How to Pottytrain for Poop??!

I wonder if you tried to relax him while he sat up there if that would help. I let my daughter read a book, or sing her songs while she's trying to make poop. And sometimes I have to be funny. Telling her to tell the poop to get out of her bum. And when she relaxes it works on it's own. Best of luck I know it's frustrating.

One thing that worked for our son was a "live demonstration" with his dad. Gross I know, but I was desperate!

Also, I read somewhere that it takes 3 good BMs on the potty before they realize what muscles are needed to use to make it happen.

It was much easier with our daughter. I remember sitting in the potty with her (when I knew she had to go) and telling her to make a toot (pass gas) - that seemed to work good for her because they are similar muscle pushes. So you could try that approach. When you know that he doesn't necessarily have to poop, have a "tooting" contest! Again, dad's expertise is golden here. Later, when you're trying to get him to poop, ask him to toot and hold you hand to your ear as if you're listening. If he does toot on the potty - giggle and high-five and all that jazz and he'll want to do it again, and possibly all the tooting will lead to the big one.

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Does he have a child sized potty chair? He may need to have his feet on the ground when he poops. Think about how hard it would be to poop with your feet in the air. If that's not the problem than just be patient and continue to be encouraging. I have 3 daughters and one son. My son took a little longer to be potty trained with number 2, but he got it eventually. I think you're doing the right thing in keeping him involved in caring for himself. Good luck!

As frustrating as it is, he is just not ready. You can offer rewards as big or small as you want ranging from treats (m&ms) to sticker charts that earn him a privelege or toy. Otherwise just keep him in the pullup and rave about his tinkle progress every time he goes. Good luck.

Both of my daughters peed before they would poop in the potty.
What I did was just have them tell me when they needed to poop and I would put a diaper or pull up on them, they would poop, and I would put the panties back on. I know this sounds like a little much, but this only happened for a very short period and it made them know I was on their side and then in 2 weeks or less, they would go on the potty. I didn't use the little pottys, but just be sure you have a stool or something for them to rest their feet on in case they need to push a little. It's hard to go when your feet are dangling. It's also kind of scary for them to poop for the first few times. I think this phase will be very short, and you are really already doing it, just be on board with the process that's already happeneing and they will get through it.

WEll, I am no expert but my little onw will be 3 in March and the best thing that is working for us is bribery and bubbles. I also find it helpful to take a book and really get escited about it and then stop in the middle and tell him I can only finish it when he goes poop in the potty.....I know it sounds bad, but it works....I also let him know that all big boys and big girls go poop in the potty...I have a video tape that also helps....but they also say, kids will go when they grasp the concept...so it just takes a while...good luck...we all hate diaper duty!!!

How old is he? If he's under 4, don't worry about it, give him a pull up and don't make a big deal out of it. My middle son didn't potty train for poo until he was almost 5 and it got to be a big power struggle - he had the POWER! In the end, we just quit making a big deal out of it and in the summertime when we'd go to the pool, he realized that he'd need to poop and he HAD to go in the potty. Once he got over that hurdle, he finally LET IT GO!

If you get any great ideas please forward. My daughter is having the exact problem. I've try everything!

haha..im just thinking how can i type what i want to say..oh well here it goes...well my 5 yr old was pee trained first and took him alot longer to get the poo training down. one thing i was thinking is does he have any leverage when going? does he have astep stool he can prop his feet up on to help him rather than letting his legs dangle. When i gave mine a stool to push on his legs were more elevated and his butt was more in the toilet then on top of... yeah.. i hope you understand what im saying. it helped mine alot in the physical department.
In other ways i would tell him how big boys go in the potty and that babies wear diapers.. being "big" has always been my upper hand with him. it seems to encourage him as it did with me.

What's his age? That makes all the difference.

Bribe him! Ha. It worked for me. I didn't bribe him each time, just the first time to show him he had nothing to be scared about. Find something you know he really wants or wants to do and bribe him. :-) Then, once accomplished, praise, praise, praise. He will love it that you loved it.

My little boy did this same thing. So instead of putting him in a pull up for nap time, I kept him in his undies. And yes, I did have to change a few sheets for a couple weeks. But keep up the encouragement. Put him on the potty before nap time. Even if he doesn't go it sets a good habit for him as he gets older. And if you start noticing that he's holding it until nighttime, stretch it even longer and take the pull ups away and check on him a couple times a night. If he learns that they won't come back then he'll make the decision on his own to go on the potty. Keep making him clean himself too. That's good to teach him. It takes extra consistency to potty train boys! You're doing great already!