Pooping in Bedtime Diaper, Peeing in Potty

Both of my kids would wear underwear or go bare all day at home, and then ASK to put a diaper on so they could go #2. This went on for awhile, about a month or so. Then my son started sitting on the toilet, and I would sit in the bathroom with him while he went (initially, it could take ah hour or so!!). My daughter preferred to drag the little potty out into our family room and sit there naked as a jaybird and look at books. Like so many things in parenting, eventually it will just work itself out. Sounds like he's well on his way. If he wants to wear a diaper at bedtime, I vote let him.

This seems like a common problem! My son did the same thing. I feel bad b/c sometimes he'd pass out and I wouldn't think to check his pants and he'd have poop in there which resulted in a rash.

I don't remember doing anything specific to get him to stop other than reinforcing pooping on the potty with a sticker chart. He figured out it was cool to get to earn things such as McDonalds etc. So... I guess keep doing what you're doing and in time he will learn!

Good luck, I never want to potty train again!

Just keep doing what you are doing. The poo training often comes after the pee training and the nighttime training isn't really training it's physiological, so he may need the night diaper for awhile yet.

Time to whip off the gloves, maybe? Full on bribery with nerds or Pixie Sticks or Hershey kisses? LOL

Hi JessinTexas, We are in the same boat.
I have learned to just relax and go with his flow. That is:
1. At home, we run around without a diaper so that he will pee and poop in the potty in his own time.

2. When we go out, I ask him every 15 minutes if he needs potty...

3. If he goes when he wants, great. He should have that feeling of control over his body. I have learned I cannot make my son poop or sleep or eat. I can try to create a safe environment to do all three when he needs to, and to remain healthy.

4. I think if you are relaxed about it and don't make a big deal about it by using bribes, he will relax and all will work out.

5. We still clap hands when he makes tho :)

Hope this helps. Jilly

I bribed my daughter with M&M's. It did take a while for her to feel her BM's. She has been potty trained for 8 months.

She does poop and pee in potty but still wears a nighttime pull-up.

Jess, start thinking like the boy. He thinks this is a piece of him and he doesn't want to flush it. Time to get him to think like you. Remind him that there will be more tomorrow. You might want to read him the Shel Silverstein poem (A Light in the Attic) about the girl who refused to take the garbage out and have him imagine poop piled up like garbage. If he is the one to do the flushing and can say, "good bye poop, there will be more tomorrow" that sometimes helps.
And immediate rewards work better than delayed. Here are the M&Ms, you get 3 for poop. I might start that earlier in the day and on a day when you are home all day.
And if all else fails, you have to fall back on the big boy things he will miss because he is not yet a big boy. It can be an outing he really wants to go on or a thing to do with Dad which he has not yet done, like fishing. And you HAVE to follow through. Giving up our baby ways is hard, there has to be a carrot out there to become a big boy.

Dont put on the pamper. Put a towel between the bedsheet and mattress or invest in an allergy mattress cover (waterproof) and put undies and jammies on for bed. My family does not use the 'pull up' or 'night diaper' transition method. When the boys have shown signs of being potty ready we put them in underwear. When they have an accident they feel really wet, uncomfortable and sometime gross; but they learn that accidents have consequences of stopping what they are doing, going into the bathroom for a thorough cleaning and change of clothes. No guilt trips, no punishment- just the real and life long consequences of having accidents. Hope I helped.