Potty Training - Laconia,IN

Did you talk to his pedi? It may be totally normal where he's just not ready. I've read that pooping is a much more complex task than just peeing. Did he have a negative experience on the potty? Was he ever constipated, sat, but couldn't get it out? Has he ever fallen in? My son would go on his little potty but not the big potty for #2 for a year. I finally understood why - when his poops fell down, the water came up and splashed him and scared him. We had to be creative to work around that but it took a while. I'd have a conversation with him. The other thing we tried was to make it fun, so we would sit him on the potty and either hang with him, read him a book, play with a car, etc. Eventually, he would just sit and play on his own. Yes, it was an extra long potty visit but he did his thing and we were happy!

Good luck!

Pooping in a potty is often the last phase of potty training.
For most all kids.
Boys, are often later in this.
My son included.

Now, for night time sleep dryness ... keep in mind that this is not attained, BIOLOGICALLY, until even 7 years old. It is nothing to do with day time pottying. Night time dryness, is a TOTALLY separate, process.
Just use night time diapers for sleep naps.
And a waterproof bed pad, directly under him.
That is what I do with my son, and with my daughter.
My Daughter even at 5 years old, was still wet at night.
Normal.
But with the waterproof bed pad, accidents are not a big deal, nor a laundry ordeal.
I have 4 of these pads, and just rotate them out as needed and replace it with a dry one.
No biggie.

My son is 4, and still wear night time diapers for naps and sleep, because he is still wet. The child does NOT get 'confused' about diapers at sleep. I simply tell my son that his "body" is not ready to be dry at sleep, yet. He understands. I tell him, sleep time dryness is different than day time.

Keep in mind also, that if you push him to poop in a diaper, SOME kids will just CEASE, pooping altogether, And they will 'withhold' it on purpose.
This of course, causes MEDICAL problems, internally, and pain and constipation. Once constipation sets in, it takes MONTHS AND MONTHS to remedy.
I know, my daughter went through that.
Even if we did not force her to poop in a toilet, she was just not ready... emotionally/biologically... and it just thinking about it, caused her stress and anxiety.
We ended up having to take her to a Pediatric Gastroenterologist... because she developed constipation. She was, Withholding her poop, on purpose, to avoid, pooping. This of course, causes GREAT pain. Then because it hurts and because the poop becomes ROCK hard... the child KEEPS withholding their poop.
The Specialist said, JUST let the child poop in a diaper. Until they are ready... for a toilet. To poop.
EVERYDAY, he saw kids like this. Not pooping on purpose, because they were not ready, to poop in a toilet. Thus, they get, MEDICAL problems of which he then has to treat them for that.
A complication of Constipation, is also something called "Encopresis." This is an involuntary 'leaking' of poop, of which the child has no control over. Or they get bulging bowels or blockages. And, this is a big medical problem.

Me and my son had a standoff when he was 2.5 he held it for 2 days. I know this isn't a good thing but it worked. On the second day he had to go and we both knew it. I sat him on the potty and voila. We've never had a problem since. You may not have the stomach for it but it worked for us.

i know this is a toughy, but it will be short-lived... you're halfway there! it's not that he can't go, or doesn't get the concept since he's literally bringing you a pullup so you have to draw the line... he's choosing not to go b/c of the security the pullups give him, he knows they're there, and he's convinced you'll give-in... get rid of the pullups. store them in the back of your closet for long trips, but that's about it. have a stand-off if you must, but i would tell him there aren't any more pullups, let him go to whatever drawer or cubby they're usually stored in and see they're gone, and then he'll just have to use the potty... it could take a little while... you may want to pull up a chair, but it worked for me.
if he tries to hold it, fine. 2 words: baby prunes... j/k... seriously, he can't hold it for too long, and since he already has the sense of mind not to go on himself; he will tell you eventually even if it means using the potty against his own better judgement. ;D
as far as the overnight, i would stop the beverages 1-2 hrs. before bedtime. i let my boys drink up alllll day (especially in the super hot NC summer) until 7pm, and then it's cut-off time, and they know it. after dinner it's none to very limited beverages. my 3 year old has become acustom to the practice. he's fully potty-trained so if he realllly wants something i'll give-in from time to time, but i didn't budge while he was still in "training".
i understand every now and then he's going to ask, but only give in if he hasn't drank anything in a few hours, and even then give him a few sips... pour just enough to wet his whistle, and then be mindful, you might need to wake him at some point in the night to make him use the potty to safeguard you and your bed from another accident. next stop... toddler bed. =D ~Happy Training! =D

when my son went to pre k he was comeletly potty trained in just a short timedont worry hell get it in time

He will poop in the potty eventually. My daughter and I battled over this for several months until I finally just backed off and let her figure it out.

