Breakthrough!! Greenbean pooped on the potty!

[gatorsmom]

Congratulations and thank you for your ideas! DD has nearly the same issues--she has been constipated since BEFORE starting on solids, and is daytime pee trained but refuses to go anywhere near the potty for pooping, requests a pull-up, and wants to be left alone in her room to poop. I am going to try having her sit on the potty with her pull up on.

I didn't go into a ton of detail above but I would have greenbean wear his diaper with his clothes over it (which is how he used to like to poop) and told him he only had to just put his but down on top of the toilet lid and then get right up. I demonstrated and made it silly and funny for him. I did some squats to show him in a funny way how fast he could be. then he could jump up and run away to poop in peace. After a week or two of that I asked if he would sit long enough for me to run around the house singing a goofy song. It was less than 30 seconds i think. I sang it really loud and in a silly voice and when I got back to the potty, he could get up and run away and poop.

That is how it started. I made sure he was comfortable sitting there. The room was warm and clean and he had a step stool to rest his feet on while sitting there. He always had the option of playing iPod/ipad games when he was there- even for the 30 seconds it took me to run around singing. I always had to make it fun and silly and stressless. It's so hard, isn't it?

[BabbyO]

Oh Congrats! That is such awesome news!!!

[Momit]

Wonderful news! Congrats to you both, and kudos to you for helping him through it.

[twowhat?]

HOORAY!!!! I've used the blob of Vaseline trick too on our DD2 who has also been on long-term Miralax! It definitely helps lubricate (I also push it in a bit) but then there's also just the psychological reassurance that the "vaseline will help it come out easier", which is half the battle

GREAT news! Definitely worth a little celebrating!

[crl]

Yay for success!

Catherine

[karstmama]

i'm *thrilled* for both of you! it sounds like the steps you asked of him were sooo teeny, and i'm so glad it worked!

[wendibird22]

That's great!

[georgiegirl]

Awesome! I've been there. My neuro-typical DD refused to poop on the potty for 1.5+ after being pee trained.

[wencit]

Yay for Greenbean and to you for sticking with it and being so wonderfully patient with him! You're an awesome mom!

[barkley1]

Wonderful news! So happy for you...we went through something similar w DS and it was consuming and exhausting. I'm so glad you are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel!