My 26mo has been doing great with the potty training. No more baby potty and public visits are successful. Accidents are rare unless he is extremely tired or wound up but my issue is the poop. He's been wearing underwear for a few months now except at night and does well, but he does not make it to the toilet in time for #2. A few times he has made it and a huge celebration was in order, he gets as many stamps as he likes all over himself and is content but then it hasn't happened in a while...almost a month now. Any suggestions? I throw the poop in the toilet, he know it goes in there but maybe can't sense the urge yet? I know he gets impatient sitting on the toilet, too. Please help. Thank you!
It's a boy thing! He can't judge how long he has before it comes out. The look on his face when he says "poop" is the feeling of it coming out and he knows it's too late. My boys did the same thing. He'll have recognize the feeling he gets BEFORE the one he recognizes now. They are usually too busy playing to pay attention.
It will come. He's young and doing GREAT!
He's still really very young and he is doing great with the potty training for being so young. He will get it soon enough. He will make the connection. Just keep up with the positive reinforcement.
He can sense the urge...he's choosing not to do anything about it. I would say he is holding his bowel movements all day and waiting until at night. Would this seem to be a correct assumption? Is he indeed having bowel movements throughout the day or is he only going at night? If he's holding it during the day, then it would make sense that there is some sort of "fear" on his part to have a bowel movement until it's inevitable, which would explain why he is going at night. I would suggest allowing him to go without underpants, shorts, or pants during the day and encourage him to have a bowel movement during the day. If he "refuses" throughout the day and continues to only have one at night, then at bath time, before he gets a bath, I would put him on the toilet and tell him he has to go poopy before his bath. I would not allow him to go to bed until he has had a bowel movement. He needs to learn not use his underpants at night for any type of potty activity. Usually, when a child is without pants on when the urge comes on, they will most likely need to do it someplace but if pants are on them, they will use those pants be it underpants or shorts/pants to do their activity. Rest assured, he knows he has to go. He is simply refusing to go and instead using his pants instead and to be totally potty trained, he needs to understand that he must not use his underpants to use the bathroom. Keep doing the rewards. It makes a difference and you might want to try something different at this point...a different reward. They sometimes get "bored" with the same old reward. This sounds to be bothersome to you and vamp up the reward with something that will make it more encouraging for him to keep his pants clean even at night.
He is still very young and boys do have a tendency to be busy and not notice certain urges "in time". Be cautious that it does not develop into withholding (he may already be on that road, or he may not be...). Perhaps if you offer him some books to look at on the potty. Both of my kids enjoyed having "potty books" and it will help him stay sitting longer (patience is hard to come by sometimes) if he has something to occupy his mind/hands.
Keep up the rewards and dancing and praise. He will get there!
Give it time, my son is 2 1/2 and he JUST NOW started going #2 in the potty he still wears a diaper for nap and bed and he will still poop in is diaper along with in the potty...it just takes time eventually he will just do it. Sounds like he is pretty much at the same speed as my son he is perfect at peeing in the potty has been in underwear since 25 months so just be patent he will do it when he is ready :) good luck.
some kids have a schedule. meaning after they eat they have to go. so if he has a schedule like that then put him on the toilet after hes done eating. i did that with my daughter and it worked.
