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Scared of the potty!

I started putting my 2 year old on the potty to get him comfy with it about 2 months ago. Things were going really well until about a week ago. Now when i even mention the potty or try and put him on it. He sceams and curls hes legs up into his chest. I did'nt potty train my older child so I'm at a loss. Should I just forget about it until he gets older? How long should I wait?

Posted by katherine on 09/01/2010 10:31 PM

 

I wouldn't push him because it may make him more opposed to the potty.  My youngest son wasn't interested in the potty to start with, so I let him play with it with his stuffed animals.  We talked about how all people and animals go potty, then we put his stuffed animals on it so they could "go potty."  We borrowed books from the library that made it seem fun.  He finally thought his animals were having so much fun that he wanted to try it too.  We gave him a pennies for each potty (1 for #1 and 2 for #2) and he was able to drop it in his race car bank that made zooming noises.  He was so excited about the noises that he couldn't wait to use his potty and collect more pennies.  He pretty much potty trained himself completely in 2 weeks once he decided it was fun.

posted by Karinn on 09/02/2010 12:26 AM

I agree with Karinn.  I wouldn't push him to use the potty before he's ready.  My little boy is almost 3 years old and is just now getting comfortable with doing #2 in the potty.  For some reason, this scared him for the longest time.  He would only do #2 in his diaper that he still wore at night.  At first, my husband and I tried to get him to sit on the potty until he did #2 when we knew he had to go.  That just made him cry and really upset him.  We quickly decided that we would just let him poop in his daiper at night if that's what he felt more comfortable doing.  Recently he is asking on his own to go poopy in the potty.  I've heard that boys have more of an issue with this than girls.  He'll let you know when he's ready.  Also, my little boy LOVES stickers.  I let him pick out a sticker whenever he poops in the potty.

posted by LaVonne on 09/02/2010 01:41 PM

Thank you ladies for the feedback. What your saying helps me out a great deal. I like the ideas of positive reinforcment. And, when my little guy shows intest again in the bathroom I will be better prepared.Laughing

posted by katherine on 09/04/2010 12:47 PM

One thing I forgot to mention, was that when I asked my son's Dr. about this issue, she told me that if he was constipated it might hurt him to go to the potty.  So he might associate the potty with hurting.  My son is 38 pounds and I started giving him about one-half cup of prune juice almost everyday.  I also try to give him plenty of fruits.  It may be a coincidence, but he has started asking to go poopy in the potty now.  It's easier for him to go physically, so mentally I think it's easier for him also.  Hope this helps. :)

posted by LaVonne on 09/08/2010 09:09 PM

 
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