{"id":5979,"date":"2022-01-13T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/parenting-tweets-potty-training\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T03:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T03:05:15","slug":"parenting-tweets-potty-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/parenting-tweets-potty-training\/","title":{"rendered":"16 parents reveal the stinky truth about potty training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Potty training. Are moms and dads ever really ready for it (even if their child seems to be)? Sure, it&rsquo;s great to ditch the diapers for good, but the process, what with its stickers, pep talks and &mdash; real talk here &mdash; poo. It is a task.&nbsp;<\/p><p>From the art of rewarding yourself while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/royal-flush-potty-training-strategies-that-w\/\">potty training<\/a> your toddler to the hell that is visiting a public restroom with your ever-curious child, here are 16 all too real tweets about potty training. If you know you know.&nbsp;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-wait-where-did-it\">1. Wait, where did it&hellip;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">5-year-old: *walks in holding the toddler's training potty* She peed! She peed!<br><br>Me: It's empty.<br><br>5: Well, it was full.<br><br>Oh, God.<\/p>&mdash; James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XplodingUnicorn\/status\/951637351809388549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-the-art-of-conversation\">2.&nbsp;The art of conversation.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My two year old is very excited to discuss all of the things she peed on yesterday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PottyTraining?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PottyTraining<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nathan Jensen (@NateMJensen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateMJensen\/status\/1226853573046292480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-the-plight-of-potty-training\">3. The plight of potty training.<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My son:  *goes potty for the first time, without any direction from mama*<br>Also my son: won't happen again for another two years.<\/p>&mdash; Susan Croox (@gloriousmomblog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gloriousmomblog\/status\/1141124242253242368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-the-difference-between-one-and-two-kids\">4. The difference between one and two (kids).&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Potty-training 1st kid: reward chart, underwear, sitting on potty regularly.<br><br>Potty-training subsequent kids: keep them in diapers. Repeatedly sigh and say, \"We should probably potty train you, huh?\"<\/p>&mdash; Walking Outside in Slippers (@WalkingOutside) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WalkingOutside\/status\/953659231420301312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-when-you-want-to-see-what-everyone-has-to-offer\">5. When you want to see what everyone has to offer.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some call it potty training but I&rsquo;m pretty sure my kid is reviewing restaurant bathrooms for Yelp.<\/p>&mdash; OutnumberedMother (@OutNumbMother) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OutNumbMother\/status\/890363927133073408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-just-aim-in-the-potty\">6. Just&hellip; aim&hellip; in&hellip; the&hellip; potty!<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Parenting pro tip: If you're considering repainting the walls in your bathroom, rethink that until your boys are done potty training<\/p>&mdash; Beau Coffron (@lunchboxdad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lunchboxdad\/status\/871153909699493889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-7-when-you-step-into-the-bathroom-and-oh-man\">7. When you step into the bathroom and &mdash; oh man!<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you don't know what pee socks are, you're probably not potty training a toddler.<\/p>&mdash; Lauren Mullen (@DraggingFeeties) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DraggingFeeties\/status\/819305158731505664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-8-might-be-an-indication\">8. Might be an indication.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If your daughter fetches and hands you clean diapers, is it time to potty train?<\/p>&mdash; La Guardia Cross (@LaGuardiaCross) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaGuardiaCross\/status\/829008285814681604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-9-so-this-is-what-it-s-come-to\">9. So, this is what it&rsquo;s come to.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I laughed and I laughed and I laughed at my joke of calling myself a &ldquo;waste management engineer&rdquo; instead of a potty training mother. And then I cried and I cried and I cried.<\/p>&mdash; Jennifer S. White (@yenniwhite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yenniwhite\/status\/953404021729058816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-10-we-do-what-we-need-to-do\">10. We do what we need to do.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank goodness for potty training reward snacks. I don&rsquo;t know how I'd be able to keep teaching my kids if I didn&rsquo;t keep rewarding myself.<\/p>&mdash; The ParentNormal (@ParentNormal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParentNormal\/status\/948195172596178947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-11-when-you-look-at-it-that-way\">11. When you look at it that way.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Friend: Does parenthood really change you?<br>Me: I called other people about my kid pooping in the toilet today. <br>Her: So that's a yes.<\/p>&mdash; OyVeyLady (@OyVeyLady) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OyVeyLady\/status\/897906973617733632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-12-that-s-a-solid-sign\">12. That&rsquo;s a solid sign.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear Toddlers, if you can scroll through an iPhone&hellip;you can poop in the toilet. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pottytraining?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pottytraining<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kelly Ingram (Nishimoto) (@kellynishimoto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kellynishimoto\/status\/736597489965404160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-13-that-s-not-how-it-works-kid\">13. That&rsquo;s not how it works, kid.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ENaylor13\/status\/733622113060392960<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-14-the-game-no-one-wants-to-play\">14. The game no one wants to play.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The entire family is fully engaged in a game of find the poop. #pottytraining#pooponthefloor<\/p>&mdash; Brian Slocum (@BrianSlocum7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianSlocum7\/status\/733462432027287552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-15-you-win-some-you-lose-some\">15. You win some. You lose some.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Child wees in potty. Turn around&hellip;ring sister to inform her of acheivement. Turn back around&hellip;. child has shat on rug <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pottytraining?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pottytraining<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Zoid (@zoidart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zoidart\/status\/733726875319734275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-16-here-goes-nothin\">16. Here goes nothin&rsquo;!<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\"Do something that scares you every day,\" I whisper as I leave the house with my potty-training toddler.<\/p>&mdash; Leslie Gaar (@lgaarwrites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lgaarwrites\/status\/883716544341188608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potty training tweets so funny you might tinkle a bit if you&#8217;re not careful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1273,"featured_media":60085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":true,"care_updated_date":"2022-02-12 00:00:00","last_update":"2022-01-13","view_count":6981,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1107],"member-type":[3],"vertical":[6,17],"platform":[2],"class_list":["post-5979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-potty-training","member-type-seeker","vertical-children","vertical-child-care-advice","platform-resources"],"acf":[],"created":"2020-02-13","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5979"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217032,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5979\/revisions\/217032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5979"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=5979"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=5979"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=5979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}