Im having that very same problem with my 3 year old... i have no idea what to do about it... ive bought books, ive tried rewarding him afterwards but nothing... the only way i can get him to use the potty is if he runs around in his underwear thru the day.... :S

Thanks, I tried that, he just wets and poops in them like they are pull ups. He doesn't care what he has on, he will not go on the potty. I just don't know what to do anymore!

My little girl is pretty much the same. She'll be 4 at the end of December. She'll go pee in the toilet if/when I put her on the toilet. However, she absolutely refuses or can't poop in the toilet.

I have a 2 1/2 year old that I already have potty trained. I introduced him to the potty chair when he was a little over a year old. He would potty on it every once in awhile. What really helped potty train him is I let him potty in the yard. I know you maybe thinking OMG but that is what did it for all three of my sons. I live out in the country so it's no big deal. For my daughter it took buying her a singing potty chair. After I bought that she would run to the potty chair.

He liked pee peeing in the yard when it was warm out, but now he won't do anything, he won't pee in the potty or poopie in the potty! I just don't know what to do anymore!

You have a couple of options.
My grandma always says, "He won't go to college in diapers" meaning that they'll do it in their own time.
You say you've tried everything, do you ask him constantly and make a big deal over it? Maybe he doesn't go because you've made it a big deal? Kids like to feel like they have control over something and you WANT him to go potty in the toilet and he can control whether HE wants to so he does.

So you could make a big push for it and place the potty in a place of importance with a prize nearby that can't be touched untill he does. But it sounds like you've tried that route.

Or you could back off for a month and not ask him about it at all. Change soley to diapers--not even pullups. IF he asks tell him that he has to wear these until he's a big boy. Make him lay down to change him. Don't make changing diapers a fun activity, make it a chore with no cuddling (because he might want to be the baby). Still leave the potty chair in a place of importance and ignore it completely.
After a few weeks of sterile treatment during changing time, you can reintroduce the concept of big-boy potty and big-boy privileges.

The bigger deal you make of it the more control he has. I know that at preschools the want ALL children to be potty trained by 2 1/2 but that isn't realistic. First of all, all children mature at different times. Secondly, it is a fact that boys train later than girls.

My daughter was easy (2 1/2) but my son did a lot of what you son did. Did well for a while and had a bad relapse. I went back to diapers for a few months and then started talking to him about being a big boy and special underwear and finally got through to him. He was probably almost 4. (time gets blurred). He wanted to be considered a baby. He wanted me to treat him like a baby. Now he gets upset if I call him "honey, baby, or sweetie" he only wants to be called "big boy".

Good luck to you and remember, no one goes to college in diapers.

What kind of rewards have you tried? My son and I colored a background scene together on a poster board of a park. Then as he used the potty he got to add puppy stickers to make a "puppy play park". My older son's potty picture was a construction site and he got to add the machine stickers as he used the potty. They liked it because they got to create the picture and pick the theme. I also used M & M's as incentive. For pooping in the potty they got to pick a toy at the dollar store. Just think about what your son would find fun and tailor the reward to him.

yeah the underware thing worked with my son. I also did a sticker chart. When he did have a accident in his pull up I raced him to the potty and had him sit there. My son was extremly hard but we di get pee down by age 3 with some accident and that #2 was a nightmare! He mostly got it by 3 1/2 but still had accident till age 4. Now at 4 1/2 he hasn't had any accidents in months!

I am having the same problem - my son will be 4 on Dec. 5th. He will pee in it but not poop. He will just poop in his pants all day. Really am at a loss. I have tried stickers as bribes, toys as bribes, nothing works.

I potty trained both of my kids by age 2. At first it was easy to get them to pee on the pot, but not poop. And I paniced about it with my second child and felt like giving up.
I remained consistant, and heres what i did.
I put the pot beside the toilet and we would take "potty breaks" and I and my child would sit on the potty until we both did something. Whoever did go to the potty got some mini M&Ms for a reward. If he and she didn't do anything on the potty, they simply wouldn't get anything until they did go...and that included TV, outside activities, ect.
I showed them who was the authority, and they would suffer reward until they would do something on the pot. When they get tired of not being able to do anything, they will use the potty eventually.
I would say things like...we can't go to the park if your don't poop, so when you have to go let mommy know.
In the mornings I would give juice and breakfast, and I almost had their bowel movements on a scedule, so it made it easier for me.
Don't give up...be consistant, and don't show you child that your frustrated (not saying that you are)... but let them see your dissapointment by taking rewards AKA things they like to do.
Hope this helps.
Another thing, the pull ups can get really confusing because they feel like a diaper to a child. buy underware with plastic underware covers at Wal-Mart.
Then they are more eager to keep their pants dry, it gets them used to a diffrent feel besides the diaper.

My little one will be four in a week and I have been struggling with the poop in the potty issue too. She would go and get her pull up, put it on and poop. I could not understand why she wouldn't just go in the toilet. Somewhere along the line a wise person said, be patient, one day she will decide to poop in the potty and guess what....finally she did. We are on our fourth day of pooping in the potty. Hallelujah!! This is meant as encouragement that it really will happen. Hang in!