Potty Training- PR (poop related)

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Bribery worked for us.

[stealthmom]

what would he do if he didn't have pants on at home and had to poop? Does he have a small potty to use?

That's all I got.

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Aug 27, 2014 2:23:09 GMT -5 stealthmom said:

what would he do if he didn't have pants on at home and had to poop? Does he have a small potty to use?

That's all I got.

Yeah maybe bare bottomed would work.
We just finished the 3 day method with j over the weekend. He was scared to poop at first but yesterday he just said he had to go on the potty and went. I think being bare bottomed helped because there was no "safe" place to go.

[origami]

I gave my kids showers when they pooped their pants because it was disgustingly messy. They don't like showers so to them it was a big motivator. It worked better than Hershey kisses, which I also did.

[mie]

It took my kids figuring out how to sit/be comfortable on the toilet for them to actually poop there. My youngest would usually go at the same time every day so I made sure to put her on the toilet and sat in the bathroom with her.

[holly116]

Aug 26, 2014 21:41:16 GMT -5 @linzercookie said:

Bribery worked for us.

This. For DD, after weeks of peeing but flat out refusing to poop on the potty, I took her to the Disney Store and let her pick out a $20 piece of Rapunzel hair. When we got home I put it up high in the bathroom and reinforced that as soon as she went, she could have her ridiculously overpriced braid.

I kid you not, within an hour, she went. I picked up a few pack of those 2/$20 figurines while we were at the Disney store so I had some more highly motivating bribes for the first dozen or so times she pooped. That was enough to create a habit for us. Totally worth $40.

It's pretty kid specific though. I can tell already that bribery won't work as well for DS1 because he simply does not care the way my oldest does about that sort of thing.

Good luck!

[Redpoppy]

Aug 26, 2014 22:29:45 GMT -5 @246baje said:

He's hard to bribe. Only matchbox cars have worked for pee. He's got like 10 cars now. No stickers or anything else works.

High stakes bribery. We had a $25 Lego space shuttle on the coffee table for checking out and reminders on what he needed to do to earn it. We did stickers, 3 for poop and 1 for telling us he needed to pee. There were around 50 stickers to earn it.

He earned it in under 2 weeks.

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Aug 27, 2014 6:24:04 GMT -5 Redpoppy said:

Aug 26, 2014 22:29:45 GMT -5 @246baje said:

He's hard to bribe. Only matchbox cars have worked for pee. He's got like 10 cars now. No stickers or anything else works.

High stakes bribery. We had a $25 Lego space shuttle on the coffee table for checking out and reminders on what he needed to do to earn it. We did stickers, 3 for poop and 1 for telling us he needed to pee. There were around 50 stickers to earn it.

He earned it in under 2 weeks.

Ha! I love the term "high stakes bribery."

Matchbox cars didn't work for us either (and she's obsessed with cars). We actually let HER pick the reward; she chose characters from the Cars2 movie. So we'd say things like, "Let's sit on the potty and see if a Mater comes out."

She would get really into it and talk about the new presents she was going to get. Then we'd make a big deal about going to the store to pick it out. One figure she wanted was $20; I would joke that my kid makes the most expensive poops ever! But within a couple of weeks, she was pooping fine on her own.

[katiecj]

It took longer, about 6 weeks.

But I finally caught him in the act (he would wait at night for his pull-up before), got him on the potty, then made a HUGE deal when he did it.

It didn't take long after that.

[jeaniebueller]

I only vaguely remember potty training, but recall that DS's babysitter would have him sit on the potty forever and just read books to him and hang out, waiting for him to poop. And when he did, they would go over the top with praise.

[barefootcontessa]

I have PT four kids now, two of which easily used the potty for BM and two that resisted. My current toddler is like your child. He waits for a diaper or else will have an accident in his underwear or on the floor. Bribery does not work for him either. My first was the same way, although I made the mistake of taking a hard-line approach which resulted in him becoming constipated. I do not want to make that mistake again so I am just giving it time while putting him on the potty when I think he might go.