3 YO Will Not Poop in Potty....

This question has been asked on here a dozen times or more in the last couple of months. Just research on here and find the answers everyone else got.

Have you tried pooping in front of him yourself or having his daddy do it? My daughter was scared to poop on the potty, and I pooped in front of her one day, to see if it would work, and 3 hours later she was pooping on the potty to be like mommy.

For me, I let my son lead the way for when he was ready. He is still 3 and started to do it on his own with a little bit of encouragement. I know that potty training can cause a lot of stress, but for me, I really did not want it to. My daughter did not poop in the toilent until she was 5, though she has autism and it was hard. She is really really smart and so to have her keep pooping in a diaper was hard, but we finally did it. With my son, who is typical, I was really not wanting to do and he really did lead the way.. Not sure that this way is for everyone, but it did take the stress off.. Good luck to you!!!

This is a very real fear for little ones. Unfortunatly they get over the fear on their own time.
You may be able to speed it up if you have any pets. This seems wierd, but when you take the dog for a walk, point out when he goes # 2. Make it a big deal. "Good boy, Rover, you did poopie!" Then just keep it simple for your son. "It's good that Rover did poopie. Poopie helps us get rid of the food our body doesn't need". or something to that effect.
If your son follows you into the potty ( mine always did), you can say, "yeah, mommy! Mommy did poopie on the pottie!"

You can't talk a kid out of their fear. Have patience and it will eventually work out.

both of my 2 oldest were over 3 when they finally trained. my daughter was 4! both of them did it on thier own pretty much as soon as i stopped bugging them about it, it was all about control.

I have this EXACT same problem. He has been pee trained for almost a year! Waits till night time to poop in pull up. We have tried everything. Last thing is just putting him in underwear all night, but I know then we will have a kid waking in the night cause he is wet and then he will wake up the baby. Hope you get some good answers :)

My daughter had the same problem. I found a combination of two things that worked for us. #1) we had just finished baby sitting some one's Betta fish. When the fish went home she was devastated and kept asking for her own. I told her when she went to the bathroom #2 in the potty for 7 days, that she would be able to get the fishy of her dreams! #2) I found out in talking to her - that she "was afraid of the plop". So I made a little nest of toilet paper on top of the water - to soften the landing and that seemed to help ease her fear. It was funny - because about 6 months ago - Dr. Phil had someone with the same problem - out of curiosity I had to watch and see what he said. This couple's child liked trucks, and they had a truck on the shelf in the bathroom that was promised to him when he did the deed. Well - Dr. Phil told them that if he already owned trucks (which he did) then the payoff wasn't great enough - and that you had to search to "find his price". ie) something that he covets and doesn't already have. I laughed out loud since my bathroom crisis was over - but that's essentially what I did! Good luck! Hope this helps.

my 3 year old boy had the exact problem. he was pee trained for 6-7 months but would only poop in his pull ups. i had to change him out of his underwear just so he could poop. once i made him not poop in his pull up, but he held it in for 3 days. that can't be healthy. i was told over and over to not force him, that one day he will just do it. and one day he did! i was woken up by him saying "mama, i pooped in the potty" i jumped out of bed and sure enough, he did! all on his own. so try to not push, force, it will just make him want to hold back even more. this is one of few things they actually have control over and want to. he will not go to college pooping in his underwear =) so let his body tell him when his time comes. i guess they teach us patience as well! good luck!

Be patient and use a children's potty for awhile. I know it's a pain to clean, but it is a lot less scary.

I was pregnant with my daughter and my son was 3 going on 4 and had the same issue.

I use to make him clean his own underpants in the tub when he did this, and clean himself ( i was there ofcourse) it took about a month - but it worked.

Is it scary to him or something else? My daughter never wanted to poop cause it hurt in addition to the potty being different. We found out having her drink oj helps the hurting problem and using the pampers big kid wipes. For the scare part we talked about how everyone including the dog poop and how it sometimes hard for grownups too. It took a week or two but all it better now

I had the same problem with my son. He would wear underwear and just poop in them, but would pee in the toilet just fine. What worked for me is to stop making a big deal of it. My hubby and I promised to throw a "potty party" when he was all potty trained to celebrate him becoming a "big boy". We then allowed him to get a pull up to poop in for a few weeks (since he did know when he had to), then one day when he went to get the pull up, I wouldn't let him and had him go on the potty. And he did get the party that was promised.

I have never understood why it is so hard for a child to poop on the toilet. I wish you luck, I definately know how frustrating it can be!

M.