This too will pass. I promise! :-)

My little guy is 27 months and is peeing fairly regularly on the potty, almost on-demand, but has pooped only twice on it. He seemed to lose interest after those first two times :-/ He also doesn't go every day, he never has, so it's difficult to know when to sit him down to try. But I have the Dum Dum pops waiting for when he successfully poops in the potty again, he seems excited and actually tried to go today.

But, as he is very stubborn and strong-willed (hey, he's 2 ; ) I've been seeking ideas to try in the event he starts totally refusing to poop on the potty. One idea that has come up consistently in my searches may work for your son, since he will poop in his pull-up. The idea is to get him to sit on the potty, wearing the pull-up, and allowing him, even encouraging him, to poop in it while sitting there. Give him a book or toy that he can play with to relax and take his mind off the fact that he is on the potty.

The idea is that once he is comfortable doing this you then cut a hole in the pull-ups (without him seeing you do it before getting it for him) so that when he needs to poop and asks for a pull-up he sits and poops and it falls into the potty. One mom said she cut holes in some pull-ups even though her son wouldn't sit and put them on him, so when she saw him start to go she carried him to the potty, and held him over it so his poop would fall into it, and did this until he got used to the idea and would sit. Once you get them to poop on the potty, even with the pull-up on, you praise them and make a big deal over their accomplishment. Keep them sitting in the cut-out pull-ups until they are comfortable going to the potty on their own in them, then start taking them away.

Since he starts Pre-K in 3 weeks i would start immediately, but don't let him feel pressured or he'll resist even more. Sit with him when he sits, and do take him in the bathroom when you go so he sees it's normal.

Another idea is to get a DVD showing other children using the potty, it really seems to make it more acceptable to them and motivate them. One that was suggested to me is "Potty Power," which teaches kids about using the potty, wiping, washing their hands, etc. through songs:
http://www.amazon.com/Potty-Power-Artist-Not-Provided/dp/...

Hope this helps, and hang in there!

Successful potty training is not age-dependent; kids train somewhere between 18 months and 5 years, depending on an array of physical, nervous, and emotional factors. Every child is different. Some kids need more time to get the pooping thing worked through, and will withhold if they feel pressured, resulting in constipation, painful elimination, further withholding, and possible encopresis (which is a medical problem that's hard to correct). These difficulties in turn slow down the poop training, so pressuring a child before he's willing may end up lengthening the whole process, and certainly adding stress for child and parents.

I've known a number of moms who do let their kids use a diaper for pooping for however long they need it. When these children are given the time they need to sort out the sensations and their feelings about the ongoing responsibility to get to the potty on time every time, they do eventually decide they can handle it and develop a genuine willingness. At that point, training is often complete, and child-led, in a couple of days or weeks.

Reaching that point of readiness can take awhile, especially if they had become resistant to overeager parents. The latest I personally have known a child (boy) to fully day train was age 4years 10 months (and that child is still not night trained at 7 years). But two different pediatricians convinced his parents to follow his lead, and when he announced he was ready, he was able to use the potty in one day, accident-free.

So, as hard as this will be, my suggestion is that you drop your expectations. You "think he should be doing this by now", but that's clearly out of line with your son's reality. Let him know you are proud of how well he's growing up, and express your confidence that he will use the potty when he's ready – when he notices that taking a few minutes to go to the bathroom will be easier for him than getting changed. And then do it. Just stop hinting, fussing, reminding, nagging, demanding, bribing, acting anxious or annoyed, or anything that you MIGHT currently be doing around the topic of potty training. When he has room to explore his own reasons for making that developmental step, he will get there.