Kids: Today, I was desperate to teach my 2-year old to use her potty....

By Overflow - 16/08/2009 21:05 - United States

Today, I was desperate to teach my 2-year old to use her potty. I had to pee, and thought maybe she would learn by watching me use it. Everything was going well, until I realized that I had a long pee. So long that it overfilled her potty all over. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/02/2015 04:12 - United States

Today, in an attempt to potty train my 2-year-old, I sat her on the toilet and waited for several minutes. I finally gave up and lifted her off the toilet just in time for her to pee on my new shoes. FML

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By soaked - 25/02/2013 19:16 - United States - Philadelphia

Today, I was babysitting, and I had to pee really, really badly. I couldn't figure out how to get the stupid toilet lock off, and ended up pissing myself. As I stood in the bathroom in tears, their child screamed, "No, no, pee-pee in the POTTY!" FML

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By Mommy - 29/09/2010 22:47 - United States

Today, my daughter watched a potty training video on Sesame Street. In the middle of the video, she got up and ran to her potty to practice. She then announced, "All done!", and proudly closed the lid to her potty. She then immediately stood on top of it and peed. FML

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By fired - 13/05/2012 06:26 - United States - Portland

Today, I really had to pee while babysitting. Normally this isn't a problem, except the kids were sleeping and going potty would wake them up right before their parents were due home. Desperate, I decided to pee in a cup in the kitchen and wash it down the sink. Their parents came home mid-stream. FML

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By subtweetqueen - 09/09/2016 04:18 - United States - Santa Clarita

Today, the 3-year-old I nanny wanted to prove to me that he was tall enough to pee standing up in front of the toilet. When he realized he actually was tall enough, he got excited and misdirected his stream, covering himself, his brother, and me in urine. FML

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By Disgruntled - 16/03/2016 12:01 - United States - East Lansing

Today, my 2-year-old daughter started showing signs of understanding the potty training concept. She announced to my mother-in-law that she needed to go potty, only to be flatly told, "No, you don't." So she crapped herself. Now it's going to take forever to train her. FML

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Training day

By Anonymous - 09/11/2011 21:52 - United States

Today, I thought it would be a good idea to let my 19-month-old son watch me pee, since I'm trying to potty train him. I didn't consider that he might try to grab my penis. When he did, I was startled and peed all over the floor and my son. Good job dad. FML

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Potty drama

By NeverEndingBathtime_ - 03/08/2017 20:00

Today, my two year-old is being potty trained. He got the gist of it and actually did #1 and #2 in the potty and after our little celebratory dance, I went to get him a cookie (which took me two seconds). I come back to see him covered in shit and pee because he tried to go empty the potty himself. FML

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By peepants - 04/06/2019 14:00

Today, I was in a public restroom with my one-year old. I had no idea he could reach the lock until he opened the door and ran out. In my haste to catch him, I not only peed all over my pants that were still around my ankles, I faceplanted on the nasty, moist bathroom floor. FML

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By missed - 25/06/2021 14:01 - United States

Today, I was using a mall bathroom. Thinking the toilet seat had to be unsanitary, I decided to squat. I was a little farther out than I thought, and ended up peeing all over the bathroom floor. FML

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banana2022 4

Monday 17 August 2009 1:49

You didn't think to show her by peeing in a big kids' toilet? YDI for that genius idea.

outofmyelement 0

Monday 17 August 2009 1:53

eww, you used a toddler potty? you couldnt just use a toilet?

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JustSoLost 8

Monday 17 August 2009 3:14

Totally agree with. Just like many have said you shoudn't rush potty training, it takes time and patience. Try potty training when the kid is a bit older.

Violet_Illuser 0

Monday 17 August 2009 3:20

What's with this "Your child is only 2 years old!? That's too young! Wait until they're ready!" crap? A 2 year old is definitely old enough to learn to use the goddamn toilet. They don't need to be a "genius" to do so. No one in my family waited until 3 to train their kids to use the potty, and there are some real dumbasses in my family, so the intellect of the child has very little to do with it, unless they have a mental disability. From what I've seen, around 2 years old diapers don't work so well anymore, rashes are more prevalent and more leaks start to happen.

thequickredofox 0

Monday 17 August 2009 3:35

If the OP is resorting to demonstrating how to use the potty then clearly her child is interested yet! It's not a race, there's no badge for "training" your child. Although my son was dry, day and night, from 18months; he didn't want to wear undies and didn't want to use a potty so I didn't rush him, but it meant I only had to change 3/4 nappies each day or he pee-ed in the garden. He "trained" himself at 3yrs when he realised he could wear Bob the Builder undies and could use the big toilet.

swooshq 0

Monday 17 August 2009 3:22

Dude, seriously? Isn't 2....a normal age to be potty training, I was out of diapers when I was like 1 and a half years old and I'm not a "mensa level genius" OP: oh that sucks, but you used a toilet for two year olds..

gothic_cat_lady 0

Monday 17 August 2009 3:26

Um, 2 is a perfectly normal age for potty training. 3 seems kind of old, I don't know of any kid whose parents waited that long. There's a reason most nursery schools and daycare that start at age 2 or 3 require all kids be potty-trained. o.0

TheIrishJaneDoe 8

Monday 17 August 2009 3:29

To all you geniuses who say "use the regular toilet!": I'm pretty sure the OP has tried this. Notice the use of the word desperate? Kid potties don't look exactly like the regular ones, especially from the little girl's perspective, and she's 2 freaking years old! It's not a big leap to guess that she wasn't making the connection. I agree, though, that if the child can't figure it out, she probably isn't ready. Changing diapers sucks, but it sucks more to be pushed to do things you aren't ready to do. And in reference to the creative child-rearing comment: Kids aren't cookie-cutter perfect. Creativity should be a requirement for parenting.

maggiewalters 17

Monday 17 August 2009 3:33

thank GOD she's only two and wont have that picture carved into her memory! YTDI

epicwinmaster 0

Monday 17 August 2009 3:43

@ theirishjanedoe: what everyone was saying by "use the real toilet" was that she should hold it in if it about to overflow, and GET TO THE REAL TOILET. Its her fault for not being able to hold in her own urine. and you are just stupid for not even having yur facts straight.

drano 0

Monday 17 August 2009 8:13

Um, 64 7 9 11 16 17 18 33... Those are the numbers of the posters that said use the real toilet in the first place, to not use the kid's potty at all. There were maybe 2 posters that were talking about what you said. And I assume that the OP was just peeing, and she didn't realize it was overflowing until her feet were warm. She was probably looking at her kid and not into the potty to make sure it wasn't overflowing, because who would really expect it to overflow?