My son is 2 (turned 2 May 31st). He goes to day care and has given into peer pressure and has decided he wants to go on the potty! The first couple of weeks he would tell the teacher when he had to pee or poop...and would go with no problem.
Now, he is peeing on the potty with no problem (staying dry during the day) BUT he is holding his poop in. He usually will poop when he gets home after saying over and over he has to go to the potty...I took him 5 times last night in about 5 minutes for him to sit and then once he sits he freaks out and wants off...Only to poop in his underware seconds later.
I have tried to sit him there a bit longer by reading a book, telling stories, talking about our days, singing songs...he just holds it in.
He loves skittles and M&M's and knows that he gets some if he poops on the potty...but he just won't.
What else should I be doing?
And by the way, I know he is young...I was not ready for it, but he was doing it so I had to be ready.
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Just to be clear, I was not pushing him at all. He was doing it at school (#1 & #2) and they said he is ready...he is just scared to poop. I realize he is young...it shocked me because I was not mentally prepared...but he decided for himself and I just had to go with it. He is in underware during the day and a diaper at naptime and bedtime...but it is most of the time dry when he wakes up.
Every child is differnt. If you son is willing to this young,feel lucky. I will tell you my nephew will be 3 in Spetember and stll will only have a BM in a diaper. He has been peeing in the potty for almost a year now on his own, not forced. I had a friend whos stepson did the same till he started school(K). I believe it is common in boys for them to do this. Good Luck
My daughter went through this exact thing. Her pediatrician recommended suppositories. They worked! From what I read, they help relax the muscles to make pooping easier, and kisthen get usd to the feeling. Check with your pediatrician. We used suppositories 3 times. My daughter hated them so after the third time I asked her if she wanted "medicine" and she prefered pooping naturally ovr the "medicine."
i do not have advice, but i am having the same problem with my 3 year old daughter! I do not think bribes work, at least 18 months of bribes have not worked for us! The dr told us to let her put on the pull-up herself (only place she will poop) but that still does not help. I like to think they will grow and be okay with it, but it could take awhile:)
2 is very young. The national average for boys is 3.5 years and that is not for perfect potty training- not accidents and that allows that a lot of boys learn later. When mine was 3 1/4, he was not interested in training and nervous about it. We gave into some pressure and tried to push it. If it gives him anxiety he might withhold. Statistically 40% of boys withhold. When they do have a bm, much is still left inside the bowels. Our son was in excruciating pain. We had him x-rayed and he was backed up into his chest cavity area even though he had pooped each day. Our pediatrician and our nurse practitioner's advice- "Back off Now." When they get stressed, it will typically take them 3-6 months to start to forget about the anxiety over the issue. So, they recommended re-visiting it 6 months later. You will still be well ahead of the average if you re-visit closer to 3. And, you'll avoid weeks/months of anxiety and pain. It is just not worth the pain and anxiety. And if he does withhold, it will takes days of enemas and stronger products to clear his system and to keep him from continuing to withhold out of anxiety. We had to use Miralax for 6 months.
That's great he was motivated to train so early. It's possible he may have gotten constipated and had a painful bm. We are dealing with this in our 3.5 year old daughter. We use Miralax on a daily basis however her issues with constipation are far more extensive. If constipation is the issue for your son you might call your pediatrician to see if they can tell you the dose for Miralax for his age. Our daughter is a tablespoon. If not, I would just give him time.
