Potty Training HELPPPPPPP!!!!

Sarah,

My oldest son did the same thing when he was potty training. My peditrician told me to wait till he did have a bowel movement and put it in his potty and show him that , that is where it is suppose to go........ it worked for him.

Jackie

My 2 year old went thru the same thing - he would run in circles saying pooop pooooooop holding his little bum! I would TRY TO put a diaper on him and he'd scream because he would pee and he didn't want to pee in the diaper!
ARGH! I had so much sympathy for him, and I'd follow him around and sit him on the potty over and over - IT WAS SO frustrating for both of us! The 3rd day into this scene we happened to be out at the beach, he had his wet suit on and said "POOP" so my hubby took him to the big toilet, said there are no little potties here, and no diapers, THIS is where you HAVE to poop, and he pooped! And every other day since he has pooped on our BIG potty. Maybe have an out day all day and see if he will go in an unfamiliar place?
Sorry I don't have any other advice - GOOD LUCK MAMA, BE STRONG!

Hi Sarah,

I hear your pain, I went through something similiar with my daughter when she was two. OK this sounds so simple-but it worked for me. I went to the local library and checked out all the the potty books. I read them to her and let her look at the pictures of "pee pee and poopies". She made the connection and sat on the potty with her books and finally did poppies!
I hope this helps. Hang in there.
Welcome to Florida, we relocated here too about 2 months ago. It's beautiful.

Keep putting him on the potty. My son had some problems with that as well. I had to go out and buy another potty chair and he did better when he got the new one. It might be something with his potty chair. Also try giving him a sticker for going on the potty. Make a big deal out of it when he tries to go poop on the potty and let him pick out a sticker. I did that with both of my boys. I hope this helps. Good luck and keep doing what your doing, he seems to be a fast learner he just might be afraid of the potty.

Sarah,
My sister had the same problem with her oldest (he is now 14). She finally got him to make "dinosaurs" in the potty. This seemed to work for them. She would compare them each time to see which one was bigger. I know it sounds grose, but it worked for her. With my son the size thing and small prizes wrapped up worked for him. Hope this helps

Hi

When me daughter (6 now) was potty training I really thought she will NEVER get this. My best advice is don't stress. He will get through this. Just really make a fuss when he finally goes poop in the potty.

C. B

My daughter was a LATE potty trainer. I thought that it would be so easy - as she made pee and poo on her potty chair when I first bought it and pulled it out of the box, back when she was under age 2 - but then not again for a long long time. She would scream, then finally, finally she started peeing on the potty, or a full sized toilet but she wouldn't poo. I was finally able to get her to poo on the
potty by bribing her! I had little treats, like refills for pez dispenser, colored pencil, etc. She wanted a Beta Fish in the worst way - we had babysat 2 for someone that I work with, and she really really wanted one of her own. I was so nervous that she wouldn't be potty trained for preschool (age 4) that I bribed her by saying if she went all week without pooing in her pants - that we could get the fish. She FINALLY told me that the reason she wouldn't go on the toilet was that she "was afraid of the plop". !!!!!! I simply put some toilet paper on the surface of the water and viola! Just like that she was able to go!!! :)
Good luck, I hope that these suggestions help! Keep me posted - I'm curious if the "plop" is what keeps other kids from using the potty for #2, or if my otherwise very bright girl is just weird! lol!

stick with putting him on the potty as opposed to putting a diaper on. This is usually really hard on a kid. My son was the same way! But he was older and would ask me for a diaper so he could poop and I said that we didn't have any more. It took a few days of him sitting, feaking out when he would start to poo, and running off the potty! I sat with him and brought a table in and we would play with play doh and read books. He would get so close and than jump off. He even asked me to wipe him, like I could get it out of him that way. He finally HAD to go and I told him when I was a kid, I use to hug my mom when I went potty. So he pooped for the first time screaming, crying and hugging me. Than it was done and he got a potty toy (a CARS car he had been wanting). That was it, once was all it took. He then would go by himself and come get me to show it to me (also tried to get more toys out of me, but I made it clear that was a one time thing). It was a very rough couple of days but it paid off. It is good to try to make sure it is soft and won't hurt him too. If you can't do that though the food he eats, you can try some benefiber or Miralax. It is so hard to watch them so through this and to understand why it is so scary to them. But if you get him through it, it will do him a lot of good! If you get him in the habbit of doing it in diapers, he will still have that fear.

Get the book Once Upon A Potty. There is a version for girls and one for boys. We had major set backs and my son wasn't using the potty at all at that point and after a few days with the book, he seemed to be interested and got the hang of it.

Hi Sarah,

We tried to potty train our son when he was 2 and although it started off well, after a few days the anxiety of it all caught up with him. That could be what's happening with your son. He may not be completely ready for potty training emotionally and/or physically. I would keep the diapers on him for awhile and not mention going on the potty for a few weeks, months, etc. He will let you know when he's ready and it won't involve freaking out. :-) HTH

You can also check out this book: Everyone Poops <http://bit.ly/OJkNO&gt; It's hilarious and your Son will get a kick out of it.

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Hit the library for a video - there is a cartoon and book (been around awhile - I cannot think of name - but it should be obvious to any librarian). Very straight-forward video for kids - they have boy and girl versions. Also, let him see you and dad use potty. Get him a storybook too - maybe he needs to relax! Good luck!