I hear frequently from parents who are trying to toilet train that the child is having some success. Namely, parents will say the child has learned how to pee on the potty, and has no wet accidents.

I hear frequently from parents who are trying to toilet train that the child is having some success. Namely, parents will say the child has learned how to pee on the potty, and has no wet accidents.

Potty training a toddler is no joke. Between the accidents and the stubborn refusals to “try,” getting a toddler to do their business in an actual toilet tends to be a long, drawn-out process, no ...

When you have a baby, you basically sign up for 3 to 4 years of being responsible for their poop. Newborn blowouts, diaper changes in public bathrooms, the infamous “poopsplosions” when you’re already ...

Your toddler has no problem peeing in the potty. But when it comes to number two, that’s a whole different story. Your child might just sit and sit with no result. Then, as soon as the Pull-Up or ...

Some toddlers find learning to pass stool without a diaper challenging. They may have had a large or painful bowel movement previously and be afraid to defecate again, so they begin withholding stool, ...

It’s ridiculous how many expectations and conventions exist around childbirth and parenting. But over the course of writing two books about this time of life, I’ve come to appreciate that there are ...

I was always so intimidated by the potty-training process. There were some days that I could barely get my very independent and strong-willed toddler to get in the car or pick up her toys, let alone ...

Potty training, teaching infants to regulate their bowel and bladder movements so as to prevent ‘accidents’, is acquiring an entirely new meaning and is being extended to include not just small ...

One hot day at a pumpkin farm, Anne Johnsos found herself in the position many parents dread: holding her toddler a few inches over a port-a-potty, waiting for her to poop. The heat made the stench ...