This is one of those, "PLEASE HELP ME" posts. Okay, so here is the situation: I have a three-year-old who is totally capable of using the potty. In fact, going #1 has been a piece of cake for a year now. We don't have #1 accidents, and she keeps herself dry all day and night. #2, however, is a different story.
I made a few common potty-training mistakes. First, I waited too long to begin. The perfect time would have been about when Ava was born, but I was so overwhelmed with 4 kids that I just didn't feel I could handle one more thing. Then, when Ava was about 4 months, we began this potty adventure. My second mistake was using pull-ups. Ella would always just wait until she got a pull-up on at night to poop.
Finally, when moving here, we took the pull-ups away. We figured she'd get so uncomfortable that she would eventually quit pooping in her pants. Well, that was 3 months ago. She is still pooping in her pants every day, and I've tried everything! I have tried rewarding her...she doesn't care. I have tried charts, potty treats, little toys, movies, and more. I have tried recognizing when she is going to poop (hiding in her bedroom or a corner etc,) and then swiftly placing her on the toilet...it turns into an hour (or more) drama session (where she will hold it and refuse to allow the tiniest bit of poop to fall in the toilet). I have even tried (mean mother that I am) taking away toys...she doesn't care.
So, I now place my trust in you, my blog's readers. Do any of you have any brilliant ideas or advice. I am at my wit's end, and I am afraid someone will have to refer me to the DCFS, because I fear what I may do if this child doesn't cooperate soon!! (I'm joking about the DCFS, in case you didn't catch the sarcasm!)
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I'm so sorry! I think potty training is the cruelest thing done to mothers! Jaden was always a story child. He loved stories and got really into them. I would tell him stories to get him to do the behavior I wanted. I told him a "kerplunk" story. You know the sound your #2 makes when it drops in the toilet. I made it up and just dramatized the sound and then told him to try it. It worked like a charm but every child is different! Good luck!
Natalie,
I'm at the same stage with Abby right now, and I have no idea what to do. It's been an emotional roller coaster for me and Abby. -Sorry I can't give you any advice.
Yay!!! You're back! I have been wondering how the move went and how all of your fam is doing. We miss seeing you around! I have had the same struggles with potty training...I think that potty training is my least favorite thing of motherhood by far!! Why can't they just be born already trained?!!
Good Luck!!!
You may be able to try this before it gets too cold: I let my boys walk around in the backyard with no pants on. I would put the potty out there and and say, "Ok, what do you do if you're standing by that tree and you feel the poo poos in your tummy?" And I would drill them with different spots in the yard and I would run run run with them to the potty and kneel as they sat. Then "Yay!!! You're right. Now I trust you....I bet you can do that all by yourself." Then, i would go in the house and check every few minutes, and ask them if they remember what they're suppose to do. It only took one day with Ashton. Tyler was a different story...
I don't know....it's silly, but it worked for my kids. Potty training is such a hard thing and it's so different for each child.
Good luck though! =)
I hear ya. Ahser is doing the same thing. He was going just fine until the summer from you know where hit and now he won't go. I never had issues with my girls and I just don't know what to do. I need to consult my potty training book whenever I unpack it!
Something to look forward to :) I can hardly wait! :) We will post pics as soon as she gets here. My mom will be here Saturday so I am giving her full blog access! Wish we could be there to see Lucy.
I don't know if the kerplunk story advice can really be topped. Bonnie, I don't know you, but you're my new mommy-hero! Nat, my only advice would be to pray. Heavenly Father is the only one with any idea what she's thinking. Maybe somehow, a light will be shed and you'll say, "Oh! That's why she's afraid/defiant/trying my patience to within an inch of her life!" Good Luck!
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