Potty training

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Thats right!! It is time for the poopie thread.
You buzzers are an ingenious lot and full of tricks I may not have thought of. My boy will be three in August and me and mom have begun the uphill fight of the poopie going in the potty. He pees in the pot and in the yard no problem but still refuses to use or try the can for the #2. I am a big fan of not pushing things on the boy but I am curious if any of you moms and pops out there that have fought this battle have any words of wisdom or tricks you could lay out for me. I have another little bugger due in October and would love to have the first on his way out of the diapers by the time the second one arrives.
Thanks,
 
Coco puffs tell him to sink as many as he can in on shot. Sorry man that was a bad example, my mum used to give me jello for the #2 (not jello shots), I used to have to do the toliet check for the lil man when he was first starting the potty thing ( nothing under it nothing around it and nothing above it)I don't know you do strange thing for kids to teach them at a young age.
 
I had the same problem with my boy. He would not poop in the potty. I finally came up with the idea of the magic pull up. I was able to convince him when it was time to poop to sit on the potty and keep wearing his pull up. I did this a few times and got him used to the idea of at least pooping while sitting on the pot. After about a week of this I cut a hole in the pull up so the poop would go into the potty. I of course cut the hole before he put it on and then helped him get it on so he would not notice the hole. He sat down and pooped. I told him to stand up and look in the potty. After that he never wore a pull up again.
Just my story and what worked for me.

Chris
 
As sick as it sounds, I encouraged my son by running down the list of everyone and saying that they poopie in the potty. Ie "Mommy poopies in the pottie, daddy poopies in the potty, and when you want to be a big boy, you can too!" Also I watched him like a hawk. Noticed when his body language indicating that he was going to poop, and then rushed him to the potty, sat him down, and told him to push. Lots of cheers, no matter what, and lots of encouragement. Also, I had him in "big boys" aka undeerwear, and told him that he didn't want to get his "spongebob big boys" dirty, etc. When he did have an accident, the poop would then be transferred to the potty, and he would watch, and I would say "that is where poopie goes! In the potty!" He just got the hang of it, and now goes independently. He is always proud of his "big poopies" and I have to go look at it. My son just turned 3, so it took a while! If you are brave, take him into the bathroom with you when you go, and let him look at your poop. My kiddo and I live alone, so we have an open door bathroom policy. It worked out really really well! Good luck, and stay positive!
 
Do girls get trained differently?

If not, then it should be no surprise that all guys like to act like the campfire scene in Blazing Saddles.

Back to regular programming.
 
Bribery worked for me, my son thought he had to stand to do both, so we started giving him a few smarties when he sat, then pooped on the pottie. I think he had one accident after the smarties. He's 20 now and we gave up on the treats a while ago - lol - good luck!
 
Disclaimer: no kids. no toilet training experience.

Maybe getting him to pee in the toilet while sitting will help him. He's used to standing to eliminate, 1 or 2.

Showing him probably is a great idea. My neighbors had trouble house training their puppy. One day an adult dog cam and pooped outside. The puppy went with the example and it was easy from there. Probably the same for kids.

I hear that kids get afraid of getting sucked down the toilet, like they see things get flushed. Maybe best not to show him that part. Flush with the lid down.

Bribery is probably effective, but might lead down the road of doing things for bribes/ not doing things without bribes to some degree, and less internal motivation. Not knocking people that have bribed their kids, as I said at the outset, I have no kids, only nephews.
 
No issue with flushing as we have learned the hard way. (toys and a bar of soap) and we do take him in the bathroom so he can see how it is done. He will even go in the bathroom and shut the door for "privacy" to poop in his diaper. I am starting to feel like we are on the threshold of change. He is a smart little cuss and seems to pick stuff up overnight. Bribery may be the way to go for a short while.
 
You can find a book at amazon.com on potty training in a day. I was skeptical, but bought the book 25 years ago, and followed the process to the letter. I devoted an entire day to the process, per the book, and at the end of the day, my son was fully potty trained. Accidents following our teaching day could be counted on one hand. I can't give that process a high enough recommendation.
 
I talked w/Mom. She had to go back a few decades ;) to think of what worked for Jim and me.

Watch fidgeting and knee crossing
Find a time after eatingor time of day to pay close attention.
Have him sit on his potty chair when you sit on the throne. Jr. Wants to be like Dad.
Lots of praise even for just getting on the potty chair.

It wa fun talking with Mom about this, we had some laughs!
 
Ice Cream!!!

We used bribery for most of ours, (6), anything to avoid another wipe. Had 2 in diapers for years.

JDS...you are on target, especially for a noob!
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Ice Cream!!!

We used bribery for most of ours, (6), anything to avoid another wipe. Had 2 in diapers for years.

JDS...you are on target, especially for a noob!
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I used the ice cream bribery for his first couple of poopies in the potty, and reeses pieces for peeing in the potty at first. It helped, I think.

As for on target for a noob, I read a lot of books, and asked for a LOT of advise. Alder made it through successfully, and I am pleased.
 
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