Pregnancy rage

I am literally hating myself right now. I’m pregnant with my second with a two year old. We have started potty training and my son is doing so well - we have to tell him to go to the potty but he does and we have no pee accidents (minus sleeping). But he won’t poop in the potty. Well today I saw his signs and said let’s go and he agreed and ran with me. We get to the potty and he starts screaming at me, refusing to let me pull down his pants and flailing. Well he pooped in his pants and I lost it. Just started yelling. I feel horrible because he started crying and then I stopped but I don’t want to cause unconscious harm to him or scare him from the potty. My temper with this pregnancy is not good. I have zero patience and while I feel like I’m good most of the time when I lose it I feel like I lose it. Has anyone experienced pregnancy rage with a toddler or small child and how did you guys work through it 😭😭😭

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I’m nearly 34 weeks I have a 3 year old who we are training she pushes my buttons atm and I cry wen tell her off as it’s a few times she poos herself we have 2 bathrooms and now and again she will us it but i I know what it’s like

@Amy it’s horrible! 😭 I know potty training takes a while and for me it was the refusing to let me take his pants off. Like you are beside the potty why. It’s new and maybe scary getting that independence. I feel horrible and we were having the best day that the guilt is even worse I feel like I’ve ruined the day.

It is perfectly normal to have out of control emotions during your pregnancy, this your chance to master yourself and your reactions to become better & the opportunity to teach your child that it is ok to get upset & apologize for getting upset, this reinforces your love, understanding of their emotions & accountability. If you try to train your mind to seeing the positive side, will help alleviate lesson your stress reactors... Your son in his potty training melt down is also learning to regulate his emotions as well. We are all students and teachers for one another. My daughter is also potty training and struggled a bit in the beginning, once I began rewarding her with a "treat" and praising how big it is, while doing a potty dance, has gained much success.Occasional accidents when she's wearing a pull-up, so it's only pull-ups for car rides & bedtime, undies during the day. Change your thoughts and it will change your behaviors.. practice calmness, your growing baby needs it too

@Maggie so my son loves running around without any diaper on but he thinks it’s funny because he purposely pees everywhere he can. No pants method is a hard no for us! Lol he sees he’s like our dog (we have a boy dog who pees everywhere on walks)

it happens to all of us! tomorrow is a new day ❤️ maybe you could set an intention for yourself for l tomorrow to put your emotional needs as priority- have you’re goal for the day be to stay in an emotionally calm state by recognizing when you’re getting worked up and talking yourself down. I sometimes do this with my toddler and I think it’s good for him to see and hear how I work through my emotions!

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