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Potty training nightmare!!

ftmburblifeftmburblife
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My son is 2 1/2 and it is such a struggle to get him to go on any kind of "potty". I've tried a child training toilet, the reg toilet with a padded removable cover so he's comfortable, a reward system, and nothing works. He was going on a pretty consistent basis 6mos. ago but suddenly refused to go at all. Now he's going very sporadically. I hoped to have him in preschool in the fall but they all require the kids to be potty trained. I'm open to any suggestions especially since I've tried so many things and he's my first so I'm inexperienced in this department.
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Re: Potty training nightmare!!

  • doodlemonkey22doodlemonkey22 member
    I don't know how much help I can be since I've only potty trained one boy so far and, like you, had a really hard time with it. I do know that it is common for them to regress if they had a painful bm or a bad experience that made them scared of the potty. With my son, getting him to do #2 in the potty was the biggest challenge. For some reason (as other experienced moms explained to me) some boys can become really possessive of their poop. I thought it was all very strange and silly, but sure enough when I flushed it down the toilet in front of him he freaked out. After that he'd hide when he had to poop and did his best to hide the fact that he had a poopy pull up or underwear. And then it spread to him withholding pee too. Like you, I was trying to get it done in time for him to start preK at 3 with a public school. It didn't happen. We tried everything we could think of. We even left him naked and let him pee and poo on the floor. We ended up paying for a small preK group that didn't mind changing his pull up. I remember my pediatrician saying that by 3 1/2 they will just get it and it would all fall into place. Little comfort for me at the time, but it did end up being true. At 3 years old and 2 months, my son just woke up one morning and decided that was the day he was going to start to use the potty and never looked back. I have heard from parents that have both boys and girls that boys are a lot harder to potty train.
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  • ftmburblifeftmburblife
    Thanks for the insight, it's just hard when one day he'll be fine then the next he's completely resistant. Hearing that around 3/3 1/2 they normally just pick it up makes me feel like there's hope. I appreciate your reply. Wish me luck!
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  • MamaDaraChicagoMamaDaraChicago member
    There is a great potty training workshop happening tomorrow called Done & Done with Diapers. You can find more information on the workshop here: https://www.sharpmamas.com/event-registration/?regevent_action=register&event_id=29#.UdL6Wfnqnk4

    Hope this helps!
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  • boggs507boggs507 member
    Are you letting him go nude from the bottom down?  We started with DS when he was a few months shy of 2.5, but I took Memorial Day weekend (since I'd have 3 straight days off of work) and we didn't go anywhere beside church.  When we were at home - he was naked.  It's hard for them to distinguish between a diaper and underwear. Letting him go nude would help him feel what's going on though and put two and two together.  
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