My three and a half year old will not poo in the toilet any ideas?

Question

He has been weeing in the loo for over a year but will not do no 2s!! He will hold it in and wait for a bedtime nappy or hide and do it in his pants.

Answer 1

the only advice I can give you is to be patient. My son was exactly the same, he would ask for a nappy everytime he needed to poo. I just kept suggesting he do it in the potty but the thought of it seemed to scare the wits out of him so I didn't push him too much. He brought me his potty one day full of p**p with the happiest look on his face, like he had just climbed a mountain or something! I praised him a lot and we haven't looked back since. They all do it in their own time, and so will he.

Answer 2

Well frankly love its your own god d**n fault for opening your legs 3years and 9months ago so before you go complaining about her and her toliet problems remember YOU took your knickers off you little hussie.

Sorry if thats harsh but i took too much viagra this morning

Luvya babes,

Jasdip P.Abercrombie.

PS are you refering to Matt coz he if giving away free s*x.

Answer 3

This may sound really unhelpful but have you tried using a sticker chart? This worked for my son. He's now 4 and has been fully toilet trained for a year.

Answer 4

You can get small seats for toddlers to place over the toilet seat. I remember this working well for our children. This will give him his own special seat and he should take to it without difficulty.

Answer 5

Start taking away something from your child every time. My step daughter LOVED her barbie dolls and had probably two dozen. When, at almost 4, she would not do no. 2 in the potty, whe started taking them away from her one by one.

First, sit your son down and explain to him that every time he poos himself, he will loose a toy (or whatever). Tell him you will be taking it away and he will not be able to get any of the toys he looses this way back unless he poops in the potty. When he poops himself, follow through. Empty threats mean nothing. Then, when he DOES go potty, verbally congratulate and praise him and give him one of his toys back.

Of course, you can use other things besides toys. I've heard of some people placing stickers on a chart-make sure they're removable. If the child doesn't go, remove a sticker. If they do go, they get a sticker. If they go enough times and collect enough stickers, give them a BIG surprise. While this did not work with my step daughter after age 2 1/2, it did work at first. When she collected 10 stickers she got to go out to her favorite resturant.

Answer 6

You didn't mention the potty. How does he do with that? It's a transitional step, after all.