Potty Training - El Dorado Hills, CA

The book "once upon a potty" is excellent and definitely shows pooping in the potty. it has worked for dozens of kids i know. It's inexpensive, easy to find, and good to pass on to the next mom.

Good luck!

Good for you (and your son!) I potty trained my son (now 15) much the same way, just taking him in there every 2 hours or so, and it worked great. However, I knew when he was about to poop because he would suddenly run away and go stand under the staircase, which was interestingly enough located right next to the bathroom.
If your son just poops where he is, in the middle of whatever he's doing, it's going to be harder to "catch" him, so you may need to wait a little longer for that...but hang in there, it sounds like you're making progress, and getting out of diapers earlier rather than later is so worth it :)

It isn't at all unusual for a child to take much longer to readily go poop on the potty than to be regular going pee. Follow the advice given regarding the books, but please be very patient with your son. There are a number of theories on why children don't poop as readily, but I don't know if any of them are valid. One thing I think about is that it is often much easier for me as an adult to go pee than to poop (sometimes that is even painful) so why shouldn't we expect it to be more difficult for a young child who is just learning?

Hey W.,
First I want to say we went through the *Exact same thing* with our now 4 year old, potty trained son. You're probably going to get a ton of advice on this, but my best advice is to not let it get to you...he'll do it eventually, when *he's* ready. For us it took almost to 4 years old to get the poop where it needed to be, but then it's pretty much been there every time. We told him the first time he went poop in the potty we'd take him to Chuck E. Cheese (which we did, that night). Every subsequent time he got 5 m&ms (worth the break in healthy eating if you ask me), and he still occaisionally asks for the m&ms. Once *he* decided to go in the potty, it was easy. We also went back to pull-ups for a while and he really likes underwear so that was a motivator too. Good luck!
R.

Hi W.,

I was having a little problem with my little boy or at least with all the advice out there, I wasnt sure how to start. I read a book written by an English Doctor and it worked perfect for me. He said to put him on the potty after every meal, even snacks. It worked that I put the potty near the dining room as it is very central in our house and gave him a toy which when you push the button, balls roll down in a spiral and that kept him busy. I have potty trained others but this was for this boy, the perfect answer. You might try it but dont forget that two weeks isnt t hat long. When mine finally got it, then he had it without ever ever having accidents. It just clicked and it was over. Good luck,

P.

Hi W.,

Going poopy on the potty takes awhile for almost all kids. Mine did the same thing. She would go hide in a closet and poop in her pants. I finally bribed her with a toy to go on the toilet. She did, she got her toy, and went back to pooping in her pants. So I bribed her again - she had to poop on the toilet for seven days in a row and we would cound them on the calendar, and she did, got another toy and continued going on the toilet.

There is a book out called "Everybody Poops" I don't remember the author's name. I saw this for the first time at a preschool and cracked up. I thought it was the funniest thing, but kids are so fascinated by the subject. At the end of the book it shows that humans poop on the potty.....I don't know if the book will help, but I sure got a good laugh out of it.

Good luck.
J.

The book "Everyone Poops" by Taro Gomi helped us.
My son was 3.5 yrs old when it clicked. He asked for a diaper until then when he needed to poop. We were OK with it.

I finally went and bought him a toy that he wanted and put it in the bathroom and told him tht he could have it when he went poo in the potty. It took some time but it worked. After that it was fine because he learned that it wasn't scary. Good Luck

have you tried the musical potty cair? it comes with stickers and a book, it worked for my son...

How often does he go poop? What time of the day? (i.e. after a meal) If you can recognize a pattern it might be easier.

Look for small steps in the right direction -- if he is standing in the bathroom when he goes poop in his pants that's actually progress.

He sounds like he wants some privacy when he poops. If he can tolerate you in the same room when he poops, that's progress, too.

Give him a reward when he does it. I would blow up a balloon for my son and let him play with it until it popped (well supervised of course).

You may already be doign this, but when he poops in his underwear, help him take them off and then have HIM dump the poop into the toilet and say "poo poo belongs in the potty." My son had poop accidents for about a month after he was pee pee trained, the all of a sudden it clicked.

Also, it was much easier for him to poop in the big potty with his bottom hanging down into it. You might encourage your boy to sit on the big potty and actually try to poop a half hour or so after eating.

What worked for us was naked time. For some reason my son knew not to do anything on the floor after only two pee accidents early on. I just told him the pee on the floor was yucky and we need to put it in the potty chair. I think he made the connection to not go poo on the floor so he just would go on the potty then. HTH!

If he's not ready, he's just not ready. 27 months is very young, especially for a boy. Ditch the idea and try again in about 4-6 months. When he wakes up dry and in the morning and from naps, he is then ready...but not before.

He is still a little guy - there is no hurry.

Blessings,
B.