Potty Training Question

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My son just turned three. We started potty training him a while back. He quickly got the pee deal down and always tells us when he needs to pee. No problems there.

As far a poop, at first he began telling us he needed to go, we'd sit him down on the kiddy potty, and he'd do his thing. This went on for a while. I thought he'd be totally trained in no time.

Lately, however, he seems to have regressed. Now, it's just bombs away in his pants, and he tells us "poopi" after the fact. Is this sort of "regression" normal? Any tips for getting him back on the "poopi" track?
 
Have you tried sitting him on the throne whether he needs to or not? Sometimes, when my son tells me he doesn't need to go, I put him on there anyway. We keep books in there and I'll read a couple to him while he sits there. Sometimes he poops, sometimes not, but it makes sitting on the pot once or twice a day part of his regular routine.
 
I wait until I can feel him staring at me. He'll walk up, sit down and stare. I get up and tell him go potty and put him inthe back yard. Oh wait...
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Sounds familiar. Our son went through a similar deal. One day he stopped pooping on the pottie and would ask for a diaper be put on. I got really tired of sitting in the bathroom while he screamed away on the pot.

The good news is that it was a short phase and he voluntarily started going on his own after a month or so.
 
same boat, no regression though. 3, goes pee without prompting, but won't take the dump. books, sit on the pot 2x per day, etc. no dice. he unloads in his pants. we'll go another two weeks and then try something different.
 
My kid finally figured it out right when he turned 4 years old. (We fear excess chromosomes.) Before that, he would signal that he had to take a dump by slinking off to a nearby corner and taking a dump. Sometimes we'd see him, sometmies we wouldn't, but it was always too late. Thanks, son, and thank god for diapers.
 
Now that Ryan Steak House thread was funny.LOL.
My Mother as crazy as she was, she potty trained my sisters to girls. She would sign to them make into a event, that they were doing something really good and that it was a big deal. I tell you what it worked.
 
My 3-year-old was the same way. He thought nothing of pooping in his pants, even though he had gone on the potty for a few days in a row right at the start and we thought we were all set. What we eventually ended up doing was having the kid walk around all day butt-naked, as he seemed to be against just dumping on the ground.

Of course, that meant we didn't leave the house much for a few days ... but he eventually got the hang of it.
 
I'm thinking of letting him walk around with the dump in his pants for a while. It's pretty funny watching him walk around with the mush in his underwear anyway.
 
Two things:

1) Sit them down about 20 minutes after a meal. They may go and that makes #2 a lot easier.

2) Boys will not potty train if you are still putting a diaper on them. Put them in underwear and make a big deal about it. Cheering after a successful trip to the potty seems to help too.
 
and its not "naked" its "nekid" or "nekkid"

otherwise a funny story. I might try that myself. I agree about boys and diapers. anyone with boys should put on those "Cars" or "Thomas the Train" drawers and tell him to be a big boy!
 
And flush. I have girls and part of their training was to proudly show their accomplishment. Now I have to keep reminding my youngest that I trust her now and she can immediately send the load to the **** farm.
 
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