Parenting Preschoolers (3-5) Support Group
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OK, here's the thing... My son will be 4 in march, and this whole potty deal has me so frustrated! I don't let him see that, but it's getting harder to hide. He'll go pee on it if I can convince him to, but as far as poopy- it ain't happenin'... He refuses, and he is quite content to sit there in it all day if I let him. I feel as though I have read every book, tried every suggestion... I am hoping for some fresh ideas? I have tried two different potty seats, one that is the "usual" with the cup to empty, and the other is a seat that fits on the big people potty with cars on it (he loves cars!). I have tried just putting underwear on him, even tiny boxers just like daddy's. I've tried videos, rewards... Nothing's helped yet. I've been working on this non-stop for over a year! I've even tried having him run around with nothing on his bottom. What fun THAT was! After 2 months of cleaning stains every hour from my carpet, I have had enough of that one... Could anyone help, please?
ds had been peeing in the potty consistently for months but not having a bm on the potty. one weekend when dh went away, I thought "now is my chance to make this happen with out any inconsistency".
So, ds was very consistent about having a bm within an hour after lunch. so, right after lunch, I took his underwear off and let him run the house naked. then when he said "I have to poop, where's my pullup?" I took him into the bathroom with toys and a book for myself and said, we'll have fun in here until you go poop on the potty.
then I proceeded to ignore him and act disinterested (that was the key, trying to act like I did not care if he went or not) and read my book. after a while, he did it, because well, he had no choice. there were no pull ups in there and he wasn't the type to squat and go on the floor. ( I think I would have probably made him at least help me clean it up, if not do it all by himself, that probably would have put a stop to pooping on the floor very quickly)
so I gave him a big reward that was a big deal to him (using the real vacuum around the dirty wood stove) and only let him do it after he had a bm on the potty. somehow it worked!
so, how is it going for you lately?