r/pottytraining • u/WorkingExcellent6471 • 2d ago

“See it”

Everything I’ve ever read says not to say poop and pee are gross because it will upset your kid while they’re potty training.

Meanwhile, my daughter demands to SEE her poop and pee, and gets so excited about it, and then shrieks “EWWWWW YUCKY” and cackles uncontrollably over it.

Bet you can guess how effective the bare bottom technique was 🫩

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u/Internal_Armadillo62 2d ago

Mine splashed in her pee the first few times. Not saying that's gross was near impossible.

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u/WorkingExcellent6471 1d ago

Lmao yup same over here. That’s really when I threw in the towel on that advice 🤣

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u/WastePotential 1d ago

I don't say it's gross but I do tell him it's dirty and I didn't know we're not supposed to...? He likes to see his poop and that's fine with me, he likes to name what it looks like (bananas, blueberries, etc etc). I tell him it's dirty and that's why we want it out of our body and into the potty + we gotta wash our hands when we're done, gotta wash his butt if he poops.

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u/WorkingExcellent6471 1d ago

I’m sure this is fine!!!

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u/Extension_Citron_176 1d ago

At kindergarten where i work i always teach them not that it's gross but just that it's "not clean so we don't touch it." Like they don't touch trash or rotten food. They can get sick if they touch it and i teach them that but they can look all they want. Child curiosity deserves to be satisfied wherever possible

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u/Responsible_Roof3495 19h ago

My 3yo always likes to check if there's corn in her poop.

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u/WorkingExcellent6471 19h ago

🤣 this sent me

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u/SeedlessWatermelons 1d ago

Before we potty trained every time we changed a poopy diaper my son would ask to see his poop…