Feeling defeated with potty training
So I could really use some advice- my son will be 4 in February and we’ve been consistently potty training since a couple months after he turned 3 years old. He does really good with peeing. We keep him naked from waist down all day and he’ll go pee fine with no accidents, but when it comes to poop, he will literally hold it in until he has a pull-up or underwear on for bedtime or when he leaves the house. I don’t know how to get him out ofthis cycle. I’m not sure if there’s a way to actually get him out of it or if it’s just something that has to click naturally for him. it’s just becoming an issue because the preschool hes in doesn’t mind that he wears a pull-up but they are getting fed up that he keeps having #2 accidents- since he wears a pull-up or underwear there he feels like he can just poop himself instead of holding it in like he does when he’s naked from the waist down. Really don’t want to see him get kicked out of preschool over this because he is speech delayed and also lacks social exposure so I felt like this was a really good thing for him!
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I would get rid of pull ups and get pants full time, the only way he will realise is if he is uncomfortable and will stop doing it. Worked with my son and he was a similar age. It’s not great and you get through a lot of underwear at first but it’s really effective x
@Becky yeah and I have tried just keeping him in underwear at home and he just poops in them because of the comfort of having something on instead of pulling them down. He will pull them down to pee for the most part though.
@Leah just let him walk around in underwear or underwear and pants?
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So does he wear underwear at school and then poop in his underwear? I think you need to ditch the pull-ups all together as this is confusing, and instead of being naked at home, have him wear underwear and trousers like he would outside, then just keep teaching him that he needs to go to the toilet or potty for wees and poos. Is he just constantly naked from the waist down at home then wears underwear and pants pullups at nursery?