https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 16:42:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-logistics-help-needed#post-2276003 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:33:58 +0000 MrsSRS 2276003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two suggestions (although neither may convince your LO!): if you tug pants all the way down to ankles, your LO should be able to get knees apart even though feet are close together, then you can help him aim down. Or, have your LO stand on your feet for a boost and pee standing up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-logistics-help-needed#post-2275881 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:00:09 +0000 BananaPancakes 2275881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@petunia354: Ha ha. We're still just undressing. Why is this so confusing?!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-logistics-help-needed#post-2275865 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:29:22 +0000 petunia354 2275865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I just took DS to the potty at Nordstrom yesterday which was his first public potty outing. I can now 100% commiserate with you on the undressing issue. Even when I did take his shorts off his legs were still squashed together and lets just say the pee went everywhere but the toilet! I'm thinking about getting the potette for outings until he gets bigger or just having him stand on the potty? I'm totally at a loss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-logistics-help-needed#post-2272830 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:35:47 +0000 Smurfette 2272830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BananaPancakes: at this point I would take her getting naked to go cause that would mean she is going on the potty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-logistics-help-needed#post-2272825 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:29:54 +0000 BananaPancakes 2272825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@petunia354: Ha ha, this made me laugh, so thank you! Potty training is so stressful, so it's good to know you can be 30 and still take your pants off. :grin: </p> <p>@blackbird: Glad to know I'm not alone because I feel like a moron for not having this figured out. He wasn't potty trained the last school year, so I didn't have to worry about these things!</p> <p> @Smurfette: Oh, good to know! I keep wondering if I'm just over thinking it and that he'll just do whatever his teachers and the other kids do at school without any help from me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-logistics-help-needed#post-2272820 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:23:33 +0000 Smurfette 2272820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R was doing this as well when she was going on the potty. Her teachers were the ones that got her to keep her clothes on finally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-logistics-help-needed#post-2272799 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:11:46 +0000 petunia354 2272799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You're not alone. DS usually wants his bottoms off too. I'm trying to teach him how to pull his own underwear down to his ankles but it's a struggle, which sounds so stupid. I haven't taken him to a public potty yet so I don't have advise there, but if it makes you feel better I do have a friend who, at 30+ years old still fully undresses to take a poop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-logistics-help-needed#post-2272791 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:05:26 +0000 blackbird 2272791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E did this for a long time. Half the time, all her pants and underwear come off. And when she goes at home, she is usually buck naked by the time she finishes and then we have to chase her to put clothes on. So...you're not alone :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/potty-training-logistics-help-needed#post-2272785 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:02:40 +0000 BananaPancakes 2272785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So DS is doing super well with the potty at this point, but I'm in a weird dilemma I can't figure out...he wants to fully undress out of underwear and shorts to go. So if we're in public, I have to take his shoes off, and practically undress him to sit him on the potty. I don't even know how to sit him on the toilet without undressing him, honestly. Like his legs are squished together if I sit him on the seat. He just started back at school and I'm sure with 12 kids and 2 teachers, they aren't going to want to spend the time to go through all those motions. How does your LO go in public without undressing? I feel like this is the dumbest question. :bummed: </p>