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My son is 2 and 6 months and won't poo in potty, just pee. NEED HELP!

Julia - posted on 11/03/2011 ( 3 moms have responded )

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He's been peeing in the potty since May and was doing a little peeing a little pooing from Nov, '10 to May but when he went to always peeing in the potty, he began refusing to poo.

He'll be moving into full-time daycare in January and they required that he is potty trained. I've two months to get him to poo on the potty.

How long did it take for your little ones to poo after they began peeing in potty?

Would the potty seat being used instead of a potty make a difference?

Thanks!

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Kristen - posted on 11/12/2011

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next time he poops, put it in the toilet, and show him, that thats where it is supposed to go, and flush it and get him to say bye poop. i learned this from a friend of mine because my son was doing the same thing. it worked. good luck

Joy - posted on 11/06/2011

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I don't have any advice on how to help you because my son is 4 and just starting to poop on the toilet on a regular basis. He's been peeing in the toilet consistently for about the last 6 months. It just takes time. I wanted to say though, about the daycare REQUIRING him to be potty trained by January? Um, that seems a little unrealistic on their part. Your son won't even be three by then and lots of children aren't fully potty trained until well after the age of 3 or 4. My suggestion to you is to find another daycare that has a less strict rule about potty training. They are daycare providers. Part of their JOB is wiping butts and HELPING to potty train the children. My son is in PreK and his teacher has a total of 20 students in her class (about half of them special needs). She has two assistants in the room with her and they have helped a great deal in the potty training process. I just think it's wrong for the daycare to require it. Pushing a child to learn something he or she isn't ready to learn is just asking for trouble. Especially with something so monumental as potty training. Good luck Momma :)

Sabrina - posted on 11/05/2011

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My daughter is 3 and she has been potty training on and off at her own pace since she was 18 months old. She has only been going number 2 in the potty for about a month and a half now. She refused to use the potty chair, so my husband and I bought a toilet seat that has a potty seat built right into it...it has made a HUGE difference...she feels like a big girl, because she can go in and fold the seat down by herself and not wait for us to put the detachable seat on..don't rush or push to hard, if you do he's less likely to do it. Also, make sure you are praising him when he does go in the potty. Maybe try rewarding him with a special treat when it happens. Every child is different and some take longer than others to adjust. Oh 1 more thing, my daughter would not use the potty if I had a diaper or pull up on her so I ended up buying her some big girl panties..it only took a couple of times of her soiling her panties to realize she didn't like it and it gave her a reason to go. Good luck!

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