What do I do with my son?

Question

My son is 20 months old,and he has started playing with his poop. I give him 2 to 3 baths a day. We are trying to potty train him,but he wants nothing to do with it. One night I was woke up by the smell of poop.He had taken his diaper off and had smeared it all around his crib, in his hair and on the wall. We have tried every thing we can think of.We need help.

Answer 1

I can relate my one year old daughter did that a couple of months ago almost the same exact thing but she had a ring around her mouth so I frantically Called her doctor demand to speak to him because in my mind my daughter is going to die because she just ate poop so her doctor gets on the phone laughing and tells me as long as it was her poop that she should be fine and that she is a smart kid she probably didn't eat very much. But of course that didn't help me any the thought of her eating poop was more than I could handle so from that day on she is always in a onsie or she is in pajama she can not get off. She loves to take her diaper off in the middle of the night and pee all over her bed. I am always washing her sheets she smeared poop all over her crib her body it looked like war paint under her nails was really gross!!! So try putting clothes he cant get off easily maybe it will deter him or at least slow him down. You are not alone with this battle.

Good Luck!!!

Answer 2

my daughter was the same way from a little under a year to very recently, she is 22 1/2 months now and is finally taken to potty training and has stopped playing in her poop, although she still likes to take the diaper off the minute she poops.
My advice is to actually hold off on the potty training for a little while longer, he doesn't sound ready yet. But i also have a couple of techniques for keeping him out of his diaper, beware though, that they do not always work and you'll pretty much have to wait this phase out.
If he takes his pjs off at night,put him in a onsie and then in a sleeper (the kind without feet are best) but put it on BACKWARDS, make sure it fits him but isn't too loose or he'll have enough room to pull his arms through the sleeves(this is where the onsie comes into play). If its mostly during the day and you are at home most of the time, you can just keep him in pjs or a romper. Overalls are also hard to get into if they dont have snaps on the bottom (or if he can't undo snaps).

Duct tape- relax, i would never suggest you duct tape your son, but duct taping the tabs of his diaper at night so he can't take it off can sometimes help (the ends of the tape should be behind him so he can't peel) or to put him in pjs with a seperate top and bottom and duct tape the shirt to the pants.

To help with clean up and save luandry we stopped putting a bottom sheet and all the fancy stuff into the crib, we washed the matress very well and then started taking one larger blanket, placing it on the bottom and kind of folding it up over the "baby"

Answer 3

He may be trying to tell you that he does not want to be toilet trained. 20 months is very young especially for a boy. I would definitely wait for a (long) while until you start again. I did this with my 3.5 year old son - i put him back on diapers, packed away the potty - and he decided one day that he was ready. We had a stress free time of it after that!If you continue to focus on his training and his body (2-3 baths a day is VERY excessive) then he will most likely continue to act out and protest in the only way he knows... best of luck in whatever you decide - parenting is a real pain sometime :)

Answer 4

it takes boys a longer time 2 potty train then what it takes 4 a gurl. but u have 2 be patient, he's young! my momma said that it took my brother almost 1 to 2 years 2 potty train but i was potty train before i even reach 1 years old. but the most important thing is 2 be patient! don't yell at him k, it just takes time! trust me he will know what 2 do sooner or later, once he knows that u r getting fed up wit this mess, but don't show ur' anger, or he will be frightened 2 do anything! u know what im talking about! lol

Answer 5

I know this has got to be difficult to deal with but try to remember that it's a phase that you will someday look back at and laugh. You can even use it to blackmail him someday when he starts to date. He is probably too young to be potty trained. Maybe stop trying that. Could it be that he has become preoccupied with his own poop because of the early potty training? My boys weren't completely trained until they were almost 3 and from what I hear, that's about average for boys.

Answer 6

Yuk. I'm sorry you're having to deal with that. Kids do strange things. I guess I would try to regulate his eating schedule so he "goes" at the same time everyday...preferably not at night. If that won't fit into your lifestyle, try using diaper covers or a snap-crotch onesie to prevent him from getting to his diaper. He's obviously deriving some kind of comfort from this behavior so you might also try substituting another comfort item like a stuffed toy or blanket. Maybve you could find something "squishy" like a gel ball or something that would feel similar in his hand. Good luck.

Answer 7

My son did that around his first birthday. Your son is older, and I suspect his actions stem from the potty training. At 20 months, his nervous system IS NOT mature enough to be potty trained. Parents who tell you otherwise have NOT potty trained their kids, they have only trained them to pee and poop on command, which is not the same thing. Give him another 6 months and then try potty training again. Aggressive potty training at a young age causes more problems than it solves

Answer 8

boys are slow to train, be patient.....don't feed him late so that he won't poop at night and maybe double tape his diaper. boys get into everything, this is only the beginning>>>>>

I made training fun. we had special books and toys to play with while sitting on the potty chair....he should poop at reg times and when he sits there just wait until he goes...it takes time on Mom's part too....

Answer 9

My son used to pick the cotton from his wet diaper until there was a hole in it. Then he'd take it off and throw the diaper out of his crib.
What I ended up doing was buying carter's one piece t-shirts and putting those on him at night. During the day he wore one-piece rompers. He couldn't reach the snaps to undo his clothes to get to his diapers.
Eventually it was out of sight out of mind

Answer 10

For nighttime use a onsie or a footed PJ so he cant get to his diaper.

During the day when he you catch him playing with his poop, discipline him by first warning and then giving him a quick smack and removing him from the poop. If you do it consistently he will get the idea.