Breakingmom Tales: Or A Collection of Stupidity & Dumb Choices

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Son is 3yrs 3mo. His nursery school REQUIRES him to be potty trained by 3yrs 6mo, so running low on time here. He is extremely stubborn and we cannot even get him to sit on the toilet or potty chair. When we try to place him on it he becomes a screaming contortionist!

He knows when he is pooping and announces it. He doesn't announce his pee, but one time he wanted an excuse to go into the bathroom (his bff was in there using the potty) so he intentionally wet his diaper so that I would take him in to change him. So apparently he can pee out of spite lol.

He is not motivated by stickers or treats or rewards. He has picked out several cool packs of underwear but has no interest in actually wearing them. The tells me "i like wearing diapers." He is not motivated by the fact that all of his close buddies are out of diapers. He's exceptionally stubborn and doesn't like to do anything that isn't his idea.

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I would pause and reset. Back to diapers, remove the potty from sight. On my final try for potty training, I decorated a bathroom to the nines in my kid’s favorite theme. I mean themed wall stickers, themed projector lights, themed night lights, themed ladder toilet seat, backdrop, everything. Then I said nothing about going potty in it, just showed him it’s his very own special bathroom. He loved it and wanted to not only poop/pee in that bathroom, but also eat and sleep in it. I really hope you find something that works. It was glorious when I finally succeeded.

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Strip him naked from the waist down, have potty’s everywhere and just let him get on with it. Ignore the bad just say ‘Next time in the potty’, reward the good - I find chocolate the best. After a week put just shorts on him, no underwear then after another week or so introduce underwear. He will have a billion accidents and poos take much longer than wees but he will get there

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The day care requires your kid to be potty trained but then doesn't potty train?!

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If he is very stubborn you may want to look at Pathological Demand Avoidance and see if the profile fits him

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Cambion
Moos sure do love their gatekeeping in general. You're not a real mother if you have a C-section, you're not a real mother if you adopt, you're not a real mother if you don't nurse, you're not a real mother if you've only had miscarriages and no live births, and now you're not a real mother if you're a grandmother. It's just more butthurts over people who aren't mothers by their definition hijacking their holiday. I mean never mind that a grandMOTHER is still a mother, but Moos aren't exactly known for their intelligence.

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Cambion
Brat bullshit I'm glad I'll never have to fuck with: potty training. Having to get a brat trained to pee in a toilet by a certain age or else they get kicked out of daycare, and the brats have zero interest in learning and are not swayed by rewards and bribes. Or you put the fuckers in underwear and they soil themselves constantly and you get the distinct pleasure of cleaning up after them like unhousebroken puppies.

https://old.reddit.com/r/breakingmom/comments/1cs0t18/how_to_potty_train_a_kid_who_wont_even_sit_on/

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mumofsixbirds
Freya, you're good people! I think of myself sometimes as a pet mom, because I'm in charge of their happiness and well-being. Also, Conner sits on my shoulder, gives me hugs and kisses (Loud Muah!) and says, "I love you Mummy!" I don't have to go through all the BS of being a moo to get the best bit.

I guess I cheated the system? Ha.

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mumofsixbirds
Holy shit. So much for moos honoring their own moos on moo day. Good grief! Doesn't Mother's Day include all moos, including the Grandmoos? That's what I thought.

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Cambion
I guess they are pissy because there is a separate holiday for grandparents and once you have adult brats with sprogs, it seems you are supposed to only be celebrated on Grandparents' Day and not Mother's Day. Like they age out of the system or something.

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Cambion
Brat bullshit I'm glad I'll never have to fuck with: potty training. Having to get a brat trained to pee in a toilet by a certain age or else they get kicked out of daycare, and the brats have zero interest in learning and are not swayed by rewards and bribes. Or you put the fuckers in underwear and they soil themselves constantly and you get the distinct pleasure of cleaning up after them like unhousebroken puppies.

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mr. neptune
All this is because of disposable diapers. When kids had to wear cloth diapers in the 50s they were trained in 18 months. When Proctor and Gamble came out with Pampers of course they wanted kids to not be potty trained - more money for the company.

I went to Sams Club recently and could not believe that a whole aisle on both sides was disposable diapers. That is more than there is of pet foods (even with bulky bags of dog food) and cleaning and laundry products, about as much space as mens and womens clothing combined.

I hope there are not actually that many babies and kids parading around in Pampers and Hugges, the world is really in trouble.

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He asked me to take his socks off, so I did. This was wrong, because he started crying. So I asked if he wanted them back on. He said yes. This was also wrong. This caused the yelling. So I said, ok, ok, I'll take them off! And pulled them both off at the same time. This, too, was obviously incorrect, because it caused a full on meltdown.

Last night we had a screaming session so intense she almost vomited. It was because I put a shirt on her because she was cold. She did not want to wear a shirt.

I opened his cheese stick because he asked me to open his cheese stick

I offered her a poppyseed muffin the other day, and she flipped out on me because she "doesn't like that" (translation: had never tried it). Then yesterday morning, she demanded a poppyseed muffin. The only one left... I'd taken a tiny bite out of. Cue this little cherub reading me for filth for nibbling on the muffin she had just been screaming at me to get out of her sight. She held onto this grudge for like two whole hours.

