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Contrary to what you may think, our potty training is a long way from being over. What surprises me most is that all the books I’ve read are saying “bowel motions are easier for toddlers to get control of, compared to urinating”. For Eric it’s exactly the opposite. He will go dry for an hour (or even two) and will pee when I sit him on the potty, yet he will poop his pants.
It’s like he doesn’t feel when he needs to poop. He’ll come to me right after such accident and will tell me that he did it, but never before. So now I find it more difficult to train him to poop in the potty than to wee in the potty, because I only get one attempt a day and it’s hard to predict when, his bowel motions are not regular. When I see him going quiet and red, it’s too late already, and if I try to anticipate it and sit him on the potty after meals, he’s getting sick of sitting after 10 minutes and wants to run away.
For example, today we didn’t have a single wet accident the whole day, when we were outside – he peed in the bushes and at home he peed on a potty. Then in the evening after I fed him a substantial meal, my plan was to wait for half an hour, then sit him on a potty and wait for a poo, 10 minutes after the meal was over we had a big oops which I didn’t see coming – even though I was really watching.
The only thing left for me to try was to empty his “achievement” into the potty and explain to him that he’s not supposed to do it in the underpants, the potty is the right place, and as a prize for every time he does it right he gets to flush the toilet and, of course, a star. He understood everything and every word, yet I am not convinced we will have a better progress tomorrow.
(Sigh)… I am missing diapers again….
10 Responses
Kristin
December 19th, 2009 at 2:07 am
1I always heard that bowel movements are the most difficult. I can understand how he doesnt know when he needs to go. It is very common for adults who are put on catheters to “forget” what it feels like to need to pee. It seems from your reports that he is figuring that one out, but b.m.s are a whole other ball game.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/990415ap/990415b.html
LaToya
December 20th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
2Poo was the last thing that Bubba finally got a hold on. He was otherwise trained for a year before he would poop on the potty. I don’t know what the deal was.
I had a friend with a son who at 5 still refuses to poo on the potty.
I wonder if it’s a boy thing.
Jenny
December 21st, 2009 at 11:46 am
3My son has a pooping problem. He’s constantly constipated so potty training is really hard for us. But we’re working on it and stuffing him full of fiber. :D Hopefully soon, I’ll never have to wipe his but ever again!
Cassie
December 21st, 2009 at 8:16 pm
4Both of my children (girl and boy) took a little while to get the hang of pooping on the potty. I think it’s perfectly natural. I waited for a couple months before they were both going poop on the potty every day. What I did in the meantime:
a) Praised them like crazy for all the potty successes.
b) Made up a silly potty song
c) Transfered the poo from the diaper to the potty most of the time. Gross but it worked.
TwinToddlersDad
December 21st, 2009 at 9:07 pm
5Hello Emma
I found your blog via ICLW.
You probably get a lot of advice about potty training. For our twins, we really didn’t worry too much about “making progress”. It sort of happened on its own. One thing that worked for us was the “Once upon a potty” DVD, which my daughter really liked to watch and later imitate with her potty. When they began to show an interest in going to the potty, we clapped and made them feel special, but did not offer a reward.
Good luck and enjoy your Holidays!
Emma
December 21st, 2009 at 10:16 pm
6Hi TwinToddlersDad,
thank you for the “no rewards” tip – for some reason I too don’t like the idea of offering a treat in potty training :)
You’ve got a great blog, I am so impressed!
Cheers,
Emma
Emma
December 21st, 2009 at 10:17 pm
7A silly potty song! Awesome idea!
Erin
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:43 am
8Thanks for commenting on my blog!
I second the idea of a silly potty song. My daughter loved it when I sang one. Just be sure to remember what you sang because God help you if you try to substitute another song…or maybe that was just my wacky child. She also would not tell us when she had to go so we were basically potty trained instead of her. We were taking her to the potty once an hour (as was her childcare teacher) for months (!) until we realized that we were doing all the work. So we told her that it was her job to tell us when she had to go potty and it just clicked with her.
So no real advice, just sympathy!
Emma
December 22nd, 2009 at 4:50 am
9I was lucky to find your blog via ICLW :) We’re going through the same stage of doing all the work. Can’t wait to put Eric in the driver’s seat!
Sandy Allen
February 9th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
10I had to laugh – my son is having serious challenges – and he’s a late bloomer so to speak, and a Google search on ‘poo’ issues brought up the photo with this post! LOL!
Our son has been doing the same thing as yours – he has advanced a step further and holds it till night time, and then falls asleep. As soon as he snoozes . . . well, he doesn’t wake up for the changing. Next week we may let him fall asleep on the toilet.
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