Poo problems - very messy, please help!!

[CheekyGirl]

Hi, serial lurker here. I have a dd age 6.5 who potty trained in three days at age 2.4. My ds is now 2.11 and we have been potty training for two weeks now.

Our main problem is that he has never really had any idea about when he is about to/has pooed. When he was in nappies, he never told us that he had a dirty one etc.

Now, he will generally poo in his pants and the first we know of it is the smell. If we encourage him to sit on the potty around the times he usually goes (which is about three times a day)we will sometimes be able to 'catch' it.

With wees, he will sit on the potty and wee whenever we prompt him to, but if we forgot, he would probably wet himself. However, he is generally dry with only an accident once every couple of days.

Any advice/sympathy???

I don't think he's quite ready yet. Put him back in nappies and try again in few weeks, it could make all the difference. My niece wasn't trained until she was 3, sil tried often but lots accidents, then all of a sudden it just clicked and she had no probs.

Thanks. I was wondering that, but was worried about the impact of putting him back in nappies as apart from the poos, he's doing pretty well. I would worry that he would regress with the wees if we put him back in nappies.

bump

I agree with frazzled. he isn't ready.
you say that you don't want him to regress with the wees, but in your original post you say that unless you prompt him he'd wet himself anyway- that is a good indication that he isn't ready.

Except today - he has developed ability to start dribbling wee, realise, then make a dash to the potty. I think that's progress!! However, we still had to pooey pants......

Hoestly I'd save myself the stress and put him back in nappies, if he chooses to initiate training/object to nappies you then have some leverage to say he needs to get his poo in the potty toilet otherwise he will have to wear nappies.