Y’all how many of your kids that are 4 going on 5 not potty trained I am trying to prove a point to my bf my son will pee in the toilet but not poop in the toilet
Honestly I would not be ok with my almost 5yo still not using the toilet if there is no delays or bowel problems. I would not punish him or anything like that but I would be stern about him going in the toilet. My kids were both fully trained at 2 and half. And at his age they were in full day pre k where all the kids have to be potty trained.
@lae1988 maybe there is something going on with him but I do not know him so it's hard to say over a phone lol. I'm sure you have tried the reward system and that's all I did with my kids so not really any advice. I hope he gets it soon, I know that must be frustrating.
@jmedina, yes it’s very frustrating esp when he Will be starting school this year and also I have done the rewards thing I have tried the leaving him sitting on the toilet for a few mins longer I have tried letting him just sit in his pull up after he has pooped and stuff and none of that has worked I have been trying since he was 3 and i don’t know what to do anymore but the drs are wanting to get him checked to see if he has any developmental delays so we will see if he doesn’t then he just doesn’t care about being dirty lol
@jmedina, well he has went a whole week with the sticker rewards and one poop in the toilet so I’m hoping that he is finally gonna get it he still has had accidents
My son had it down n packed at 2...but I started not putting diapers on him and bought a race car potty that make noses when u flush it which made him want to go. N I just keep taking him to the bathroom and he just end up getting it to where if he got to poop he don’t even want me in there he go all by hiself lol he’s embarrassed
What age did you start trying to get him to go, I use to just make my son go every time I went eventually he started going on his own and literally yelling at me to "get out" he was ready for some privacy lol
See I put him in underwear because if he has an accident it doesn’t bother me but if he has an accident with my bf then he gets all pissed off and goes off so when I’m at work he has to wear pull ups
@lae1988, yeah my husband was like that until I told him to calm down and be patience. He will learn when he is ready. We just kept asking my son if he had to poop every 3-5 minutes. Until he finally told us that he had to poop.
My son is three going on four and he's still not fully potty trained. We use pull ups. He'll pee in the toilet but won't poop. He does this thing where he goes in the corner and squat. So we have to catch him before and run him to the toilet lol
See idk why my son won’t poop in the toilet but the dr is sending him to be checked by a neurologist because she thinks maybe he is delayed but my bf gets pissed off over my son not pooping in the toilet like I told him it will happen eventually we just have to be patient and work with him until it does
@lae1988, You are correct. Getting mad and putting so much pressure on him will only make it more difficult for him long term. We’ve been discussing this in our parent discussion at my son’s school and the way parents approach potty training can actually impact a child’s self worth for the rest of their life. It’s one of the most important milestones.