Potty Training - Howell,MI

My son is 3 and still refuses to poop on the potty. Just give him time, he'll come around. He's still very young. :)

I am training my 25 mo old girl and also have an almost 4 year old boy. We have a small house w/ one bathroom so shyness is not an option. I think it helps when your kids see you go. Also if they are having trouble I tell them i know it hurts but if they push and get it out it will feel better and we have fun making faces as they work to push it out. I offer to rub their back (at this age you have to stay in there anyway). Reading books is a great idea as well. This is also a great time to start talking about the importance of eating vegetables, fruit, fiber and enough water. I would say we are a fairly healthy family but I know we aren't the best so I was really surprised when this helped my son who always had a harder time going. It's really important to do everything you can to make it easy to come out because the more times the have hard times they might become afraid. And as another writer said if you see them trying get them in there as fast as you can to finish the job on the toilet and when they don't start dumping the contents of the diaper into the toilet. And if your child is truely ready skip the pull-ups except for nap adn bedtime and go straight to underwear. You'll have some messes to clean up but it will really shorten the time. This idea came from one of my daycare teachers adn she was so right. My kids all potty trained so much faster than my friends. If they are actually afraid of the big toilet there is a great product called a flip n flush (you can find it online. It fits right between your seat and the lid, and flips up and down instead of being removable. It's like going on the real thing with a smaller hole for little bottoms and no messy trainging toilets for mom. One last thing if your child goes to daycare or preschool somewhere go in the bathrooms with them there as well and ask if they have to go potty and take the time to help them yourself. Sometimes they are afraid to go other places and this will make the transition my acceptable. Good luck and i hope some of these ideas help.

Hi J.,
I haven't potty trained a boy yet (due in 6 weeks with our first boy) but our girls thought it very fun to flush the potty and say good-bye to their "stinkies" after I dumped them from the diaper or underwear into the potty. With one of my daughters, we had a bit harder time training to go number 2 on the potty until I caught her in the middle and quickly put her on the toilet. She didn't realize that she had gone mostly in her diaper, but the little bit that got into the toilet we made a HUGE deal over (calling family, m&m, etc.). It didn't take her long to get that the toilet was where she needed to go.
I hope that helps and congratulations on the baby!

I think this is a faze every child goes though, my daughter was doing pretty much the same thing and after talking to her about it SEVERAL time and her telling me that "poopin hurts momma" I figured out that it hurts them to poo on the toilet. Not to get graphic or anything but when you sit on the toilet your butt cheeks spread so it hurts them to go especually when its bigger but when they are wearing a pull up and standing up it doesn't hurt as much, you just need to reasure him that its normal and that it wont hurt everytime. I tell my daughter yeah it hurts momma too so now she will go on the potty cuz she knows its normal and that it happens to everyone, I also make a HUGE deal about how proud I am of her when she does go on the potty and that helps alot too. Just be patient and remember how bad it hurts you sometimes (sorry). Good luck

Hi.
I know this means a little more work from you but it may be worth it. It will also save money. When you put him down for a nap put him in a cloth diaper. Not the all in one but the good old pin kind. I use the dundee brand because I found it works the best with pee. This will make so he can not take it off at least. You will yhen also have extra burp cloths, they work better than the 'real' ones that cost an arm and a leg. When he gets up maybe have him watch you put the poo in the toilet, have him flush it down and say bye bye to it. I do hope this helps.

J.,

I had trouble getting my son to poop in the potty. He would just go in his underwear. I finally told him he was a big boy and needed to go in the potty. Then I realized he was scared of the big potty. Finally I caught him just as he was starting to poop and made him go sit on the potty with the promise that he didn't have to poop there...just sit. Then I proceeded to read him one of his favorite books. It didn't take long until he relaxed while looking at the book and it just happened. Once he realized it wasn't going to hurt and didn't have a reason to be scared he was very proud of himself.

He rarely had a poopy accident after that. Now at almost five he does push the timing as he doesn't want to stop what he's doing. But, it's perfectly normal in little ones.

Good luck and hang in there!

C.

Hi J.,

The only thing that worked for my daughter was a video called "Once Upon A Potty"
They have 1 version for the boys and 1 for the girls...
It was a lifesaver! I have never heard anything bad about these videos also
Hope this helps

you need ti wait. when hes ready he'll do it. When he does or if he excidently goes poop in the toilet make it a big deal that your excited he finely did it. Second hate to bust your proud bubble of him. But don't be suprised if he resorts back after the baby. He is young for a boy to be starting potty training. But if he doesn't boy are you blessed. Have fun!!!

I too was pregnant when I started potty training my 18 month old. I started early with him because I was due with twins and could not imagine 3 in diapers. Anyway, what I did wah sit right on the floor with him, we played, read to him and sometimes he even fell to sleep but I stuck with him until he went and it Worked!! He was really fairly easy to train.
Hope this helps
E.

J. be patient. You may know that he has to go but he has yet to recoginize the signals he is getting from his body. The fact that he knows when he has a dirty diaper is a great step the next will come in his time. Love him Praise him when he does anything right and don't worry about when he is totally potty trained. My grandaughter is very smart but she did not potty train herself til she was almost 4. My grandson we introduced to the potty chair with no fuss unless he did something. My daughter had a friend staying with her whose cat had kittens about 6 weeks old. one day he took one of the kittens and tried to make it sit on the potty. The kitten got very wet and after that my grandson never a problem using the potty. Each child will learn at his/her own time.

A.

Try giving him a special book or toy like a magnadoodle that he only can use when he sits on the toilet to poop. That way he looks forward to using the book/toy and he relaxes while he is using it making it easier to poop. Then when he does go...reward him with lots of praise and maybe a raisin or M&M.
Hope it works.