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Potty training

Is your child ready for potty training at nursery? Here's the place for all your toilet training questions.

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DS keeps pooing his pants

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SomebodySaveMe · 26/08/2012 09:22

DS is 3.6 and we've been potty training since July. Before he would go to the toilet and poo every morning without fail but not now.

He's very reliable with wees and is rarely wet yet every day he will poo his pants. He doesn't seem to care. I've tried bribes, telling him off, getting cross and ignoring it and telling him that everyone has accidents but it's happening every day sometimes twice a day.

I really have no idea what to do. DD is 2.3 and clean and dry yet this doesn't bother him.

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molly29 · 26/08/2012 10:32

Have you tried a sticker chart, with something he'd really love as incentive.

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SomebodySaveMe · 26/08/2012 14:31

I've tried reward charts but he just doesn't care.

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Nevercan · 26/08/2012 20:22

If it helps my dd did this for about three months and then one day she suddenly did them on the potty. It was just like something clicked! No amount of rewards helped

Kveta · 26/08/2012 20:24

DS did this - we got him fireman sam pants and convinced him that fireman sam doesn't like to be pooed on (or if he does, it is not well publicised). it worked within a week.

TheApprentice · 26/08/2012 20:26

I think this is really common actually! My Ds was like this, took him ages to potty train anyway, but once he's got it I thought he would be sorted. First two weeks all the poos went in the potty and I thought he'd cracked it. Wrong! He then started pooing almost every time in his pants, though he rarely had a wee accident. His nursery staff were very reassuring and said that this was a very common issue, especially with boys. They just told me to keep persevering, which I did and eventually he cracked it.

Go to primark/similar and buy loads of cheap pants. If they get disgusting don't even think about washing them, just put them straight in the bin!

TheApprentice · 26/08/2012 20:27

Kveta - my ds is the biggest Fireman Sam fan ever and we tried your approach, but I'm afraid not even that worked! Poor Fireman sam!

zebedeethezebra · 28/08/2012 17:17

Reading this with interest. DS is 2.7 and does exactly the same thing. We've been potty training since July. We have only occasional wee accidents but every day he poos in his pants.

We have tried various things that haven't worked: poo presents, sticker chart, bribery with chocolate, Poo goes to Pooland.

So I'm looking for any other things to try. Its doing my head in and we're going on holiday in 2 weeks. The flight is 3 hours. Not sure what to do.

zebedeethezebra · 28/08/2012 17:19

... wish I'd never started to be honest. Is it too late to go back to nappies after 2 months??

ohmeohmy · 28/08/2012 17:23

try this It's a social story that helps externalise the problems, it becomes you and him against sneaky poo and not you against him. Might be some info that can help.

TheApprentice · 28/08/2012 17:59

2.7 is still young. My ds was 3.5 before he cracked it!

Growlithe · 28/08/2012 18:05

My DD had this problem too. Just before she was due to start at school nursery (and I mean days before) she just told me she wasn't going to poo in her knickers anymore and didn't. I think she just needed an incentive which worked for her, and school was it -as well as a malteser for every poo in the toilet--

I think you just need a load of cheap underpants, a load of patience, and a belief it won't be forever.

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