girlnextdoor Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 Okay this may side on the factor... but bare with me... How do I convince my 2yr old (3 in Dec.) that it is okay to go poopy in the toilet... She is doing great with the whole potty issue... she even wakes up sometimes at night or let's me know when we go out that she "need to go potty really bad" but she absolutly refuses to go poopy in the toilet... If I have undies on her she'll cry for a diaper... I held out on her once, hoping she would just go in the toilet, but she didn't just went in her undies... she knows that poopy goes in the toilet... but she wont actually sit on the toilet to go... I even let her watch me go once... and her reaction "i'm so proud of you, good job mommy" but she just wont have anything to do with it when it comes to her going... I can't imagine that there is a tape out there that actually empasises the poopy part of going potty... And yes I've tried bribes... "you can watch Dora if you go poopy" "you can have ice cream if you go poopy" you get the picture... She should eventually start... i'm sure... just would be great to have no more poopy diapers to change... Any advice or suggestions... Link to post Share on other sites
tiki Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 I convinced mine by letting him know how gross it was. I made sure he saw every diaper that was pooped in. I told him "poop goes in the potty, imagine if mom crapped in her pants". He caught on. Link to post Share on other sites
Stone Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 She will get there it takes time, I bought some potty at walmart called musical toot toot. when kids potty on it, it sings some potty song. have her go to the store with you so she can pick out her own new potty like a big girl and she'll feel big when she uses it or Look online for potty training cartoons, and books. Link to post Share on other sites
Matilda Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 This is a very common problem. There is a "It's Potty Time" tape that has a song called: "I am a Super Duper Pooper", you might take a look at that. Always change the poopy diapers in the bathroom, and put the poop in the toilet. Say: "Poop always goes in the potty." If you have another child in your extended family who is a little older than her, that she can watch them go poopy on the potty, that sometimes helps. Or at least talk about how wonderful the other child is that they can do their poopy on the potty. We got my son to go poop on the potty by promising him a special toy. He did eventually do it, but is still not doing it all the time. He will sneak and get one of his brother's diapers, or wait till we put a diaper on him at night and go. If he asks for a diaper, then I always make him "try" the potty first, I tell him he can have the diaper if he can't go on the potty. He always goes on the potty when I do that though. My daughter did the same thing, she's 11 now. One day she just decided to do it, and did it from that point on. She was heavily influenced by one of her cousins, and wanted to be like her. Link to post Share on other sites
DAYANDNIGHT Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 well what i did to make my lil pumpkin go potty was that i told her that she was a big girl and that big girls do peepee and poop in the toilet , and when she wakes up in the morning i ask her if she has to go pee and she says yes and i go with her and we both sit there and potty and when shes done we give hi fives and congragulate eachother on using the toilet...i started potty training her in the summer time and she is doing soo good now , but i put a pull up on her at bed time just in case...but maybe u should like brib her and tell her that ur going to a big girl party and that all the girls go potty in the toilet that seems to work for them or even those pull up commercials...dont give up hang in there. every child is different..my niece is older than my daughter and she still isnt trained.....it takes time and patience but sometimes they will just come around...good luck... Link to post Share on other sites
lioness Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 My son is almost 2 and is asking to go "pee pee in the toilet" but he won't go poopy yet. I don't push him at all on the subject, it's all up to him, we are in the early, early stages of training. He won't go first thing in the morning at all on the toilet. Any ideas? We have a special potty chair and a special potty book that he loves, but he's too interested in eating and playing in the morning. And girlnextdoor, when you get the poopy thing figured out, let us know. I change his poopy diapers in the bathroom now, and dump the poop in the toilet, and tell him that's where it goes but he still doesn't show any interest in using the toilet instead of his diaper for that. Link to post Share on other sites
RowanRavyn Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 The dumping the poopie in the potty from the diaper is a great start. At first you should dump and flush, then encourage her to. Let me give you a bit of perspective. My stepson was almost four, and unpotty trained (don't ask that is a whole other story), the first time I got him to poop in the potty he freaked and didn't do it for again for a while. The poop looked different than it had in the diaper and freaked him out. What I learned is that many children feel as though that is a part of their body in the toilet, not a by product. Its a time thing. Also there is a great book available at most bookstores called, "everybody poops" it has a companion volume called "The Gas we Pass". Give them a try and be patient. Link to post Share on other sites
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