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Toilet training?

My 3 yr old son is having a problem with part of the training. We moved this fall, he was being toilet trained before we moved. He wouldn't make it to the toilet when he had to go pee, but no problem going poop on the toilet. We had to live in a motor home for 2 months while we waited for our new house to close. He was in a diaper for those 2 months. We have been here since November and I've been trying to toilet train him again. No problems now with going pee on the toilet, doesn't even want my help now!! But, now he poops in his underwear. He has pooped twice in the toilet here. He'll go and hide when he has to poop. I have tried everything I can think of to persuade him to go on the toilet. I praised him the two times he's actually made it there and made a big deal out of it. I don't know what to do!! I've even tried persuading him with new "CARS" underwear. Still isn't working. I'm open for any suggestions!!!!

Public Comments

1. I had the same problem with my youngest daughter and it seemed like nothing I said or did made any difference. Finally, I realized that I could not force her to do what I wanted her to and I calmly told her that if she was going to insist on pooping in her underwear, she was going to clean up after herself. I would be happy to help her if she used the toilet, but she was going to have to deal with the dirty underwear on her own. She gagged her way through it once or twice and never did it again. You could also have him tell you when he needs to have a BM and put a diaper on him just for that. We had to do that with one of my older daughters because she was holding it and getting constipated. We didn't make a huge deal out of it and she eventually got the hang of using the toilet. Remember that this can turn into a real control issue between the two of you and it's not a battle that you can win using force. Good luck!