My 4 year old son is being potty trained,he`s always had developmental delay,anyway he will use the potty to do a wee then empty it down the pan,flush and wash his hands.the problem however is he wont do a poo in his potty instead he pulls out his bed and does it there leaving little surprises for me!!
How do i get him to stop this??
2007-01-10 11:15:50 · 7 answers · asked by onlyme 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Bless him!!!!! Lovely!!! It is always more difficult to potty train poo than wee. For some reason they don't like pooing in the potty. Mine was the same except he used to do it behind the curtain in the living room!!! all you can do is be patient. Go completely over the top with praise when he wees in the potty but if he poos somewhere else, don't make an issue of it, just clear it away and be very matter of fact about it telling him to try in the potty next time. He'll get bored of getting no attention for it when he gets heaped with praise for weeing properly. Good Luck!
2007-01-10 20:45:29 · answer #1 · answered by claireh3635 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something has happened somewhere along the line to make this happen. For instance I laughed briefly once when my two year old peed in the bath, now he thinks its a great lark to do this everytime. Just sit him down (i realise he has a devel. delay so I know this isn't easy) and talk to him seriously about how the potty needs his poo and that mummy can't allow him him to do it in the bed etc etc. Then make a big fuss of him (how good he is etc) maybe rope in daddy or granny to help with this praise, that works everytime for my little one. Best of Luck this is a hard job.
2007-01-11 04:44:11 · answer #2 · answered by Nobody200 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try tempting him with the proper toilet ........convincing him that that is the "grown up" way to do it. Alternatively buy a different pot that he might regard as specially for poo!
I found that mixing with other children at a nursery made a big difference to my son, as he was fascinated to discover that other children also went to the loo, and he started to copy them....(he was toilet training at the time), so he wanted to be like them.
You could try a playgroup if he's not in school yet or a part time nursery place (nurserys are very good at sorting these things out).
2007-01-11 07:06:22 · answer #3 · answered by xyz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i really dont know have you sat on the toilet and showed him how the big girls and boys do it thats what i did a lot of children never poo on the potty it just takes time try rewarding him with his favourite comic or toy if he does a number 2 in the toilet good luck hun
2007-01-11 11:18:23 · answer #4 · answered by robertboozychic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know i had the same problem with my little girl try getting him to watch you have a poo in the approate place
2007-01-11 07:36:23 · answer #5 · answered by lips 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if he is into elmo try the elmo dvd potty training
2007-01-10 20:48:01 · answer #6 · answered by workit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make him clean it up himself. That usually works.
2007-01-10 20:04:32 · answer #7 · answered by themom95 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