I am trying to potty train Tristen who is 4yrs old. He will go pee with no problem, but instist he needs a pullup to go poop. I have taken away the pullups on Monday and have been pushing him all this week and into the weekend. We have tried rewards, taking things away that he enjoys and even sat with him for almost an hour in the bathroom. But he says that he "doesn't want to do it!" I know that he is ready, because he knows that he can't go in is underware and the other day he went got a pull up and after he was done he came and got my mother in law to change him. We all are at are wits end with him. I don't know what else to do. As of today it will be three days since he has gone poop. I know that it can make him sick if he doesn't go. I have even given him stool softeners to help him along.
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Keep giving him stool softners every day. Milk of Magnesia works well. Give it to him every day until he gets regular, and is using the potty well.
Do not go back to pull ups. Try to be super positive, and use a reward chart.
He will get it! ~
Good Luck ~
You should purchase a potty seat he can use at the grownup potty, or you'll make him use the child. Either manner you'll be able to ordinarily have got to keep in the toilet with him till he is going for the primary few months of potty coaching. Don't assume him to be ready to move in there and maintain it himself. Grab a ebook and plant your self till he is going. Don't make it disturbing. You can present a present of a few sort if he makes use of both potty (like 2 m&m's). Be sufferer even supposing he isn't and do not fear. Training takes time.
keep him in his underwear. He will learn that he does not like to be messy.
Try making a chart for every day of the week. For every time he goes potty give him a sticker to put on his chart. When he goes poop on the potty make a huge deal out of it and give him a bigger reward. This is the hardest part of potty training. It will take awhile so don't give up he will get it.
Don't push him. The more traumatic you make the situation, the less likely he will want to be a part of it. I found that using one of those smaller seats that fits on top of the regular toilet seat helped. Books and privacy worked too. It is a lot harder for boys to get used to sitting than girls. Patience and lots of it!!
~Well he is definitely way too old to still be in pull-ups. You need to stick with the underwear, don't give in and give him back his pull-up. He will do it sooner or later.
The stool softeners will help, give it time.