How Did You Get Your Toddler to Go #2 on the Potty?

I'd let it go for now but take him with you to the potty to dump the poop in. That way he can see where it is supposed to go. Good luck!

Most kids will not wanna go #2 right away in the potty, eventually it will happen. After several months I finally had enough and just put him on the big potty because he had to go so bad and was holding it for days and I told him he couldn't get off the potty until he had gone #2, and when he did I made a big deal about it jumping up and down and screaming to the top of my lungs then I gave him a fruit snack, I did that for about a month. Do not give them chocolate as a reward, learned my lesson on that lol!

I didn't have much trouble with that one, but you could make a game of it. When you suspect that he has to go tell him that if he goes in the potty he can flush the toilet and have a small snack. A lot of kids enjoy flushing the toilet for some reason and pretty well love a snack. Hope this helps.

I used a potty training chart (printed out at Nickelodeon.com) or surf potty training charts on google or yahoo, etc. I then would give my daughter one sticker for peeing on the potty and two for #2. We would set a goal for each chart. Every time she filled up a chart, she would get a reward. Like a trip to Chuck E. Cheese, or a book or small toy. It only took three charts and she was potty trained. I wonder if the chart would work for your #2 problem? It's worth a shot! Good luck.

T.

i think it's just a matter of making your toddler feel comfortable enough to go on the potty. perhaps start with moving his potty seat to the bathroom and tell him he has to go in there? congratulate him when he does use the potty (for #1 or #2), and tell him that big boys do both on the potty. my 3 year old made herself constipated b/c she wouldn't go #2, but she eventually learned that she couldn't go in her pants b/c she was wearing big girl underwear. maybe ask him if he wants special underwear, but he cannot go #2 in them! good luck!

If it were me, I'd go with the child on this one. It's great that he's peeing in the potty. But let him poo in the potty on his own time. My ds was potty trained for pee a few months before poo. He was fully potty trained not long after he turned 3.

At this point, your ds is very young. I'd say it's best not to push the issue.
Good luck!

i got 5 little ones i have potty trained 3 and kindy with the 4th but be thankful he don't take off his pants and do it on the floor like my 4th and he is a boy. I am having a hard time. Just remind him that he can have his diaper he is still little and it is great that he is that little. I relized now that i wish i would of trained my son sooner. That get used of a diaper when they get older and i am meaning like 2 half 3 years old. I started training my first two like at a year and than or a year half old but they all trian not the same i have learned.
In all means let him do it on his own. Much love bright little boy.

Well, you have already got alot of responses, but I agree with most of them. You have to let them do it for a while in their diaper, pullup, etc, so they don't get constipated. My son is 3 now and we potty trained very quickly, no accidents day or night, but the poop is just not becoming regular. I let him have a pull up for over 3 months after the pee pee was taken care of. Then he decided himself that he was big and pull ups were for babies. Well, he pooped in his underwear several times and it upset him to have the poop on his ScoobyDoo, or PowerRanger undies, so he decided kind of on his own to try it in the potty. I also got him a game that he picked out, but he had to go in the potty first to be able to play it. He does hold it still, sometimes 3 days or more, but if he goes more than a day in between, I just pump in the fiber in the form of juices, V8 Extreme has alot of fiber, and I mix in the Plum Juice with added fiber. That's all I let him have until he goes, and it usually only takes 12 hrs. He will decide when he's ready, but having him do the "clean up" with you is a great tool to help. Good luck.

My son did the same thing and I just let him have his diapers for pooping. He'd tell me when he had to and I'd put a diaper on him, he'd poop and then he'd go back into regular underwear. He'll poop in the potty when HE's ready. Don't stress over it too much.

C.

We made it a game. We got all excited about it. We even told him to come and get us when he does it. We do a potty dance and make a big deal out of it. It has worked wonderfully.

Hi J.!

I had the same exact problem with my daughter (about the same age too!) She was so terrified that she became horribly constipated (for the first time in her life). I upped the fiber in her diet and gave her PlumSmart plum juice (which is much tastier than prune juice and has more fiber) to move things along. Emotionally we read a few different kids' books about going potty (sesame street, everybody poops, etc.) every night, and I would sit with her and encourage her when she went. Once she achieved the goal, she was fine from then on. But, avoiding the constipation is the key because otherwise it can become painful, and a vicious cycle begins. GOOD LUCK!
:) H.

My advice is be thankful #1 went soooooo well and it's a lot the same, when he's ready he will. I never found that any of the videos worked and my kids really liked Bear in the Big Blue House at the time. I think a lot of it is a clean issue and they don't want or know how to get it off of them, thats what mommy does. You might try a bath after every time so he knows he can be clean after or even after you take the diaper off have him wipe himself as you are running the bath and make it a "team" effort.

Try a sticker chart. This worked AMAZINGLY with my daughter. It is a chart and you label one row "pee" and the other row you label "poop". Each time the child goes one or the other, they get to pick out the sticker and place it next to the appropriate row (if they do both they get to do 2 stickers). You put the chart directly next to the toilet that the child will be using the most. Not only did I let my daughter pick and place the sticker on the chart, but she also got an M&M or a Hershey kiss each time she went. It really works because they can actually see the progress that they are making by looking at the chart and seeing all the stickers. Another thing you can do to really get him excited about the process is to take him with you to the store to actually pick out the stickers you will be using on the chart...BUT make sure he understands those are only stickers for the potty chart, and he can only get them if he goes to the potty. DO NOT give them to him for a reward for anything other than the potty. Hope that all makes sense. :) Feel free to ask me if you have any questions. My cousin had the same issue with her little girl, and I told her about the potty chart. She said it worked instantly with her little girl. Good luck!

Here is an example:

The Potty Chart

Pee :) :) :)

Poop :)

Potty training my older one was difficult. We had a similar issue with our older one. The pediatrician suggested the same thing I read earlier. Let him use the pullup and walk it over with your son to the toilet and dump it in and flush it down. For some reason it works...

My third child (second son) was the same way. He'd pee in the potty, but he was terrified to poop in it. One day I knew it was coming, so I refused to put a diaper on him. He was naked & getting desprate, so I sat him on the potty. He was amazed when he pooped & was so excited about flushing the toilet & waving good bye to his poop that he never had a moment's trouble afterwards.

I told my children that the potty was hungry and that was its food. It sounds really gross but nothing else seemed to work and they really liked feeding the animals.