Potty training
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I have the same issue with my 3.5 year old daughter. Will wee on the potty no problem and has done so since 18 months. She refuses to attempt to poo on the potty and insists on putting a nappy on, which she does herself.
Reward went a long way in our house. Mini resee's for a poop in the toilet, mini m&m for a pee
We did a reward system! We got a piece of printers paper and stuck it on the wall as a potty board. He got a sticker for every pee pee that went in the potty. For poops, I went on FB marketplace and got a box of assorted hot wheels (was like $15-20 for like 70-100 cars) and fashioned a “prize box” out of an old shoe box (wrapped in fun wrapping paper and cut a slit out big enough to reach into and pick out a mystery car) Cars are his favorite toys so once it clicked after the first few times that poop = new car, he’s stuck to it!
Having him be in the restroom while you are going #2 is also a great way to show him that it’s okay and celebrating your bowel movement with him afterwards and if you have a partner, celebrating with the whole fam, it may be silly but I swear it works ! I also may have mentioned any and all idols also go poop on the potty (Santa, Spider-Man, Blippi, PJ Masks, etc.) 😂
oh yeah I forgot to say I also rewarded myself with candy for pooping! And showed him my poop and celebrated it
Thank you all! These are helpful tips. He pooped two days in a row on the potty and we had huge celebrations. We really thought we were finally getting somewhere, but he went right back to not wanting to do it. That was months ago. I will try having him with me and celebrating our poops 😂 I’ll try anything.
My 3 year girl is having a hard time with pooping in the potty too! She pees all the time and we’ve used reward system. But she scared cause I think one time she went and was a little constipated so it hurt her. She’s pooped maybe 4-5 times but not consistently!
I definitely recommend a urinal. It helped my boys to want to go potty. They didn’t have to sit unless they had to poop. I got it off Amazon
@LaNique he loves peeing on the potty it has never been an issue. It’s only pooping that we are having a hard time with
Does he poop regularly or does he hold it if he’s scared?