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Potty Training
Flat out refuses...I'm so confused...
So my daycare lady asked if I would mind if she started PT during the day. (she has four boys including my son all the same age- she wanted to do them all at the same time) I have zero problem with this, I'd been thinking about starting too. the first few weeks it was new and oh-so-fun to go potty. We have now hit a wall. He does NOT want to potty. I'll tell him we need to go, and he'll start crying and saying no potty, no potty. I know I need to be firm with him, but I also don't want to traumatize him and defer him from going to the bathroom. If we let him go bare around the house, he will tell me when he has to go. But he can't be naked all the time!
He also will NOT poop in the potty.....
Help.
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Re: Flat out refuses...I'm so confused...
we hit a wall after about 5 days of hard training too. I backed off for 2 days then hit it back hard again and she seemed to be reinterested with it. I pretty much take any opportunity of DD wanting something to turn it into a potty break. If she wants to play outside, she has to potty first or there's no outside kinda thing.
The pooping thing is sometimes a very long process for some children so I wouldn't get too discouraged about it yet. Just keep trying to encourage him for now I guess.
When my son started refusing, I let him. Every morning I would give him the choice of diapers or underwear. Usually I have to tell him it's time to try to pee in the potty, but after a few days of letting him not using the potty, he started asking to go.
Every kid is different, but for my son, pushing him is the worst way to get him to do what I want him to do. When he is in control of it (with me only guiding) he does a lot better and faster.