Hello everyone - I recently became a single Dad and I have a shared living arrangement, so my Son spends half his time living with me - He is 2 years old.
I seem to be coping well with most aspects of the lifestyle, but I am having a real issue with what to do, when I need to take a leak.
I try my hardest to wait until nap times and things, but with all the holding it in one can do, sometimes you just got to go!
I can leave him behind the stairgate at the top of the stairs with all the room doors closed, but he just cries, like I am leaving him - He can be clingy, with us separating.
I don't want him to be upset, I have tried telling him I am going to the loo, that doesn't help.
I leave the bathroom door open when he is behind the stairgate, but as he cannot see me, hearing me is not enough to keep him calm.
He is a very inquisitive young man, likes to explore and if I take him into the bathroom with me, I have to close the door as the stairgate does not fit across the stairs.
I have only taken him into the bathroom with me once, since his Mom left and once before.
On one of these occasions he tried to put his hand under the flow/stream, if you know what I am saying, the more recent time he watched intently - he has recently learned how to say his colours and was telling me what colour my wee was.
It's all a bit awkward and weird and I really have no idea how to handle the situation.
My own Dad was not around growing up - but I did have an older brother who was not much older than me and so I remember him going with me when I was very young.
Any ideas on what's best for me to do when this happens?
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Single Dad needs the loo, what to do?
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CSUK · 27/04/2016 22:54
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