We are 2 and a half weeks into potty training with my just turned 28mo. I don't want to count my chickens as I'm very aware things can change and I'll probably be totally humbled but I feel we've made good progress, especially me as I was so nervous and stressed for the first couple of weeks but I've really relaxed which had made a huge difference. He's doing really great with wee and for the last few days we've had barely any accidents. We're still mostly taking him to go but in the last couple of days he's told me he needs a wee a few times which is brilliant so feel like it's going in the right direction. However poo is not going as well. We have had some poos in the potty and he has told us he needs to go a few times but the problem is he will do a little bit, then get up and run off and the rest will end up in his pants. He seems a bit freaked out by the idea of poo being in the potty and refuses to sit back down if there's a little bit in there. We've been talking about how everyone poos, it's not scary, poo loves being in the potty and the toilet etc but so far we can't get him to just sit down and stay down to finish the job. Knowing my kid, I feel like bribing with chocolate will backfire massively and he is not bothered by stickers so have not been going down the reward route. He's motivated by praise and is trying...
My questions are:
- If your kid was resistant to poo in the potty, how long did it take for them to start doing it?
- Did they do it on their own or did you do something to help them start to poo on the potty? Particularly interested if not bribery related!
- Do you know any good books about pooing in pottys? He's really into books so feel like this might help..
No need to comment to say "if they're ready it only takes a day, my child got it immediately and we never looked back" thanks v much! 🙏