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My 4 Year Old Wont Poop in a Toilet
Asked by A.D. from Portland
on February 26, 2008
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My son just turned 4 and he still poops in a pull up. He has been "potty" trained for 2 years but when he has to poop he runs to the toilet, cheeks clenched and as so...
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- We had a very similar issue with our 3 1/2 year old. Some things we learned: get rid of the pull ups, set aside a time that he is "scheduled" to sit on the potty for ...
- I would Just let him wear the pull-ups. Do you poop in the toilet? It will come to him. I don't know why but most moms i know have the same issue with their boys and n...
- My son is three he went through a phase like that for a while. He would go hide and poop his pants or find a pull up to put on and poop in there. My husband would sit ...
Pooping Accidents?
Asked by S.E. from Phoenix
on August 16, 2009
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help please! My youngest son will be 4 in a couple months. Over summer he started having accidents pooping in his pants or on the floor once in a while. I was hopin...
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- That usually happens with emotional stress. It could be school starting, it could be some kids that he knows are scaring him, or whatever. You need to be sure that h...
- Hi S., i can understand your frustration. It gets hard for us mothers when our kids suddenly start behaving very opposite. I also have a daughter who is 4 and 6 months...
- my son is 4 1/2 he recently switched docotors well my son has pooping accidents alot because he is mostly constipated it hurts, so i took it up with his pediatrician t...
Potty Training and Public Restrooms/friends' Homes
Asked by K.C. from Rochester
on August 16, 2009
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Hi,
I have an almost 2-year old who is interested in sitting on our potty chair at home, and has started telling us when he's going pee-pee. We're thinking of tryi...
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- Try having him sit sideways on it and help to balance him so he feels secure.
- We've just been using the regular seats when we're out. I help keep my son up by holding him. For friends/family homes I bring the little potty or the toilet seat cove...
- My son turned 3 in May and he has been potty trained for 3 weeks, we started him off with a potty seat that sits on the floor that makes music when he pees in it (this...
Potty Training Help
Asked by S.F. from Detroit
on April 5, 2008
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My son is almost 4 years old. He will go potty all day at home and most often make it the whole day going only in the toilet. He has no concerns reguarding, pooping...
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- Explain it to him that if he really wants to go to camp he has to do his part and go potty there too. Seems kinda young at 4 to go to camp. But it still takes hi...
- Hi S., Go see my response to Wendy about the potty training problems. It works! I have two trained daughters in a matter of hours and a girlfriend who trained her ...
- Everyone potty trains at different rates but all kids eventually end up fully potty trained. Ask him why he doesn't like using the potty except for the one at home. ...
Potty Training 2 Yr Old Girl
Asked by S.C. from Omaha
on November 17, 2008
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We have decided that it is time to start potty training as our daughter wakes up from naps and overnight completely dry 95% of the time. She will let us know when she...
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- Lots of patience and repetition and praise. I have a 21 month old that does her bowel movements in the potty or potty chair. I would say take your daughter with you wh...
- First let me say congrats on the new one to come in April. I am a daycare provider and have been for the past 15years, I have 5 kids of my own and am single. Here ar...
- Everyones advice has been really good. The only thing i would add is to give her a candy reward everyime she makes potty in the potty. I do daycare and have found that...
Potty Training in Public Bathrooms
Asked by A.M. from Eugene
on January 5, 2009
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So my 2.5 year old daughter is starting to make progress in the pee department, which is awesome! However, she will not sit on a regular sized toilet, only her potty ...
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- Potty chair in the trunk is exactly what I recommend - even if your daughter didn't have issues with the big potty or public restroom. I potty trained two boys using ...
- Hi A., My daughter potty trained very early and was happy with the big toilets at first - I could put her on any big toilet, no problem. Then one day she said sh...
- My 2 daughters were frightened by the flushing sound, too, so we made a game of covering our ears every time we heard someone flushing. It turned a scary experience i...
Potty Training 3 Year Old
Asked by J.S. from Santa Fe
on May 5, 2009
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My son will be 3 in June and is not potty trained. A few days ago, he decided that he doesn't want to wear diapers anymore. Great!! We went with it and started tryi...
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- Hi J. I know what it is like. I never thought my boy would get the potty training idea. Our strategies were setting up a reward chart for when he went to the to...
- The first time going potty is the hardest. My son recently did it, but it was thanks to his daddy. One morning when Daddy had to get up early, he woke my son up to g...
- Don't give up yet. Potty training no matter what means about 2 weeks of messes you get to clean up.
Advice on How to Get My 4 Year Old to Go #2 in the Toilet Instead of a Diaper.
Asked by L.D. from Las Vegas
on November 10, 2008
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Okay, Moms, I'll try to keep this short and sweet. My son will be turning 4 next monday (17th) and we seem to have a little problem. He can not go #2 in the toilet, ...
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- Hi L., I think this is a pretty normal problem. My friend's almost four year-old daughter does what your son does too. She has decided just to go with it until he...
- We just went through the SAME thing with my 3 1/2 yr old! He'll be four in two months and started pooping in the potty about two months ago. We were letting him go i...
- This is exactly what we went thorugh with our oldest boy. We had the same concerns and we tried to force the issue with him only to see him move farther away from the...
Potty Training
Asked by L.B. from Dover
on March 2, 2008
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My daughter is two and a half and doing fantastic with potty training. She has been using the toilet for quite a while now, since before she was two even. The only tim...
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- My daughter was very afraid of pooping on the toilet. I have a potty in the bathroom and one day when I KNEW she needed to go, I ran her to the bathroom and sat o...
- try rewarding her with a favorite candy if she goes pooop on the potty....like m&m's.....and if you get her on the potty once and she does it...clap and cheer for her
- My daughter was the same way. She is now almost 16. Potty training was more of a struggle with her than my son. She would never poop in the toilet. She was about 21/2 ...
HELP !! Potty Training Problems
Asked by H.T. from Phoenix
on April 12, 2008
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Hello, I have been trying for such a long time to get my son potty trained but he just will not do it! I was able to get him to sit on the toilet for a while but that ...
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- Hello, My son was 5 before he decided to actually use the potty and when my daughter was little i had no problems she wanted to go . Now my younger son i can not get ...
- What I did with my son and I know several ladies who have done the same thing is just put him in shorts with no pull up or diaper and let him have accidents until he f...
- Try putting Cherrios in the toilet to let him aim at when he pees. also let him run around the house in his big boy underwear. Boys usually pee in the toilet before ...
