He will pee with no problem, but he would rather walk around with poop in his pants than to do it in the potty. I've tried everything from praising him to bribery, nothing works.
2007-07-31 02:43:09 · 13 answers · asked by proudmamma 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Especially with little boys the peeing is fun and a bit like target practice. So that is the easy part.
With pooping there is a feeling of the poop dropping into the toilet and that can be scary. They may also feel a sense that they are loosing part of themselves with letting the poop drop. You can make sure he has a child’s seat on the potty so he doesn’t have that falling in feeling, or continue to use a baby potty. I know the potty chair is a lot to clean up for you, but no worse than a diaper. I also used a lot of potty videos, to help with the fears and make using the potty not something foreign. I also found that activities that he wanted to do that didn’t allow for diaper children helped. When he was told by his gymnastics’ teacher that he couldn’t use the ball pit until he used the potty 100% he started to try.
Honestly, the best thing I found was peer pressure with the boys I raised. It took one accident at preschool to change his mind quickly that poop in the potty was not a bad thing. Up until then it was a constant battle.
2007-07-31 03:12:59 · answer #1 · answered by Robin C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With my daughter I waited until I knew she had to go and put her on the potty and when she finally pooped in the potty a praised her and gave her M&M's. Since then she has not had a single accident that was 2 years ago.
2007-07-31 04:57:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is going through the exact same thing. My daughter will pee just fine, but when it comes to pooping, she'd rather do it in her pull-ups. She's even cried when I've seen her straining and forced her to sit on a potty. It's really frustrating.
I finally had to ask her doctor, and she explained that some children find it uncomfortable, and sometimes painful to sit on a potty and poop. Honestly, you just have to give it time. He'll do it eventually. Maybe you can talk to your doctor about a stool softener for children, or try to get him to eat a prune every day (good luck with that--my daughter wants no part of it!) and maybe it may make it more comfortable for your son. I know it's hard, but good luck!
2007-07-31 02:49:15 · answer #3 · answered by still waiting 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My friend told me about smarter potty training using The Potty Stool. http://www.thepottystool.com I was skeptical the stool would make a difference but I never would have guessed how well it works!
Besides allowing boys to pee into the toilet standing up, The Potty Stool gives kids secure armrests and a wide platform for good foot placement. Good footing is necessary for kids to push a bowel movement. Another thing kids sometimes become afraid of is the splash of water. Putting toilet paper over the water eliminates this.
I like that I don't have to use or clean a floor potty and I love that my kids are safe and never have to touch the toilet with their hands! My kids just get right up to the toilet on their own.
The best part is that kids use it for years. Hope this helps you.
2007-07-31 06:50:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my daughter was terrified of this. I ended up "tricking her" that she really did. What I did was one day I saw her trying to poop. I took her to the potty, but the deed had already been done. To my advantage there was a little bit stuck between the cheeks. I sat her on the potty, not gently, kind of plopped her down so it dropped in the toilet. Then I went crazy with praise, "Look, you did it!!! See, there is nothing to it!" From that point on, she lost her fear and never pooped in her pants again.
2007-07-31 02:50:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had this problem with my son. We spent a whole weekend at home where he was naked from the waist down. We put the potty in the living room and everytime he felt that he had to go, he would be able to sit right there in the living room and go potty. If there was an accident, he had to help me clean it up. He basically stood there and watched me, but it was the idea that he had to "help".
2007-07-31 05:54:54 · answer #6 · answered by Mandy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your son will poop when he 'gets' it. You restrict and hinder your son's progress when you put a time limit on him.
Tell your son to 'put' his poop in the potty. Tell him that's what you do.
I gave my son 'potty chocolates' after each poop successfully put in the potty. Some people say that's not a good idea-that he will want it all the time. After two weeks of successes, I tapered off the rewards. After three weeks total, he stopped asking for the chocolates.
Good luck
2007-07-31 03:07:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi proudmamma,
We had to go through all the stages of potty training all over again, when it came to pooping in the potty.
Bought him a padded toilet seat, that warms to their body temperature and is much softer than normal hard toilet seats. Plus it makes them feel safer, like they won't "fall in" the toilet. When it was time to try, or to go, I would hand him his lid and say "let's give it a try" and have HIM place the seat. Then I stripped him naked and placed him on the seat and proccupied him until he pooped.
Many malls have "family restrooms" I took my son in every single one, let him flush the child sized toilet, wash his hands in the small set sink, gaze into the child height mirror. I would try to keep him in there for a while, to see if he had the urge to "go".
Had him sit on his toilet seat, in our bathroom and read books or put stickers on blank paper, or color. We sang songs together, made up stories. It was very time intensive, but I would just wait until he "went."
We had to use a stool softener, to get him to be more comfortable with going. It did work. That mom was right on target with her suggestion.
I had him bring his stuffed animals in, and asked him to "show me" how they would go. We treated it like a game. I even bought a doll potty and set it in the bathroom and would have his stuffed bear sit on the toilet, while my son sat on the regular toilet.
The bigger fool you make of yourself, dancing and laughing and clapping, when he actually goes, the happier he will be about going that next time. I speak from experience.
Good luck to both of you ~
2007-07-31 04:23:29 · answer #8 · answered by yoak 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel you ! I have two boys (2& 3). I have bought Elmo potty training and other potty training DVDs. I've bought pull ups and regular underwear. Paised them and all. And nothing seems to work for me either. Just wrote this to let you know you're not alone!!
2007-07-31 05:24:20 · answer #9 · answered by Crystal G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
evaluate his weight loss application as properly. The boy I shield replaced into doing an identical element and that i talked with the mum and dad approximately his weight loss application. A fruit cup with each meal, plus a minimum of a million 8oz (very watered down) cup of fruit juice each and on a daily basis. as quickly as we scaled decrease back his fruit intake to a greater effective point, switched to bananas some days to help solidify and he started out making it to the potty in time.
2016-10-13 05:07:35 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