My 2 1/2  year old refuses to poop on the potty.   What can I do!?
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As far as the medicine goes, I would just let her drink a lot of juice, that usually loosens the stools.  Praise her for going potty in the toilet.  Make up a chart with a pic of a potty with like 5 boxes next to it.  When ever she goes potty in the toilet let her put a sticker in 1 of the boxes.  And when she gets all 5 boxes filled, let her pick out a prize.  You can buy dollar store prizes and put them in a box so she can see what she is 'working' for, or you can take her to the park or get icecream.  Whenever she doesn't use the toilet, put an 'x' thru 1 of her stickers and remind her what a big girl she will be when she goes potty and let her know when ever she gets a sticker she only needs __ more to get a prize!!  That should keep her motivated and focus on the positive outcome of being a 'big' girl.
605056
put some cheerios in the toilet, have him stand on a little foot stool and tell him to hit the little targets....worked for my son when he was 2 yrs old...
570791
potty training is very easy if you are patient and firm in your rules and discipline. you do not need to get mad or worked up even if he did'nt get it at first. you don't also have to buy special products for this. hope this help! pls check www.pottytrainingconcepts.com for more info
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Well First of all for him to come to you and talk to you about this was really hard for him. And i feel that if he is willing to talk to you about this that he really want to wear diapers. Their is nothing wrong with it and he could be doing a LOT!! worse things. Like drinking drugs and even worse. If i was you I would let him do it and not tell anyone about it. Let it be yours and his secret. To start with i would get him 1 bag of diapers and let him wear at home only. And yes you can get diapers in his size. Start with one bag because once he trys it he may not want to do it after all. And dont put the diapers on him let him do it his self. And after he gets his first diaper on make him let you see him in his diaper. but only that one time so he will know that you are ok with it. If you do let him try this dont make fun of him or let on like it bothers you . Because it can cause more problems that you can deal with or he can deal with so keep it to your self and let him try them. After about 3 or 4 bags of diaper i think he will get tired of it and wont do it anymore.......Good luck and i hope it works out for you.............
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Make SURE that she goes to the bathroom before she goes to bed and try to keep her away from liquids an hour before she goes to bed.\n\nThere's no reason other than them having a smaller bladder capacity and not waking up in time.\n\nDon't use diapers since they'll make her feel infantile. Either slip one of those pads under her sheet or use pull-ups.
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I think you need to take her to see her pediatrician.  There could be a problem, because your 7 year old should have no problem holding it by now.\nI don't understand the whole "can't be with her 24/7" thing.  At 7, if you aren't with her, someone you trust should be.  Whoever it is that you are having watch her should be made aware of the problem, and reminding her to use the restroom.
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Take hem into the bathroom with you an let him see that you poo as well, and it is OK don't Ty him to the toilet like my grandparent's did to my brother.Thy say I potty trand my self. I remember being in the bathroom with my mother.when I was rill young.And she telling me what she was doing.
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My son. But he is 2 and is in the middle of learning how to use the potty. What's your excuse? :-)
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I knew a girl with the same problem, best thing to try and solve that is make sure no liquids about an hour before bedtime, and sometime during the night go into his room wake him up and take him to the bathroo, it work for my niece, she was a very deep sleeper, over a period of time of them getting used to waking up they will start on their own
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Hi, he might be hyper-sensitive to a lot of things that enter his stomach, have you tried feeding him shredded wheat in the morning? It is natural, he will like it and the stools should firm up, if you do not feel like your sons doc. was the right guy for him, go to another pediatrician, get a full set of labs done on him, if the problem is in his body, it will most likely show up in his blood work.\nDo a complete panel would be my advise.\nGood luck, God Bless and happy Thanksgiving
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I don't know, i think it is some kind of digestive problem... my son had that problem, but only if he hadn't taken a dump for many days, even a week or two.. so constipation may play a role in it.
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Please read this all the way through, my heart is with you. I have two boys 10 and 6 that did the same thing (flushing). Charging 10 cents every time I found the bowl full stopped my problem. But your daughter seems like she has hit rebellion already. My 6 year old became very sore and he learned his lesson at 4 about wiping. But with your daughter "dirty down there" is not going to work. She's 10 not 4, don't patronize her, think back to when you were 10. Let's face it we were all picking up info from friends about sex. You 3 parents have to get together as a group and realize she is not a child she is a young lady/woman. Lectures and threats are not going to work anymore. She needs to start making her own decisions, educated decisions. Talk to a gynecologist get facts about what could happen if she doesn't clean up her act. Pictures if necessary, of what these diseases can do to her body. She could pick up staf infection just to name one, and wind up in the hospital. (My husband being a fire fighter had a call at one time about a woman with an upset stomach. She wasn't a wiper either her whole body smelt of crap. When they got her to the hospital because no one wanted to check between her legs (which was where the real discomfort was) they found her vagina was infested, stuffed with maggots.)Please do everything in your power to educate her in a way that will help her to help herself make the right choices. Also is she happy with herself, looks, school, and friends. These are all very important to her right now. If she doesn't have it yet soon she will be starting her cycle. You think you have problems now, wait. This is the summer of change for your family. Make it that way, help her, she needs you all just to hear her, and realize she is not a little girl, or even a big girl, she is a young lady/woman. A new hair style, a light colored eyeshadow if not wearing makeup, a few new clothes, you might want to rethink the panty thing. Is she wearing panties that make her feel like a young lady/woman, or is she wearing widebottomed, widesided diaperwear. Help her to feel different about herself. Chin up, no one ever said this parent thing was easy, but think of the good times, keep an open mind, and email me if you need to. We have all been there in one way or another.
