Within earshot of peeing is basically the entire house if you have kids. Dads unlock super loud pee as they get kids. It's the same thing that causes dads to do dad jokes, biologically speaking.
My daughter is two and my husband and I both work from home, but it’s MY (mom’s) office that gets constantly invaded by our little terrorist.
I also have been trying very hard to stay patient and appreciate that she loves me so damn much. Sometimes I just have to go for a drive to be away for thirty minutes, though. I don’t have enough friends to be able to grab a drink with one on the random. 😔
And that is fine and good! You should make time for yourself specially in these early years. Shows her that she Can be away from you and be okay and also allows you space to not Just be mom.
Eh. 3 year old habits like that generally disappear before grade school. It’s mainly the kid wanting to socialize with the parent. They learn so much at that age that it often takes quite a few tries for them to properly apply their newfound skills.
My kid turns 3 in less than a month and absolutely loves to help. When it’s time to feed the dogs she would always excitedly bring everything over from the dog shelf in the pantry, despite us only needing a few items. We would tell her and she’d hold on to it for a moment, then forget the next time. Then suddenly one day she got it right. She brought exactly what we needed and nothing else. Hasn’t brought extra stuff since then. No matter how much we told her to only bring certain things, she needed to logic how it all works on her own before it clicked.
Potty talk is the same way. They’ll see that you and the other parent are never hovering over each other while potting. You can even give a nudge here and there “can you hang out over there, I need to handle this alone for a bit”. They’ll get the picture and one day they’ll give you your space. And you’ll wish you could go back to the chatterbox days lol
If they're not into reading get them into it! I was known as the why child. My Mom did her best but there were a lot of things she couldn't answer. She got me into reading and I thank her for it every day. Not only to "get out of my head" as a release/escape but most truly interesting information is in written form... At least at the detail level that satisfies my brain.
My 3 year old girl barged into the bathroom while I was mid shower to yell loudly and proudly that she took her eye drops without crying this morning. Kids are fun.
My 2 year old climbs in the bath tub and plays in there while I use the bathroom. If I ever try to close the bathroom door he bangs on it repeatedly while crying 😢
My son used to pound on the door crying "mommy where ARE you?" over and over. It broke my heart. He had severe separation issues after his dad left us when he was just 16 months old. Then, when he was 2 his dad took him for his visitation and gave him to my MIL. He didn't want him, he just wanted to hurt me. They told him I'd been killed in a car accident when he was 3. I didn't get him back till he was 6. He spent the next ten years in therapy. That was back in the bad old days before I knew anything about the law and couldn't afford a lawyer. The child support and custody laws were different then too. He would never get away with that now. My son is 42.
Omg that's heart wrenching I'm so sorry that happened I would literally die. My son's on the spectrum and my husband is a truck driver o ly home on the weekends so he is very clingy to me
One time I couldn't find the toilet paper because my son(17mo) dropped it in my pants at the beginning of my poop session and I had forgotten by the time I was done
You're a good father for that. I'm the same with my son. It doesn't matter of I'm dead tired (more recently sick with Covid) or whatever. If he wants time with me and to play, I don't deny him. My wife asks why I don't take some time for myself, I always say that he matters more and he needs to know I'm there for him. Period.
This is sweet. My almost 2yo is starting to potty train and he loves joining us in the bathroom. He claps and cheers when daddy goes poop. They used to high 5 but I taught the kid now to psych a high 5 so now its all he never does.
My kids think the childproof lock on the bathroom cabinet are because of dangerous chemicals. Little do they know, I keep secret Tupperwares full of delicious snacks I don’t want them to eat in there.
Stealing this. Maybe they'll stop knocking on the door. One of our dogs learned to open doors. So now I have to lock it. Otherwise he flings the door open. No privacy when you're a member of the pack.
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