I gave her some banana after she asked for a banana. That was the wrong thing to do.

She asked for a hot dog. We got hot dogs. Made the hotdogs. Cut up the hotdogs like she likes. She put the ketchup on her own plate.

But, then she wanted something else instead. And cried when I told her I would not be making that.

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mr. neptune
One reason these kids might be crying: Perhaps their parents or a caregiver wants them to wear - horrors! scream! - Big Girl/Boy pants! I have seen this happen at a day care in my neighborhood. Back then, though, the day care workers could put the kids in those pants. But I have seen some kids actually scream "I want Pampers!"

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Im an unemployed uni student single mom of 2 10B, 8G. Today they felt particularly picky about what there was to eat so I caved and went to the grocery store to buy some meat. There were four pieces, more than enough for us 3. My son has been into cooking lately, & I like to foster this interest so I allowed him to cook them. When he was done, he had eaten 2 of the pieces and my daughter was upset about not receiving the equal amount, leaving none for me. I melted down and cried about them being greedy and inconsiderate of me. I hardly ever cry now but this had struck a nerve.

How did I grow such children? Greedy, inconsiderate little sh*ts that do not care about each other or their mother? I'm trying so hard to make ends meet, and I'm burden with all the child rearing as the exH is irresponsible yet they do not care about mom. I cried so hard in front of them and my heart feels so tired. Have I been too nice? They truly live a life where they dont need to think about me or each other and I feel like I fucked up. They cried upon seeing me cry but I'm left feeling like I fucked up.

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or whatever nonsense they tell moms about why our kids are the most miserable humans only for us. I really saw it yesterday as we were putting up the little free library I got for my birthday. My MIL was hanging out with the kids in the back yard while husband, FIL and I were back and forth between the front and back getting tools and whatever.

Every single time I went into the back yard to grab a tool or something, I would see my daughter smiling and laughing, until the second she saw me. Then she would instantly snap into sob-whining “Maamaaaa!!” with full on sad face, jumping up and down, body flailing nonsense.

My MIL often says in total sarcasm that my children are miserable (meaning they are such happy children), and I don’t think I ever totally understood why she would think that until now, because to me they really are the most miserable humans I’ve ever encountered. I guess it’s only me that makes them feel/act that way though.

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I 32F have been married to my husband 34M for 9 years. When we got married we knew we wanted to wait 5 to 7 years to start a family. Wanted to be settled. Wanted to be stable. All the things. I wound up having a large mental breakdown about 5 years into our marriage and we agreed to leave it to 7 before talking about it. We both agreed I needed to work on my mental health first. I was diagnosed with major depression, anxiety, and CPTSD. I busted my ass for years with treatment and therapy. Worked on myself a ton and even confronted my abuser. I'm honestly so proud of myself.

A bit of background about my husband. He is ADDICTED to Warhammer. I had to demand we put one night aside each week where he was not allowed to do any Warhammer things, and we had to spend time together. Every day except for Friday he works on Warhammer. During the week it's 5 hours after work and on the weekends about 10 or more hours a day. He's taken off of work without telling me to play for a full week. Go to conventions. Swap meets. I honestly have no issues as long as I come first. If I need something, I need to count on him to drop Warhammer for the night. We've gotten into MANY fights about it though. I'd be having a panic attack and he wouldn't cancel his plans. He would complain that giving up the one night a week was putting him so far behind. We're in therapy and Warhammer has been brought up a lot because he keeps breaking one of two boundaries, if I am having a mental health crisis he needs to cancel Warhammer with no fuss or hesitation.

Recently, he said he was in a rut and wanted to talk about a five year plan. Kids were brought up, along with potentially quitting his job and making Warhammer a full time career (he makes nothing off of it right now). I wanted to support him and make his choices easier, so I went to the doctor to start switching meds to something that will probably work better while being pregnant and while breastfeeding. I was actually getting excited about the idea. I did tell him that if he wanted to try his hand at this Warhammer career I'd support him though but we'd have to put off a kid. He agreed.

Then I hit him with the ultimatum. I wasn't even thinking when I said it. In therapy I said "if we have kids, I need you to give up Warhammer for 2 years minimum to help me raise our child". He froze and was confused. He asked why and I reminded him of our fights. He said that he's been doing better at putting me first, and he has. But I still don't feel confident that he'd be there when things got stressful. I know he's probably using as some sort of coping for something. But if he turns to throwing himself into this when things get harder with a kid, idk what I'm supposed to do.

He said I'm being unfair to ask that of him. I'm holding firm to this though! It's making me rethink having kids with him. I don't think he realizes how fucked up that sounds. I told my therapist (not our couples therapist) that if we could get into a rhythm I'd lighten up on the request, but the fact that he is struggling to part with a hobby for 2 years to raise a kid is terrifying!

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Morons
Recently, he said he was in a rut and wanted to talk about a five year plan. Kids were brought up, along with potentially quitting his job and making Warhammer a full time career (he makes nothing off of it right now). I wanted to support him and make his choices easier, so I went to the doctor to start switching meds to something that will probably work better while being pregnant and while breastfeeding. I was actually getting excited about the idea. I did tell him that if he wanted to try his hand at this Warhammer career I'd support him though but we'd have to put off a kid. He agreed.