Potty Training for #2 - East Northport,NY

Hi K.,
I feel for you...my son has been potty trained for about a month now (100% - no accidents). He's just a little over 2 1/2 and everybody told me I was nuts, but he's been peeing on the potty since he was 18 months. He was doing great until my daughter was born last summer - then he stopped all together, had no interest at all. Just a few months ago he started asking to sit on the potty if he was in the bathroom with me, or when he was getting ready for his bath and he has been waking up from sleep completely dry for a long time. So, I figured it was time...it took me a few weeks to get my courage and commitment together and then I decided to give it a solid try....He started out with a bang - 5 days with no accidents, but no poop either :( Finally he pooped in his undies and was really upset about it the first few times, then he seemed to not care at all and started going in he pants all the time (poop & pee). Sadly, after a week of that, I decided that he must not be ready and I put him back in diapers.
But! The story goes on!
By the end of the first day back in diapers he was crying and begging me to put him back in undies, he promised he'd use the potty and much to my surprise he did! From that day on he has been completely potty trained...personally, I think he just wanted to be the one calling the shots!
So, I don't know if that helps but the one thing that I was always told was to let him go in his pants, and let him realize he doesn't like it, don't even give the pull up as an option...and of course rewards, consistency and positive reinforcement go a long way...I am still required to dispense the special "poo poo candy"!
Good Luck! H.

Hello K., I'm a first time mother of a 3 year old and everyone gave me advice on how to potty train him but it didn't work. Someone even told me to beat him. I had the same exact problem with my son and to be honest with you it's kind of funny but I cried and begged him to do #2 in the toilet. I told him that it's obviously messy and when he does it in the toilet it'll be less messy. I say just talk to him and let him know the disadvantages for the both of you when he does #2 on himself. And also include to that his classmates and other peers are all using the bathroom. GOOD LUCK!!!-K.

for my daughter and many others with sensory issues , potty training is a marathon task. My daughter was also 4 before having a BM in the potty, but always peed in the pot since she was old enough to sit up ( even if it was just to hear the musiacl potty)
What finally worked was sitting her BACKWARDS on the potty , with her feet up so that she could see it coming out... it was kinda like coaching someone thru childbirth.. pUSH!! Here it comes , keep pushing etc etc... She finally delivered a healthy ahppy little turd!! and of course id promised an Ice cream poopy party when shed finally done it.. the waitress at Friendlys thought we were a little nuts having a "poopy party/
I made a very big deal out of it , giving ice cream etc , for each time she went for about a week then i slowly decreased the rewards and just used praise..
good luck!!!

I had the same problem with my son! He was urinating on the potty for almost a year before we were able to get him to do a poopy on the potty. He would wear underwear for 2 days straight, and not poop. Then the second we would put a pull-up on him, he would go. My pediatrician told me not to worry, that it would happen in it's own time, but we were very frustrated! We tried small rewards, and also talked about how he couldn't go to "big boy" school if he pooped in his pants, and not on the potty. My son has some sensory issues, along with PDD, and ADHD, so it was a challange, but when he was ready, he went.Try and not make yourself crazy about it, I know it is hard not to! I will say this about late bloomers and the potty though, once they get it, they REALLY get it! Not one accident in over a year! Good luck to you!