He will go pee on the potty if I put him on. He won't tell when he needs to go. I've tried sitting him down on it every 30 min, putting the potty infront of the TV, a prize box of new toys if he poops on the potty. My 15 month old daughter went poop on the potty the other day and she got a prize from the box. This didn't even seem to motivate him.
2006-06-08 03:43:16 · 11 answers · asked by Kristine C 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
We have gone to the store to buy big boy underwear every kind he liked. I have let him sit in the poo, in a diaper and in the new underwear. He doesn't mind sitting in it...strange to me, especially when his bum gets raw. I have had him wash himself after he poops, wash the underwear out, throw the underwear all poopy away.... explained to him about going to school and having to use the potty like a big boy there. We even visited several preschools and went with all the "big boys" when it was potty time....This hasn't even worked...
2006-06-08 04:15:30 · update #1
I feel for you! I didn't think my 3-year-old would EVER go poop on the potty! (She does, and she is almost 4 now, so don't worry!).
What we ended up doing:
We made up this really pretty chart, colored it, and put it on the door of her bathroom. Every time she went pee, she got a gold star. Every time she went poop, she got a big blue star. Every time she had an accident, she got a big frowny face (seems mean, but it works). When she went the whole day with no accidents, we told her we would take her someplace very special. So, the first time she went the whole day, we took her to the Pink Pig Train at Macy's. So, the whole day you can be saying, "Okay sweetie, let's not have any accidents so we can go ride the Pink Pig Train! (Or Chuck E Cheese, or the park, or wherever is someplace he likes to go!). So keep doing this, but lengthen the amount of successful poops/pees until the next reward (like 2 days, etc.). Eventually, you will phase the rewards out. And, remember to jump up and down, say yay, act crazy every time he goes successfully. Also, make sure you remind him a lot!
The other thing, and this is very hard. No more diapers of pull ups! These were totally a crutch for our daughter. Just have the carpet cleaner ready. Get a big stack of big boy underwear (his favorite characters). You can also get a pair of plastic pants to put over the big boy underwear if things get very messy. So, everytime he has an accident, let him take his own underwear off and help you clean everything up. This is hard, but we had to "go there" because our daughter just really loved pull ups and diapers way too much! Also, my aunt and grandma did "panty drills" and helped our daughter learn how to pull her underwear off and on. I can't tell you how much this empowered her. It took a while for her to figure this out. You can show him, then clap like crazy when he gets it right/progresses. You can even give him a fruit snack or something when he does this. I would probably start with this step before doing the chart even. You can still use pull ups just at night though.
Also, another book that helps is "Toliet Training in a Day." It is written by these two doctors and is like 30 years old! I never used all the stuff in it, but it has been helpful for lots of people!!!!
Good luck!!!
2006-06-08 06:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by cutiemamaof3 2 · 7⤊ 3⤋
ok this is the same exact thing my family is going throug with my nephew tyler he is three..... he would never poop in the toilet,... we woul dsit him there all the time but he would hold it until we let him up then he would go hide in the corner he is almost 4 now and we finally got him to poop in the toilet.. all we did was wait till he was ready we tried everything nothing worked until one day he decided it was time to do it.. i mean still sit him on the potty every little while but y ou cant force this kind of thing trust me i know lol. he only started pooping in the potty about a week ago.. oh we also got him his own little potty and he still didnt work ... but yeah we just didnt do anything different then what your doing but he decided when he was ready he was going to do it.... so give it time i know how hard it is but just use pull ups not diapers! good luck!
2006-06-08 12:17:43 · answer #2 · answered by mommy and me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put big boy underwear on him. When he uses his pants let him set for a little bit in it. Just enough to make him uncomfortable. I had this problem too. My son back stepped when I got pregnant with my daughter. Believe me it will bother him soon. Not the underwear that are padded in the front and, not the pullups.He needs to be uncomfortable for a little while.
2006-06-08 10:52:25 · answer #3 · answered by wishorstish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to motivate kids to go potty is peer pressure. If he's in a day care situation, often he won't get to advance to the next level until he is toilet trained.
2006-06-08 10:53:13 · answer #4 · answered by rkallaca 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell him he gets to wear big boy underwear everytime he poo's on the potty
2006-06-08 10:48:00 · answer #5 · answered by angel 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Explain to him about wearing pants if he poos in the potty, perhaps you should do a poo to show him that everyone does a poo in a potty.
2006-06-08 10:50:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boys are so challenging to train.
Tell him that the poopie wants to go to a Poopie Party,so he's got to flush it there. Tell him to say ,"Have fun at the Poopie Party!"
I know,I know,but it worked for me!
2006-06-08 10:52:20 · answer #7 · answered by bodybutternut 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this may sound weird, but try cherrios.
place them in the toilet. your sons goal is to HIT the targets. for every target he HITS with his poo, give him a reward.
eventually fun will turn into a necessity, and rewards and cherrios won't be needed
2006-06-08 10:48:24 · answer #8 · answered by "Marian" the Librarian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have spongebob, or barney or elmo pretend to call and tell him what a big boy he is.
2006-06-08 13:05:04 · answer #9 · answered by psychstudent 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you have to take yo time with him becuz maybe hes not ready but if hes three he should but i guess you have to give him time
2006-06-08 10:52:00 · answer #10 · answered by Ms.731 Tenn-a-key 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