Put him in diapers until you're over that hump.
And then get called out for PT late...
Pick your poison. Be called out for public pooping or discretely wearing diapers that nobody knows about unless you tell them. OP should just tell her kid no park until he poops.
Everyone knows when a toddler poops in his diaper. And who cares? They’re little kids. They don’t have to be discreet.
The pearl-clutching over a little travel potty is insane.
Anonymous
08/06/2022 20:12
Subject: Pooping at the playground
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is about pooping at the playground. Getting your potty out and letting your kid poop wherever he feels like it is gross. If you can't manage the poop training so that this isn't an issue you either suck at potty training or your kid is too young. The nannies can stop patting themselves on the back if they consider that a success. I potty trained my own kids and never had to bring a potty everywhere to enable spontaneous public pooping. Get real.
A toddler can use a travel potty discretely, off to the side, to pee or poop. It’s really no big deal. I doubt anyone noticed. They’re two years old.
They poop once a day. This isn't some insurmountable task. Your kid is not potty trained if this is so hard to manage. Put him in diapers until you're over that hump.
And then get called out for PT late...
Pick your poison. Be called out for public pooping or discretely wearing diapers that nobody knows about unless you tell them. OP should just tell her kid no park until he poops.
Anonymous
08/06/2022 20:07
Subject: Pooping at the playground
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is about pooping at the playground. Getting your potty out and letting your kid poop wherever he feels like it is gross. If you can't manage the poop training so that this isn't an issue you either suck at potty training or your kid is too young. The nannies can stop patting themselves on the back if they consider that a success. I potty trained my own kids and never had to bring a potty everywhere to enable spontaneous public pooping. Get real.
A toddler can use a travel potty discretely, off to the side, to pee or poop. It’s really no big deal. I doubt anyone noticed. They’re two years old.
They poop once a day. This isn't some insurmountable task. Your kid is not potty trained if this is so hard to manage. Put him in diapers until you're over that hump.
And then get called out for PT late...
heavens no! Also if the only issue the kid has is needing to poop at the playground then its circumstance-specific NOT toilet training specific.
Anonymous
08/06/2022 19:56
Subject: Pooping at the playground
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This thread is about pooping at the playground. Getting your potty out and letting your kid poop wherever he feels like it is gross. If you can't manage the poop training so that this isn't an issue you either suck at potty training or your kid is too young. The nannies can stop patting themselves on the back if they consider that a success. I potty trained my own kids and never had to bring a potty everywhere to enable spontaneous public pooping. Get real.
A toddler can use a travel potty discretely, off to the side, to pee or poop. It’s really no big deal. I doubt anyone noticed. They’re two years old.
They poop once a day. This isn't some insurmountable task. Your kid is not potty trained if this is so hard to manage. Put him in diapers until you're over that hump.
Anonymous
08/06/2022 19:49
Subject: Pooping at the playground
I’m pretty sure what’s happening is that once he gets exercise, that stimulates his bowels and he has to go. What you need to do is get him moving closer to home. Get a new association for poop time.
Anonymous
08/06/2022 19:46
Subject: Pooping at the playground
Anonymous wrote:This thread is about pooping at the playground. Getting your potty out and letting your kid poop wherever he feels like it is gross. If you can't manage the poop training so that this isn't an issue you either suck at potty training or your kid is too young. The nannies can stop patting themselves on the back if they consider that a success. I potty trained my own kids and never had to bring a potty everywhere to enable spontaneous public pooping. Get real.
A toddler can use a travel potty discretely, off to the side, to pee or poop. It’s really no big deal. I doubt anyone noticed. They’re two years old.
Anonymous
08/06/2022 19:39
Subject: Pooping at the playground
This thread is about pooping at the playground. Getting your potty out and letting your kid poop wherever he feels like it is gross. If you can't manage the poop training so that this isn't an issue you either suck at potty training or your kid is too young. The nannies can stop patting themselves on the back if they consider that a success. I potty trained my own kids and never had to bring a potty everywhere to enable spontaneous public pooping. Get real.