Pooping Outside

Put a belt on his pants (if he has loops). He probably won't be able to remove it. You should express dissappointment when he doesn't use the potty chair. Do not punish him......just let him know that you are not pleased with what he did. The dogs eating his poop is no big deal....it won't hurt them. My dumb dogs eat each others poop....disgusting but the vet says some dogs just like it and not to worry. I just don't kiss them or let them lick me. When he plays outdoors just make sure that you make him come in every 15 mintues to sit on the potty and try to poop whether he likes it or not.

What would happen if you brought a potty chair outside with him and progressively moved it closer and closer to the house, eventually leading him to the toilet?

That way, he'd be going in the potty but just not in the toilet. Until the potty reached the toilet.

I thought of this because I used to have to bring DD's potty chair out with me in the car because there were some places we visited that did not have facilities for her. I had a plastic baggie full of wipes and when she had to go she used the potty chair.

Who knows maybe this is crazy enough to work for you?

I read your first response and I agree with most of it, other than the part about putting him back in diapers. This is detrimental to the child. It confuses them completely. If you are in big boy undies, you must stay in big boy undies. I had a friend that had a problem with her daughter going out and not wanting to use the public rest rooms (one of the automatic toilets went off on her and she freaked out and refuses to use them now). Her mother told her to put her in a pull-up when they go out, so she did and it set the entire potty training process back to basically the beginning. She had accidents all the time again. She was confused as to when it was ok to go in her pants and when it wasn't. DO NOT GO BACKWARDS! You are moving forward. If your son pulls his pants down outside, tell him no, run him into the potty and have him go there. Tell him it is only ok to pee outside if there is not a potty around, but we only poopy in the potty. I put that statement in there about only when you cannot find a potty because my son whipped it out and peed while we were in line to ride a train at a farm. I have now been talking to him about finding a private place if there is no bathroom around. I just thought I would warn you about that one before it happens. The other thing that you can do is buy a small portable potty to bring with you outside. This is what my friend that I was telling you about did and now her daughter just uses that when they go out -- problem solved. Good luck!

Steph

Couple of ideas...

If he's going to be somewhere where he won't have access to a bathroom or will be too involved to remeber to go, you may want to put him in diapers for that event. It takes the pressure off of him for remembering to stop what he's doing and find a bathroom.

Before going outside, make sure he uses the toilet. He may refuse and that's fine. Just don't go outside until he's gone potty. It's not a punishment as much as it is a consequence... first potty, then outside. He's allowed the priviledge of going outside after taking care of the responsibility of potty.

Also, try to reduce your outside time if he's not able to hold it that long. Explain that your reason for going back inside is for something else (time's up... time for snack...) and not for potty. He'll learn to resent that pesky potty process that is always interfering with his play time. If it helps, use a count-down or timer. When the timer goes off, it's time for potty.

If you will be outside for a long time, let him know (timer or count-down) that you will be going inside for potty but that when he's all done, you can come back outside and play again.

Good luck!

Hi J.,

Have you tried getting him to pick it up with a plastic baggy over his hand and bring it in to flush it? Sounds a bit out of the ordinary, but I would try it. About the dog, I would try to catch him "cleaning up" and swat him with a rolled up newspaper and say "No"!

CJ

i dont have a solution to your problem but i wanted toshare what my son did. he is now 17. when we tired to potty train him the toilet lid fell down on him. he wouldnot use the small potty he wanted to go in the big potty. so after that he was afraid to go. so my oldest son who is 13 yrs older tookhimaouside and tught him to go by the back fence. they woudl make designs on the back fence. so he did this all the time but once when we were in walmart he just pulled his pants down and started peeing in the isle. wasnt funny then but his brother was so embarrrased, ok so was i. i dont exactly remember how we got him to start going in the toilet but even now he gets up in the morning and lets the dog out and goes pee outside.