Potty Training - Woonsocket,RI

They say every child is diffrent my daughter was trained at 2 yrs. she would use the potty and a diaper at night finally i made her throw the last 12 or so diapers out and i helped we told her the babys needed diapers and that she was a big girl kendal will be 3 in august she maybe had 5 accidents.Good luck

For some reason when a child is potty training letting the poop go is harder. It's almost like they are losing a part of themselves. A lot of children succeed with pee training and struggle with poop training. As a Toddler teacher, working with training. I always say once you go to underwear never go back. (Night time is different, if you need to still have diapers then that's ok too, You ween off that after they are successful during the day). Try having a potty ritual where you say good bye to the poop. Have a special Poop in the potty dance. Let him flush and say goodbye. He is getting close to kindergarten. I have twin brothers who were the same way. When they got that old my mom would have them shake their underwear out into the toilet, and then place them in a bucket in the shower. This let them become aware at how much work it was to poop in their pants, and after about a month they began to poop more frequently on the potty until there were NO accidents. It does take time, and a lot of times boys DO train harder. But I would strongly suggest not using diapers, he may regress from even peeing on the potty if you do that.

(A little about me: I was a toddler teacher for about 7 years. I re-designed the potty training policy at the center I was working at. I am 26 and a SAHM of a 3 mo old. I have worked as well as a Nanny.)

My brother- and sister-in-law were training their 2-year-old and ultimately allowed her to go around the house without a diaper on, so when she had to go, she had no choice but to either use the potty or go in a "public" place. While having hardwood floors on their lower level of their house made this a doable thing for them, their daughter didn't like pooping on the floor in the kitchen or living room and ultimately started using the potty! A bit radical, but it worked - WITHIN 3 WEEKS!

Good luck to you!
T.

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I'd let it go for now, a week or so. Let him do his thing. Does he hide in a corner somewhere to poop? Do you know when he's doing it? My daughter did this, she'd pee on the potty, never poop. She'd go in the same corner all the time. One day i got mad that she kept doing it, so when i saw that she was doing it, i took her staight to the toilet. They need to know its not accetable, that they cant go to school, the library, etc. All the places he may want to go. Try bribary. Be creative, i think you'll need more than stickers for him. What are his favorites? Work off that, it sounds mean but hey, whatever works.

This happened to my son as well. Right after he was trained, around 3 years old, he stopped pooping on the potty. After a few months of trial and error and the constant belly aches I talked to my pediatrician. He said that often times kids are simply scared of the feeling of pooping on the potty, so they hold it in and it ends up hurting them worse, and then they always associate pain with pooping. He prescribed me a laxitive to use in the mornings for 2 months. This softened his stools enough that he had to go. I refused to put diapers on him though, I was not going to back track lol. Sure enough it worked.

i hear ya with the whole potty traing seems like its never going to end right .. my son is 6 and it looks like he just geting it down altho we dont have the night time down yet i refused to by dippers because you dont want them to fall back on it the other thing is when he makes an accident how do you correct him if you dont mind my asking i finding out that when i dont yell at my son and try to talk to him he gets better

Hi My son was 4 months shy of being 4 when he was trained and pooping on the potty was a problem. I found that if I kept him hydrated during the day that when he held "it" for a few days it did not hurt his bottom. I also refused to put a pamper on him and he did have a few poopy accidents. When I knew that my son had to poop, I made him sit on the toilet and kept him in there until he did what he needed to do. I would read sing and hold hands. I was kind but firm in telling him that he needed to use the toilet. I think by giving him the pamper you are giving him a way out of having to use the toilet. Good luck, it isnt easy. I am now trying to train my 3 yr old who refuses to use the toilet!!

My son is 3 and we are potty training. He too had trouble pooping on the potty. When I knew it was around "his time" to have to poop I would tell him to take off his pull up. It worked like a charm, before I knew it he was pooping on the potty. So that worked for me, although we're not in the clear yet because he is still too lazy to stop playing if he has to poop and sometimes poops in his underpants.

