Potty Trainnig!!!

It seems to me your doing great just keep up what your doing. The only thing i don't agree with is object rewards kids loves getting phrase there is no need for toys or food rewards. Have you ever noticed how happy kids get when you hug and tell them how good of a job they did. At the most i use a chart with stars.
If he holds his poop tell him the truth. If you have to go poop and you don't let your self it will make your tummy hurt, you can get sick from it and next time you go poop it will prob. hurt. Children understand getting sick and tummies hurting and going to the bathroom hurting and don't want any of them. They will do what they can to prevent it...lol

Sounds like you are doing just fine. My son has been potty trained for over a year and I still have to force him to sit on the potty when he starts doing the potty dance. He's just too busy to want to sit still. That's just for pee though.

I agree with the poster who said to talk about your son about how not pooping gives you a tummy ache. You might also want to tell him he is in control of his poop. He's the boss! He just has to push it out and his tummy will feel better.

Potty training is a long process. Just stay the course, refuse to go back to diapers, and pretty soon things will all work out.

What I did was a sticker reward on our calendar. My son loved it! We loaded the stickers up on the day we were on and he loved trying to count the times he went! He was proud and showed it off to everyone that would visit our house. I even made a travel stiker card so if he went he got to put a sticker of his choice on the calendar. He got a few M&M's for going bm on the potty. It still took some time though. He still has an occational accident. Hope this helps!

Hi J.,

You're going great! We potty trained my son at 33 months, and he got the basic idea in a few days, but it certainly took longer than a week to get really good at it. We used sticker charts (to earn toys) for a month or so, and we'd give out m&m's, too, for using the potty--also just for a month or so. It took him about a month or so AFTER getting pee trained to get poop trained, and because he started holding in the poop for DAYS, I let him use a diaper for pooping until he was ready to poop in the potty--I just didn't feel it was worth the constipation and trouble to force the issue if he wasn't ready. It took another few months to get him dry overnight (though I've heard it can take much longer than that). We never used pull-ups--we kept him in diapers for naps and bedtime until he seemed to not need them anymore, and now he's 3-1/4 and totally diaper-free. Good luck!

We ae in he same boat. My son is 32 months and being potty traind. For us we did it in shifts. First the morning with no diaper Then only at home to at the lady's house I nanny for to now the only time he wears a pull up or diaper is at nap and bedtime. He has a hard time too with pooping. I heard boys are just not willing to do it as well as girls. We sing the big boy song he goes. He likes it. I tried the sticker reward chart but it really didnt work for my little guy. I guess the thing to do is keep underware on and not be mad when he has an accidant. Like I said we are going threw the same thing. Some days he will go pee and then there are days when it is accidant city. Things can only get better and keep up the great work!!

This seems normal to me. I'd say you are very lucky he pooped twice already! Here's what I found with my little boy...it is a skill to sit and release on command, not when his bladder was ready to burst. So we'd read stories while he sat on the potty and give him time to go and entirely empty his bladder. He got a small toy (something cheap from the bottom of a friend's toybox) that was wrapped and he got to unwrap it after three stories, because he was being rewarded for sitting still, which he can do, not the peeing which is a skill he was learning. I think you are about half way done and would certainly keep it up!! If he is peeing consistently but having trouble pooping, what worked for us was letting him select a toy at the toy store and he would get it when he pooped on the potty. The next morning he got up and sat on the potty every five minutes for two hours until he pooped. He was self motivated and it was very fun to see. Then over the next few weeks he added staying dry at night, going on the toilet at friend's house, pooping at the airport, etc. Keep things positive and let your son learn this new skill and be proud of himself! Good luck! D.