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New member
Username: Mdrnqt
Post Number: 1
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2008 - 02:31 pm: | |
Hi~my husband and I are having difficulty with our 4 yo son. He's very bright and is doing well with urinating~more nights than not he wakes up dry and comes to tell me he has to "pee" and will go potty all by himself. The problem is with pooping. He has gone on the potty a couple of times~and he gets tons of praise, which he loves. He has a potty chart and earns smiley faces towards a prize. When he goes in his pants he says that either it's too much work to use the potty or he didn't realize he had to go. If I catch him, I can get him to sit on the potty (he has books to read or I will read or talk to him) and sometimes he will go, but other times he says it is boring and doesn't go. He seems genuinely apologetic about going poop in his pants (he goes to daycare/school and is around other children his age, some of which are trained). Our pediatrician says not to worry, it'll come and to try not to make a big deal out of it, but it's so frustrating. I'm wondering if I put him in regular underware with the plastic pants if that might help as he would want to avoid the discomfort. We have also rewarded him, taken things away, offered things he wanted if he is successful. It makes me feel like I am failing him as a parent. Please help! |
