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singlemama
singlemama | February 2009

POOtty training problems!

my boy, turns three in august. he is fully potty trained up until about a month ago he just started to refuse to make a poo on the toilet. im afraid it might harm his tummy coz he keeps it in the whole time.

he tells me he was a diaper and cries when i put him onto his potty or toilet. it started after he visisted with my sister. she says that nothing happened to him on a toilet while he was there but surely something mustve triggered him not wanting to poo on the toilet.

ive tried putting the diaper on and putting him on the potty or toilet to make the poo to get used to sitting down to poo again. but everytime he gets onto either he gets upset and crying and then refuse to poo.

what can i do to help him get his all-of-a-sudden fear of pooing on toilet??



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llmunchkin
February 2009 | llmunchkin
Re: POOtty training problems!

Jaydee went through a funny stage like this... In the end, we could see that he was posturing for a poo and hiding under the table before asking for a nappy.  We left his potty under the table, (even though it sounds gross and he had generally stopped using it).  After a day or two he felt comfortable going back to the potty to poo... We slowly moved the potty closer and closer to the bathroom until we got it just outside the bathroom door, but in view of the tele.  Then by the end of the week, he was using the potty in the loo; then he just ditched it and went back to using the toilet all the time.  We found that by not fussing and letting him do his own thing, he transitioned back very well in his own time.  I still don't know what caused it, maybe he got a splash back or something?  LOL ; )  Good luck with it, I am sure it is just a stage, so be patient.



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MEL192
February 2009 | MEL192
Re: POOtty training problems!

 My boy was similar.  He would save it up for when we put his 'night-time' nappy on.  

My boy said he liked the feel of it in his nappy.  He also thought the poo would miss him if it went down the toilet.

So we talked about the fun ride the poo would have if it went down the drain and into the ocean.  He did a poo on the loo yesterday for the first time in about 4 months! We waved good bye to the poo and gave my son treats.

It is normal for them to revert back to the nappies etc.  It doesn't mean that anything bad has happened.

I would talk to your boy and find out why.  



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Tadpole
February 2009 | Tadpole
Re: POOtty training problems!

He is still young and I wouldn't worry too much cause it will come together aventually. But I would do for the time being is let him do his poo how ever he likes only because my neice who is now 8 has a lot of troubles with her bowels and toilet routine due to holding poos in.



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cderen1
February 2009 | cderen1
Re: POOtty training problems!

DONT BLAME THE SIS!

Kids regress naturally especially when it comes to potty training and nothing bad has to happen. Just like you will find yourself repeating everything you say for the next 18 years potty training will have to be done more then once.  Some children don’t get it down until they are older and that doesn’t mean anything about their development (Boys are especially hard to train) So keep fighting the poo fight - give him some prunes with applesauce -if he likes applesauce- and keep him hydrated as this will make him go often. He will get the hang of it again. No worries! Whatever you do try not to get frustrated with him because that will cause anxiety.

 



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