(Thanks for your sweet comments on my poem post...you guys are nice.)
And now, oh great blog-o-sphere, I come to you with a very important question.
A question...about poo.
However.
I'm not so sure what to do about the elusive #2. The very first time she did it on her little potty, she didn't realize what was happening, looked down, and started screaming that there was a brown snake in her potty.
Sigh.
That was about a month ago, and we've only had success with #2's maybe two other times...with much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Usually, she just, um, saves it (?) till her nap time or at night, and she has had a couple of accidents in her cute ballerina panties, too.
Thus, my question: how did you work towards training your preschooler to go #2 in the potty?
(I know. Deep blog post today, folks. You gotta do what you gotta do, you know?)
Anyway, like I said, we aren't in a huge rush, but I'm not really sure how to even work on this with her since she poops while she's sleeping and isn't even aware of what she's doing. Hmm.
Thoughts? Tips? Brilliant suggestions? The location of a top secret Potty Training Boot Camp to which I could send her?!?
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I went through the same thing with my son. #1 was no problem. But #2? Well, it caused all kinds of problems. He cried, he held it, he refused. And I resorted to bribery. He was potty training during the release of Toy Story 3, and he saw a big Buzz Lightyear that he really wanted at Walmart. So, I told him that when he went "poopoo in the potty without crying like a big boy" we would get Buzz. He did it the next Sunday before church. We cheered and clapped and were late for church because of it, but from that point on he was good with going in the potty. For some reason it seems to be really scary for a lot of kids at first, but once they realize it's nothing to be scared of they're fine. Sorry this is so stinkin' long.
ReplyDeleteNothing to offer here, other than a bit fat LOL at the brown snake in the potty bit. Poor E! Please provide info on the secret potty boot camp when you find it :)
ReplyDeletePoor Emery!!! We aren't even close to this phase, so I'll be hitting you up for advice in a few months.
ReplyDeleteThe elusive brown snake came a few months after Cub was potty trained with numbero uno. He would hold it until bedtime, poop in his pull-up, and then come out to tell us he had pooped. It was funny. We just let it go for a while and a few months later, we sat him on the potty when we knew it was his allotted time to need to poop (right before bed). He squirmed but we told him he didn't have to potty, he just needed to sit there for two minutes. Well, gravity did it's work and voila, he pooped! And the rest is history. All that to say, number one and number two training did not happen at the same time.
ReplyDeleteAs for Naomi, she went number one in the big potty at G-Ma's house one time and thought it was awesome. She has yet to do it again. The End.
Good luck!
What a funny story! Poor girl. #2 is harder on some kids. Which is odd, right? Why would you choose to keep that in your pants when you now know you have the option to get rid of it in the toilet? I'll never understand that part. But, both my girls thought #2 was scary at first. They would run off and hide behind something and we KNEW they had to go. So, we'd scoop them up and hold them on the potty and distract them with random talk. If they thought we were making them poop, they'd scream. We just said they had to sit there...and we talked and talked and Oh my gosh, I just pooped in the potty! Then it wasn't scary anymore.
ReplyDeleteHope she gets it soon! If not...she will one day. It'll just click. ;)
Awww, poor E, scared of the brown snake:( Wish I had some advice!
ReplyDeleteYes, #2 was harder to master over here too. But it's like one day it just clicks and they finally are able to understand what having to go feels like. We made #2 potty treats a bigger better treat so that he really wanted it. :)
ReplyDeleteWe had an easier time with eliana because she would kind of...um...freeze and strike a pose when she needed to go, so we'd rush her to the potty and eventually she just told us when she needed to go. I do believe sticking with panties 100% helps tremendously. It's gross when they go #2 in them, but.... On the other hand, Zeke had a very hard time with #2. We tried long talks, bribes, distractions, iPhone apps, leaving the mess on him when he had an accident, but nada. Eventually we figured out when his usual time of day was and told him he was in charge of making it happen. We put him on the toilet and left him alone. He seemed more comfortable that way. He got 100% accurate when we showed him he could pull down his pants and sit on the potty by himself, so he started going all on his own. He still announces when he has to go, so we can help with wiping and such. All that babbling to say: I think you just have to try a lot of things to see what works for your kiddo, and...time fixes everything. You've never seen a high schooler who can't poop in the toilet, right? ;)
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