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MrsPteranodon
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Potty training ?
MrsPteranodon
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in Parenting
I'm kind of at my wits end with Buddy, this month is 15 months since we started trying to potty train him. We do fine for a while, then regress and repeat. I'm 99% sure he'll be 4 or 5 before he is fully trained. No joke. He's only pooped on the toilet twice in that amount of time. He fails all the "tests" on being ready. He'd sit in sh!t all day if I'd leave him alone.
We're trying again, because we really don't have anything big coming up that would regress him. But he flat out refuses. I just want to cry. He's 3 and a half fvvvvcking years old. It makes it very awkward socially that he's still in diapers as all of our friends with kids Buddy's age PT last summer. People ask me if there is something wrong, or make assumptions that I'm just to lazy to do it. Yeah most days I'd rather change a diaper than chase down my toddler with poop running down his legs. Its not lazy, thats just disgusting.
Any tips for training an older child? Right now he's just making me crazy. I ask him to go try and he says no.
I really wish that there was like a 2 week boot camp to send him to, like away from home where he would go, and come back potty trained. (why don't they do this?)
Seriously, he can't even go to preschool at this point. He was supposed to start in january and we had to pull him from the program because he wouldn't PT
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Re: Potty training ?
We did the 3 day method for 6 weeks last summer. I'm seriously at my wits end with this. He's currently naked from the waist down and still refuses to go on the toilet. He says he just wants his "deeepers" he's got the worst diaper rash right now from not letting me change him last night.
I would back off for a bit. Trying to push him too hard will only make him want to do it less. That's how toddlers work unfortunately. At some point he's not going to want to sit in poo all day. Just give him a little time and encourage any interest he does show in going on the potty.
ETA: He probably picks up on your frustration as well and that won't help. A break from training will help both of you.
He's been in diapers for 2 months now.
I'm trying super hard not to let him see that I'm so frustrated with him. I just keep saying with a smile "pee and poo go in the toilet"
Ive also heard of people letting the kid pick out some really cool underwear, and if they have an accident in them, make a big deal about them being ruined and throwing them away, then a few days later letting them try again with new underwear.
Have you tried making him clean it up?
My DS is 4.5 yo. We started PT a few month before his 3rd birthday. He took to peeing on the potty pretty quickly. Pooping was a different story. He didn't want to and flat out refused. Up until 1 month ago he was still pooping in his pants. We have been in poop potty training hell for the last year and a half. We tried everything to get him to go on the potty but he wouldn't do it.
It was suggested to us a while ago to have him clean it up but I didn't want to do that. We tried every other trick in the book and nothing worked. Finally a month ago we were so fed up that we made him clean it up. I wish I would have listened to that advice sooner.
When DS pooped his pants, we didn't give him a big reaction. We just told him that if he was going to choose to poop his pants, he was going to clean it up. He really did not like this and was upset. He went in the bathroom. He had to remove his clothing. He had to put the poop in the potty. He had to swish his underwear in the toilette to wash the poop off. He had to wipe himself up. Then we had him get in the shower and gave him some soap and he had to wash himself.
After this we told him that next time he needs to go in the potty or he'll have to clean it up. We kept reminding him of this the following day and the next time he had to go he told us and he went on the potty. I could have cried I was so happy. Unfortunately the time after that he pooped his pants again. We made him clean it up again and shower which he wasn't happy about. That was the last time he pooped his pants. It's been a month now and he goes on his own. When he's done, he calls me into the bathroom to show me and he's proud of himself.
Good luck.
My daughter is in daycare so im sure that has helped us alot and I love love love her teacher... But at home we have 3 Pottys for her 1 in each bathroom and 1 by the front door when we come in she picks her potty and even if she doesnt need to go she still sits. and on days that were in the house all day I put her with a t-shirt and panties shes had accidents all kids will. but she is very good about pulling her own diaper off. also try not to keep pants on him. I potty trained my little cousin he woke up i sat him on the toliet he used it. and the rest of the day he wore regular underwear he had about 4 accidents that day ( thank god for tile) but with in 3 days he was full potty trained even at night time. A cousin of mine also made a game out of it and when she would use the bathroom she would sit her daughter on the little potty.