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What about non-green veggies?  \n\nDo you only give them to her cooked?  \n\nKids generally love fresh veggies.  You can cut them up and provide some dip to make it fun to eat.  Instead of just serving them to her, make a plate of them and plop down with them as a family snack in front of the TV.  \n\nBread, Peanut Butter, Banannas, Apples, and Rice cause constipation.  Quit feeding her peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.\n\nBut apple JUICE is good for constipation--along with all juices.  Prune juice is THE BEST!  \n\nDON'T DO LAXATIVES!  Laxatives just promote the constipation into a cycle and will not solve the problem. \n\nMost important is bowl training.  Teach your child to NOT WAIT or HOLD IT IN and to go to the bathroom as soon as she feels the urge to go.  Waiting and holding cause constipation.
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Try mixing your diet and bowel movements toghter.\n\nTry upping your fibre content in your diet, you could eat prunes, dates of figs, and then you have a healthy snack.\n\nALSO try upping your water intake, if your stools are moister then your body may find it easier to exit them.\n\nIf all else fails, as you have tried senokot go to your doctor, as you COULD have a bowel problem.
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Very simple solution.  Whenever he is at your place, please lock the bathroom.  When he asks why its locked tell him that you are tired of cleaning up after him and that he doesnt know how to use the bathroom so the new rule is "if a person doesnt know how to use the restroom, then a person shouldnt be using it".  He will then request for the key, dont give it to him but tell him that you need 10 to 15 minutes to think about it.  Let him hold it for that time.  When he asks for the keys after 10 or 15 minutes tell him that you are still undecided (still thinking) if he is responsible enough to have the keys. Finally give him the key but not before 20 to 30 minutes. After holding it for that long he wont forget easily.  When you give the keys, remind him what needs to be done after he goes or plays with himself.  While he is in there, knock again on the door and ask him if he is ok or does he need you to call his mum on the phone to tell him what to do. When you do this put on your poker face and MEAN what you say.  If he still doesnt do it then lock it again the next time he is over and JUST DONT GIVE HIM THE KEYS even if he does it in his pants. If he does go in his pants, then rest assured he will never forget.  If he doesnt soil his pants , just holding it will also make him never forget.   I will bet you he wont forget......... (hows your foot and hope you are feeling better..............  later.
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Bathroom trips don't have much if anything to do with controlling you. Just be extremely thankful that they use the toilet and are not still in diapers. It's preschool. They've gotta go. It's particularly normal for kids with siblings to get an urge to go whenever they see someone else going. They're only four for pete's sake. If you didn't want to deal with helping kids as though you were their mother, you should have probably picked a different job.
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http://www.autismtoilettraining.com \nI have not looked at the site myself, but it came up on an ad for something else I was looking at, hopefully it will help! I had my autistic son completely out of diapers by the time he was 27 months old, but your situation is more normal with autism. It just happened that Tim was oversensitive to sensory input, so he HATED wearing wet underwear. I don't know how much of this will apply to you, but I'll tell you what I did anyway. Everyone on here that said to be really consistent with a reward system is right on target, that's about the only way to get through an autistic brain, and the sillier you are, the better! Find a treat that he really likes and by a bag, and only use it for potty training, no other time. Skittles was what we used. He got three skittles for sitting on the toilet and I spaced them out so that he was sitting for about five minutes. NO pullups or diapers during the day at home, only underwear, and I ran water in the sink while he was sitting. If he actually did something, he got another skittle, and we made a huge deal out of it! Then, he got one sticker put on a chart for sitting and one for going. If he doesn't go,then he still gets SOMETHING just for cooperating with you. I took him as soon as he woke up and every hour after that, and I asked him all through the day if he had to go. That's all you can really do, unless the link I sent you to has other ideas. Hope this helps! I do my own therapy with him, he's never seen a professional, and he is doing WONDERFULLY. I will be homeschooling him, and we're officially starting pre-school next month. We spent last year just working out behavior problems so that we could focus on academics this year. Contact me if you just need to vent!