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potty training a 3 1/2 boy

Alicia - posted on 10/21/2009 ( 1 mom has responded )

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How can I get him to poop on the potty? He knows how to pee but he asks me for a diaper to poop.. is he close? any ideas on how to help him

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Jamie - posted on 10/27/2009

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just started potty training my son who is now 33 months old. I tried at 22 months old and he just wasn't ready. The doctor told me not to rush it if he wasn't ready. But I tell you I am glad that I didn't Cause I started Potty training exactly two weeks ago with bribes. And I never did the potty training pants. I went straight to underwear. Which was a big help. I bought underwear with characters on them and tell him that he didn't want to make diego or spongebob wet cause it would make them sad. and would always have the potty in close area for him. I would always ask every half hour " need to pee" and he would answer me. and Just two days ago he took the initative to start just going straight to the potty himself and pulling down his own pants. yay for me. I have a 6 month old and hate the double diaper duty. Pooping was the harder to get done. But has now been doing both on potty for 3 weeks straight faithfully. GOOD LUCK it takes a lot of time. and sometimes they maybe not ready and if you wait till there ready you may be saving your self the hassel and complacations. once their ready they take off I would simply keep the underwear on and let him keep poopin in them and then put the poop in the potty and show him where it goes and then show him the joy of flushing it down the potty my son thinks thats the greatest and just let him know how it feels and say the store ran out of diaper s and give him incentives!

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