We introduced the potty a while back. We talked about the potty, read books about going, sat Noah on the potty, etc. It took a long while, but one day (several months ago) he finally pooped and peed in the potty! We gave candy as a reward for every time he went. He would go when we sat him on the potty most times because he knew he would get candy afterwards. So in order to NOT rot his teeth out, we switched from candy to a potty chart. Every time Noah went, he got a sticker to put on the chart and when he filled up a row, we went and bought a special toy. A few weeks into the potty chart and Noah lost interest in that. We tried putting him in underwear and letting him feel when he got wet. The boy could care less! We waited a few months and tried again to press the potty issue and Noah pressed back.
A few weeks ago, I told him that we were only going to wear undies now and that he would have to go in the potty. 30 minutes into it, he had had 3 accidents and he had been on the potty 3 times!
We have even tried threatening and spanking him when he poops in his pull-up. And when I say spanking…he makes faces and strains/grunts when he is pooping so it’s very obvious what he’s doing. When we see him do this, we ask him to sit on the potty. He says no. We say, “If you poop in your pull-up, you will get a spanking!” He says, “I not have to poop.” and then poops anyway. And if we try to place him on the potty, he freaks his freak and won’t go.
So I’m really at a loss with what to do now. He will sometimes pee if we ask him to sit on the potty, but nothing consistent. I am feeling the pressure because he has to be potty trained in order to promote to the 3 year old room at preschool in August. So give me some feedback Mommy’s!
