My 2 1/2 year old boy does really well with peeing on the potty, and telling us when he needs to go, or goes all by himself. He refuses to have a bowel movement on the potty and will only go in his pullups. I have tried just regular underwear but then he refuses to go altogether and gets constipated. I need some advice on how to get him to go on the potty. Thanks.
I sat my son on the potty at the time of day he seemed to go most often, gave him a few m&m's in a cup (bribing with food is not my usual m.o., but it worked well, possibly even stimulated the bm), and he wasn't aloud to get up until he went. When he went, he got a hotwheel. He still goes at the same time every day. Its good training.
I agree with PP, just give him time to get used to the idea. This is common in lots of kids, especially boys. There is something about seeing a part of themselves on the "outside" that is scary for them. One mom posted once that when her little one finally pooped on the potty, she was upset because she looked in and said "I dropped it!".
if you can find some good books to read to him, that would probably help too. I don't know of any except for "Everybody Poops", but since I have not read it myself I can't vouch for it! I would also ask your pedi what they think, maybe they will have ideas as to how to help! Definitely praise the peeing, and even if he just sits down to TRY to poop, make a big deal so he gets comfortable with it! Good luck! :)
I wouldn't push it. He will go on the toilet when he is ready. Some suggestions to try though are rewards. If you reward him with something he likes, when he does #2 on the big potty, that might help encourage him. It certainly did with my daughter. She was fully potty trained before 2 1/2. She knew that when she went potty on the toilet that she got a reward, and that certainly helped!!!
Our 2 1/2-yr-old daughter's in the midst of potty training, especially w/ pooping. Sometimes, she'll go on the potty, sometimes, she'll go in her pull-ups - it's mostly a control thing that kids have to understand to let go of, and it also comes with maturity and confidence that they each have to deal with on their own, but each kid is different. I, too, let our daughter go naked from the waist down in the house, and she's only pooped on the floor twice so far. We tell her that she's a big girl now, and big girls go poop/pee pee on the potty. I'd suggest just encouraging your son to go on the potty, and have some potty books with you to keep him motivated. Bribing our daughter w/ "potty snack" has also worked. We give her 1 m/m for going #1 and 2 m/m's for #2. We also have a newborn baby girl, so we're just going with the flow for now...hopefully, our kids will outgrow this soon! Good luck to you :)
I think it's pretty common that most kids pee in the potty before they poop in it.
He may think the poop is "part" of him. Since it is solid, rather than liquid.
The book "Once Upon A Potty" helped my son to jump the poop hurdle b/c it explains exactly where pop comes out of and he thought it was funny! I think there's DVD, too. It comes in a boy version/girl version.
Good luck!
same thing happened with my son...he would pee in the potty but when it came time to poop I would put a pullup on and he would find a corner to crouch and do his business. At 3 y.o. this totally resolved itself on its own. One day he just decided to go on the big boy potty and never looked back. I have never made a big deal about potty training and as a result my kids have never had constipation or any kind of accident whatsoever-not in the bed or in their pants. I believe kids sense our stress and subconciously act in reaction to it.
My advice is to give him time. Encourage him, praise him, reward him for his efforts, but give him time. Sometimes this step takes awhile. My daughter seemed initially interested in potty training around 2 1/2. She peed in the kiddie potty every time we put her on. Then the first time she pooped it freaked her out and she wanted nothing to do with the potty. We had her in underwear during the day but decided to put her back in diapers during the day because she was holding it all day and I was afraid of her getting constipated or getting an infection. She went through a long phase where I believe she was afraid of the potty and would throw insane tantrums if we put her on the potty. She eventually moved on to a phase where she would pee in the potty but save pooping for naptime and bedtime when she had a diaper or pull up on. She just became fully daytime trained about a month ago when she turned 4. Good luck to you.
I agree that sitting him at the same time each day helps. My twin boys are 28 months and after breakfast and dinner I sit them on the potty and read them books. In the beginning they didn't always go poop but then they started going almost every time. Another thing that worked for me with my older son when he was 34 months old was letting him run around with no bottoms on. He pooped on the floor twice only and was so disturbed by it that he started running over to the potty.
