we have been potty training jaxon for almost 2 months now. he does really good going pee but he will run and hide to poop! he has yet to go and sit on the toilet and go. i remind him constantly and just can't get him to do it! we've tried milk, toys, treats, cars........i don't know what to do anymore! any advice???! HELP!
12 years ago
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Katie, You've got to take the plunge and go naked!
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Decide on the day. Have treats, bribes, and lots of apple juice on hand (apple juice will get his bowels going). The point of not having any underwear or anything on is that he's comfortable going when something is there. I'm not sure what you've had him in, but in my opinion, pull ups are just an extension of diapers and prolongs the process. Pull ups are great at night. I never expect my newly potty trained kids to stay dry at night. That comes later.
Ok, so start out the day when he wakes up by taking off his diaper/pull up and saying, no more diapers! You're going to be a big boy. Set the timer for every 10-15 minutes. Give him lots of juice and snacks. Put his favorite toys in the bathroom. I even have the bribe be $$ store toys that are wrapped and he opens one when pees/poos. The toys stay in the bathroom.
Eventually he will have to go poop. 1) He may start to panic because he knows it's coming or 2) He'll be really surprised that poop just landed on the floor.
If he poops on the floor DO NOT GET UPSET! Repeat! Do not get upset. Say something like Buddy! You went poop on the floor. That's silly, that should go in the toilet. Have him go get paper towel with you, pick it up, walk to the bathroom and put it in the toilet. Say, this is where poop should go!
I know this sounds gross and believe me, I had spot remover and got my carpets cleaned after.
This is the only thing that worked for Garrett when he was 3 almost 4. The kid just didn't care if he sat in his poop so he wasn't motivated to not poop in the underwear. He got it after 3 times of not getting to the toilet and a few crying matches. He would literally find a pull up, put it on, poop, and then take it off. He didn't want to do it.
Point of story? Hide all diapers, underwear, and pull ups really well.
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Ok obviously I'm not a mom and have not experienced it personally but I know of four specific people who tried this. And this was after trying and trying as it seems you have too. They warned them that the next time they had an accident they were going to take a cold bath and when they did, they actually made them take a cold bath and left them in for like ten minutes. Three of them never had another accident and one had one more and they took another cold bath and quit. If you try it, let me know if it works. Gook Luck!
We are in almost the exact situation. We do pull-ups at night and if we are out and about. Although, I've gone a few times with just underwear and he's done fine- it's me that's worried he'll have an accident out in public. Anyway, his problem is when we tell him it's time to go potty he has a tantrum and won't get on the potty. I've let him not go potty a few times and then shortly after, he pees in his underwear. Sometimes I'm sure he doesn't have to go but when he wakes up in the morning with a dry pull-up and says he doesn't have to go when I tell him to get on the potty, it makes me a little upset. :) We've done the cold shower thing when he pees/poos in his underwear and that seems to work somewhat. I'm so ready to be over this stage with him!!! Good luck. I hope you get some more good advice from people. I'm going to have to try some of the stuff that was mentioned previous to my post.
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