Hi Christy,

My daughter was 3.5 before she finally was potty trained too. Everyone told me kids go to kindergarten out of diapers and sure enough she did it at her own pace.

One friend suggested to me using the summer to cinch the deal. Maybe you could put a potty behind a tent in the back yard or even behind some towels to make it fun. I think sometimes they see this as the BM is their's and it's a control issue. Maybe if it's his idea how where to put the potty outside and you can combine it with some reward that he chooses too (maybe give him 3 choices).

My daughter is still headstrong and embarrasses easily but I often find when I enlist her in buying into my problem and then problem soving with me that she's quite willing to help then.

Good luck. J. b.

C.,
How frustrating. My 3 yo son is not using the potty regularly, either. I am just keeping after him, gently suggesting he go to the potty to poop and pee when I know he needs to, even if he doesn't go, we don't make a fuss about it. I sound like a broken record, but I want it to be his choice, when he's ready. However, we do not change his diaper right away. We wait until he notices how yucky it smells, etc. We just got him to wear big boy underwear, and am dealing with the "end result", however, I think regular underwear will make my son even more aware of what he is doing and how much easier the potty will be. I think your mom is right, he will outgrow it, but in the meantime it is frustrating, I can relate. Take care!

I just went thru all this.. my son who is almost 4 also, decided finally to pt.. pee trained immediately.. has been dry for 4 nights in a row, but would not poop in the potty.. Kids think their poop is a permanant part of them and are afraid to do it and let it go down the toilet. they think they that they are losing a part of themselves.. anyway, he held it in for days too.. got really whineyand it was hurting.. I gave him raisins, lots to drink, and a litle bit of mineral oil to make him go.. I would just put underwear on him and tell him we don't poop in underwear and try to force him to go by foods that will make him go.. if he poops himself in the undies, he'll really hate it and won't want to do it again. my kid didn't get to that point.. what he did do was decide to poop on the potty chair only. and then yesterday he sat on the toilet again and did it.. we counted the splashes and made it a game.. then we called everyone we knew to tell them the news.. good luck.. they have the strongest will on stuff like this because this is the one thing they CAN control in their little lives.

Hi My son will be four in August and he just started to poop on the potty. I did not put pampers back on him he continued to wear big boy pants but I know it's a pain to change him when he poops in his underwear but now he poops in the potty. It took him about a month to do it but he out grew pooping in his pants. So give him time and maybe don't put a diaper on him if he is peeing in the potty then try keeping big boy pants on him. It will be hard for awhile cleaning but it's worth it at the end he will go on the potty soon.
T. good luck

Hi I know it is frustrating. What I did with pooping was I brought in books to the bathroom and had my daughter sit on the toliet and we read some books together Maybe it will work for your son

Okay this is so weird!! I just signed on to ask the same question!!!! I totally know how you feel. My daughter will be 4 in sept. And I am going out of my mind trying to come up with ideas!! I have tried everything, from buying her toys to buying different seats for the toilet everything!! She is potty trained for pee at 2.5 a whole yr ago, and this has been a constant battle!! She is very stubborn!!! She actually 2 months ago got up one day and did poop in the toilet!! My husband and I were so excited!! We sang we jumped we bought her a reward!! She was doing great for a whole week. She even went when we were out. THEN... my husband and I went to a wedding and I left her with my friend who has a son 1 month older than her and he still poops his pants, and she came home pooping her pants. Since then we have tried everything to get her back and she refuses, if we even bring it up she will say no I do not want to talk about it. She is extremely bright and just finished her first yr of pre school. She speaks so good, can write her own name, behaves very well with other children. I do not get it!!! And she has the control too, she will hold it untill she can't any more. And she knows not to poop at school or out ect... It is very embarrassing when other moms are like oh have you talked to your dr.? I am like yes, and I am not really worried b/c she is so ahead on everything else!! I am really running out of ideas, and its so hard not to yell at her when she does it!! If you get any good advice pass it on!!!