He has done #2 once in the potty but won't do it anymore. He ask for a diaper when he needs to do #2 and I won't put it on him so he holds it until night time when I have to put a diaper on him before bed time. What should I do?
2006-10-21 10:21:20 · 11 answers · asked by emanuelsmom 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
my son did the same thing so what i did was tell him he could say bye to it and that i want to say bye to it also so let me know when u need to go and we will go in there when u are done, and here is the song we sang when he did it
bye bye poo poo have a nice swim and we waved at it and flushed the toilet. he loved being able to see it go bye bye while telling it bye with me beside him.
sounds lame but it worked for me
u just have to make it interesting for him
do NOT do as BeachCrazed said above that is wrong, u don't want to punish him because of it
2006-10-21 10:47:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never punish your child for not doing #2 in the potty. Sometimes they are just really confused. They dont really understand where it is coming from and it scares them. Also it is the hardest muscle to control in the body. He feels more relaxed when that diaper is on and he can then go. My son actually lays down to go #2, This is always a sign. Sometimes my son will even get out a diaper if he needs to #2. Dont worry it will happen. When he #2's in the diaper try taking the diaper to the toliet and flushing the bowel down the toliet so your son can see this is where it should be done. GOOD LUCK!
2006-10-25 02:03:28 · answer #2 · answered by Jennifer M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son went through the same thing just a couple months ago. He would have no problems peeing in the toilet, but when it came to having a bowel movement...forget it. He would hold it and not even go when he had a pull-up on. It would get so bad that he made himself constipated. He had this problem prior to becoming potty trained. Is your son becoming constipated? If so, I would talk to your dr. about this...ours put my son on a prescribed laxative and after about 10 days on that he has had no problem...he is regular and now only goes on the potty.
However, if you are lucky enough that your son is not going through the pain of constipation, just be patient. I have talked to many parents who have said that training your child to have successful bowel movements in the toilet takes a lot of time and patience. How long has he been peeing in the toilet? If it hasn't been too long...don't push it. Punishing him will only force him to hold it more. Although, I have been told by someone, that if your child has a bowel movement in their pants (diaper, pull-up, whatever) that they have filled the tub up with a little bit of cold water and placed the child in the tub. The shock of the cold water may help them turn away from going in their pants. She said that she tried it, and after two attempts there were no more accidents in her house. I didn't go this route.
It's not an easy thing to go through...just remember patience.
GOOD LUCK!!
2006-10-21 10:55:03 · answer #3 · answered by teacher&mom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously he is not ready to have been potty trained and he won't be fully potty trained until he does everything on the toilet. Sounds to me as if someone jumped the gun on putting him in underwear before he was ready to leave diapers.
2006-10-24 05:07:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He needs to be punished for holding it. He's telling you he needs to go and if he holds it then he needs to be punished. He's too big for diapers (although he still needs them at night probably, which is fine). If he holds his poop then take away a toy. If he poops in the potty then give him a toy back.
He just needs to learn that there are consequences to "holding it". When he sees his toys are being taken away because he's not pooping in the potty, he'll eventually poop in the toilet because he wants his toys back.
2006-10-21 10:25:38 · answer #5 · answered by CelebrateMeHome 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Offer a small reward for doing the duty in the toilet. Perhaps a sticker, or a few extra playtime minutes. It did wonders with my nephew, and so far is working good with my son.
2006-10-21 10:27:13 · answer #6 · answered by ~Happy Mom~ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He thinks of it as part of his body. They have cool books for kids, try some maybe. A little boy in the daycare holds his poop too but will do it for Mom and he loves to flush it and wave 'bye bye'
2006-10-21 10:28:39 · answer #7 · answered by Zoey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same thing happening to me. tho we're getting better. i just have to wait for him to be really poopie before he will go in the potty. i keep talking to him that he cannot be a "big boy" until he learns to poop in the toilet. good luck to you too
2006-10-21 13:19:52 · answer #8 · answered by Nikki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make him go and remove the diaper he is realying more and more on diapers
2006-10-22 06:29:59 · answer #9 · answered by chuy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try putting him on the toilet backwards this might
help him to feel more secure when he is sitting there,
2006-10-21 11:02:01 · answer #10 · answered by H D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