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Hi everyone, I'm a mother if a 2 1/2 year old girl, who is potty training and is almost there. She has the PeePee part down and doesn't even wear a diaper at night anymore, but the problem is she will NOT go PooPoo on the Potty she will sceam and cry and won't give it a chance. I don't know what else to do.. She knows when she has to go, b/c she tells me she wants a diaper to go "poopoo" in it. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great. I'm desperate...

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I am new to the mamasource community, but I need all the advice I can get. My 17 year old stepdaughter is pregnant and I am having a very hard time dealing with this. She just turned 17, and she told us in November. Her father and I are very disappointed and angry. Yet, he seems to have just blew it off. I, on the other hand am having a very hard time with it. I have lost my respect for her and find it hard to even carry on normal conversations with her anymore. She is starting to show and I am embarrassed to take her out with...