{"id":57259,"date":"2016-04-15T06:31:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T06:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenodochial-archimedes.45-76-20-142.plesk.page\/2016x104x15-reasons-potty-training-is-the-absolute-worst\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:22:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:22:38","slug":"5-reasons-potty-training-is-the-absolute-worst-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/2016\/04\/5-reasons-potty-training-is-the-absolute-worst-2.html","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Potty Training is the Absolute Worst – Mrs. Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Potty training\u2026ugh.<\/p>\n

Of all of the things I\u2019ve gone through as a parent- potty training ranks right up there at the top of my list of \u2018least favorite things.\u2019 I\u2019ve compiled a list of reasons why potty training is one of the absolute worst things about parenting that I\u2019ve experienced thus far:<\/p>\n

1.) Poop and pee everywhere.<\/strong> As if changing diapers was a pleasant experience to begin with\u2026now your little one is dropping loads big enough that a diaper can\u2019t contain them. And instead of going to the potty- like they know they\u2019re supposed to- they hide and do it eerily silently. In a diaper that\u2019s now too small to contain it! Or, in my toddler\u2019s case, takes a giant pee all over his bed every morning. I have never washed sheets more in my life, or had a quicker reaction time than when I hear my son say, \u201cUh-oh, there\u2019s poop everywhere!\u201d<\/p>\n

2.) Constant potty breaks.<\/strong> I almost miss diapers, when my tiny bladder bearing toddler has to go to the bathroom for the 5th time at the grocery store. And the panic sweat that I break out in, when he yells, \u201cI\u2019ve gotta poop,\u201d and we\u2019re nowhere near a bathroom. The HORROR.<\/p>\n

3.) The false alarms.<\/strong> When you scurry around like a crazy person trying to find a bathroom, and they sit down and nothing happens. Or they trick you into letting them stay up half the night because they \u201chave to go peeee!\u201d<\/p>\n

4.) All of the Pinterest pins<\/strong> and blog posts about \u201c3 Day Potty Training\u201d or \u201cThe Best Way to Potty Train\u201d- I\u2019m calling BS. There is no trick. There is no secret. If there was, I would\u2019ve discovered it by now!<\/p>\n

And the absolute worst part?<\/p>\n

5.) The advice from well-meaning parents.<\/strong> Please don\u2019t tell me again to just let my toddler run around naked and he\u2019ll go in the potty. The one time I actually tried this technique, guess what he did? Peed all over the floor.<\/span> A giant puddle in the middle of my kitchen. Thank my lucky stars\u00a0it wasn\u2019t the carpet. And the one\u2019s who say, \u201cI didn\u2019t have to do anything. they practically potty trained themselves.\u201d I\u2019ve never wanted to throat punch a fellow parent\u00a0before, but that comment has made me come pretty close.<\/p>\n

If only there was some magical solution to potty training. The problem is, all kids are different. What works for one family, may not work for you. Potty training is terrible for everyone. It\u2019s just one of the truths of parenting- some parts of it suck. Thankfully, most days, the good outweighs the bad.<\/p>\n

Maybe tomorrow will be the day my little one goes to the potty indefinitely. (Please, please, please.)<\/p>\n

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And no- I will not ask your tips and tricks. I don\u2019t want to hear them. Just kidding\u2026 Kinda.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Of all of the things I’ve gone through as a parent- potty training ranks right up there at the top of my list of ‘least favorite things.’ I’ve compiled a list of reasons why potty training is one of the absolute worst things about parenting that I’ve experienced thus far:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,32,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mommy","category-parenting","category-uncategorized","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}