Potty training q?

Question

ok so after trying for about a year my almost 3 year old son finally is potty trained, he refused to go near a toilet for the longest and then one day he just started doing it. He has been trained for around 1 month now. All the sudden he keeps pooping in his undies. I have no idea why, he still pees in the potty but the past 3 days he just poops in his undies. any advice on how to fix this? and my reaction, i just tell him im disappointed and he needs to go on the potty, is that how i should act?

Answer 1

same thing with my daughter went for a pee ok but when it came to number 2 it was in her pants until i figured it out. I was always with her in the loo to make sure she was ok, but that was the problem "I was in there too" so after she sat on the loo I would go out saying I would be back in a moment and hey presto she pooped. privacy was all it needed for her to feel comfortable to let out the little nuggets. If you think about it how hard would it be for you to poo with people around. good luck with it all

Answer 2

it's frustrating when kids regress, I know. My DD was nearly trained when I had my 2nd baby and suddenly she wanted nothing to do with the potty.  In our case when she started to show interest again, it was the other way around- she would only p**p but never peed on the potty. I had to break out the rewards again.  I did my best not to embarrass her for accidents or overreact- I don't know if it really does emotional harm but I always felt kind of bad afterward, because they are just little kids.  I suggest reinstating your rewards system- if you have not already done away with it.  We went through several different things- stickers, then sprinkles, then chocolate chips (2 or 3) then finally jelly bellies (2 or 3). When I started to give her sweets it was kind of good in a way because that also got her used to brushing her teeth.  Anyway she will be 3 in exactly one month and has been out of diapers for about 2 months now.  I no longer have to give her any incentives. Good luck.

Answer 3

You are handling it better than I did. My oldest would do it for the dumbest reasons (and there was always a reason), so I just freaked out on him about it. I yelled, "Ewww! Gross! I'm not cleaning that!" I made him clean it up, and took away the reason...i.e. if he did it b/c he was playing and didn't want to stop. Three days of BORING stuff. I would tell him each time he wanted to do something fun, "We can't do that, then you might p**p your pants and that is soooo gross!"  It stopped after the third time.

Answer 4

eww its horrible isnt it its not so bad changing the nappies but it seems to take forever to clean them when theyve poopt in the pants, i used to take them in the loo and take off the pants and drop it down the loo and like you say to him is fine he ll know he done wrong,when he next does one on the" BIG BOYS LOO",really play it clap,praise the works and he ll know he done good,good luck x

Answer 5

This isn't that uncommon, just try not to make it a big deal and it will more than likely resolve itself. The only other suggestion is, don't be so quick to change him out of the dirty undies, I'm not saying make him wear them for an extended amount of time, maybe 15 minuets or so, if he is uncomfortable with the dirty undies it may just pursued him to go back to the potty chair. Good luck!

L

Answer 6

OKay. Let him try going p**p outside.

Answer 7

You are lucky. My son took alot longer.  I think little boys get busy and they can't be bothered going to the potty.  I think you can only remind them to go and praise them alot when they do use the potty.

Answer 8

All good suggestions. Yet another reason may be fear. I heard of one child who was actually afraid to p**p on the toliet - someone made out like it was a monster. Not saying this is your problem - just think about whether there might be any catalyst recently to make him leary of putting p**p in the toliet (does it look scary to him? kids have different reasoning than us sometimes!)

Answer 9

kids will toilet train in their own time when they are ready not when u are ready. and as for the pooping its normal when he is ready he will go do not force the issue. do not make a big deal about it as accidents happen when he does go praise him maybe offer a reward if he does a p**p in the toilet if he was doing it b4