potty advice

Kaelyn is refusing to poop in the potty at all. She waits until she has a pullup for nap or night time. We’ve offered her a reward for going in the potty and left it at that. We’re not pushing it at all. I’m not sure if that’s the right decision or not, but it’s what we’re going with.

Dylan was a very slow potty trainer. He wasn’t done training (at night and all) until about 4 and 1/2 and even still, very occasionally, he will have a poop accident if he is too busy to stop what he is doing. But, only at home, never at school or out of the house, so I think he gets it and just gets too comfortable and busy. I agree with Kim and Laura, though, and we don’t push at all. We offer rewards (we have a responsibillity chart from Melissa & Doug) if Dylan completes all of the things on his chart for a week. One is going to the potty, get dressed, brush teeth, share, etc…. This has really seemed to have the most impact because he can see on a daily basis that he EARNED these stickers and then earned something in return. Most times it is video game time, or a matinee with mom or dad alone, etc… Nothing extravagent, but the token reward system definitly works for us.

Pooping in the potty was hurdle for my daughter too. She didn’t have problems with pee, just poop. I actually think it scared her for some reason. For us, rewards were the key. She would get M&M’s for going pee and a bigger piece of candy or several M&M’s for poo.