Tonight, I tried sitting him on the toilet again. I sat next to him on the floor and encouraged him to push. But, of course, he wouldn't do it. I tried everything!! I bribed, I begged, and whoops, I even threatened after numerous pointless trips to the bathroom. I made him walk around the house in no underwear or pants to see if that would help. Nope. He came to me with a diaper in his hand and said "poop in diaper". Isn't it bad that he can tell me that he wants to poop in his diaper!? So, I had an idea. I put the diaper on him, sat him on the toilet (diaper still on) and told him to go poo-poo. AS SOON AS I SAT HIM ON THE TOILET, HE STARTED PUSHING!!!!!! Huh!? Seriously! He told me to "go away" and "close the door", so I started walking away and before I closed the door, I looked at him to see if he was really going to do his business on the toilet. Yep, definitely pushing! Not even a minute later he comes walking out and tells me he pooped... in his diaper.
*sigh*
I need some advice! What on earth do I do next? Just keep letting him poop in a diaper on the toilet? Will he eventually get used to it and not need the diaper anymore? Am I missing something? All the presents and candy in the world isn't good enough for my kid. This potty-training thing is exhausting. I am already praying that Leah will be easier with this poopy business!
3 comments:
How old is he?
I know with Nicholas I had the same problem when I tried potty training him before 3 years old, he just wasn't going and the more I pushed the more he dug his heels in.
Eventually I just stopped pushing and let it go and when he was ready he came to me and said he was ready for big boy underwear and that was it. I also took him shopping and let him pick his own big boy underwear to involve him in the process.
I know it's frustrating, but hang in there, he'll get it right :)
Girls are MUCH easier than boys too....Jasmine was potty trained at 2 1/2 years old and it only took 2 weeks and that was it.
One thing I did with both was put them on the toilet every hour, on the hour, it was hard at first trying to stick to this but it did help a lot.
It is a control issue with poop. They feel like they are losing part of them. I had issues with one of mine. Keep it up and it will work out! :D
Um, you have to do everything first and then tell me how you did it -- that's the deal, remember? :P
Everything I've ever heard though, is that this won't last forever... maybe just long enough for you to get (more) gray hairs! You can do it!!! *hugs*
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