My youngest had finally started using the potty just before she turned 4. She is doing great peeing on the potty and not needing a pull up at night, no accidents there!!! Pooping on the other hand is just a mess!!! I can not get her to go on the toilet, it is always in her underwear. Right after she started using the toilet she did poop one time on the toilet and I made a big deal about it just as I did for peeing and she hasn't gone on there since!! I feel like I have tried everything but I know someone out there has got the one thing that I am sure will click for her so I am all ears!!!!
Well, she finally got the hang of it!!! The computer was what worked for me! She wanted to play on Noggin and I told her if she pooped on the potty then I would let her. Well, almost everytime after that she did!! I would here a yell "mom, I pooped on the potty!!" and sure enough she did!! Thanks for all of the responses!!
my daughter did this too, and ever since we made her wear the poopy pull-up we haven't had any problems. Most kid's don't mind going in their pants because they know someone will just go and clean them up.
Hi there L.,
Both my kids loved to get tic tacs as a reward for using the potty. I hope you find what works for you and yours!
Good Luck,
J.
I agree with the previous poster. My son calls his poop snakes. He counts them after he goes and says bye and flushes them:) I didn't teach him this it is his own thing??
Good luck
Hi. Sounds silly...but...my son responded so well to "how big of a splash will your poopy make?" He was always so excited to see how loud the splash would be and if the water would splash up and hit his bottom. So crazy, but like you said, there is always that one little thing that works for each kid! Good luck!
When my daughter was potty-training, she too did not want to poop on the toilet. I resorted to rewarding her (aka bribing). We lived within walking distance of a dollar store. So for every time she pooped on the toilet she got one 'treasure' at the dollar store. We would keep track of the successes with stickers on the calendar. After about ten days of successes, the reward was reduced to one 'treasure' per day because she would go several times a day!! (I set a limit at $20 when it looked like everything was going well)
Also, when there is an accident, I recommend you not make a big deal about it. ("Oh, accidents happen. You'll use the potty next time.") On the other hand, be VERY excited and attentive when she uses the toilet. This reinforces the positive behavior.
Keep us posted.
Good Luck!
I'm not saying this is the case but my niece had done this same thing and after this happend for some time her mother took her to the doctor to find out she had a bowel problem and it was hurting her to go. Not trying to scare you but it may be something to check into. After they got her to the doctors it was no time before she was going to the potty all the time!
Good luck!
HI L.
not sure if this will help but you might get a laugh anyway.....I read somewhere recently (cant remember where-if I do I'll post it)that someone was having a problem with the poop part too and someone in the family wrote a story to help the child. I think it was later made into a book (check the bookstores or even the library)...anyway the story was about a "log" (POOP) family who wanted to go swimming. They couldn't go swimming until the child let them get into the swimming pool.....after they were swimming for a while the "log family" wanted to ride on the slide that took them to the beach, but the only way to get there was for the child to push the "magic button" (FLUSH) and send them to the beach....I think it said the kids (older now) still say "see ya at the beach" when they flush! Funny! So the book made it fun for them to poop and also be able to feel OK about letting go...knowing they were going someplace fun or just knowing the poop was going some place????? I think most kids have a normal psychological problem detaching from their poop...if you make it fun and positive and have lots of patience... she will get there..they also said it taught the child to flush the toilet AMEN! on another note I had a friend who would get very upset with her child and yelled and punished the child when they pooped in their pants.. now the child has serious constipation problems(enough to have to use a emema once in a while) which i dont really know if this is why but makes me wonder...If your daughter has a "regular bowel" at a certain time of the day...maybe you can spend some of that time in the bathroom if you are able to... and make her feel relaxed about going....have books in there (some people like to read on the pot?) or even some soft music to listen to?????
anyway hope this helps
K.
Hi:
I have been a nanny for 10 years and potty trained several children. I think the best little trick is to have Chuck-E-Cheese call the house and tell your daughter that if she goes on the potty every time for a whole week he will personally send her 10 free tokens. If you go to their website they even have toilet training calenders that she can mark with a sticker or something. Just have a man you know with a deep voice call and pose as the gian mouse and it usually works. He can say he heard all about how well she is doing and wanted to congratulate her. They will totally work with you at the pizza place too. Works like a charm most of the time.
B. (mom of 2 adopted toddlers, we'll be doing this soon!)
I could not get my 3 yrs old son to poop for what seemed like FOREVER! Until one day we went to the zoo and he wanted to ride the camel! (We have a camel ride at our zoo.) I told him if he wanted to ride the camel, he needed to poop on the potty. That night...it happened...and has continued to happen everyday since...Needless to say, he loves to ride "Camel 3"...good luck!
