My 2.5 year old won't drop a deuce in the potty.

[Sr. Mints]

Return the child and ask for a more cooperate one--one that has already been trained.

[afc wimbledon]

cloth diapers teach em quick, no one wants to walk around in a wet heavy cold sack of crap.

[fanman]

Try asking him why he doesn't want to go. It took my son until almost 3 years old to finally go #2 on his own. I tried everything and was just about pulling my hair out trying to figure it out.

Finally I just sat him down and asked him calmly why he didn't like using the toilet to take a crap. He told me it was because there were monsters lurking in the little dark spot down in the water. Peeing was no problem I guess 'cause he could stand up and keep his distance in case of a monster attack. But he felt pretty defenseless and exposed sitting down. Sounds silly of course but never underestimate the imagination of a young child. So I again calmly explained that there were no monsters and had to stay with him a couple times while he went, to reinforce the point. After a few tries like that he became comfortable and started going on his own. I realize every kid is different and it might not be the case with your son but it's worth a try. I had no idea that he thought that before I asked him, and he never said anything about it.

So just ask him and be prepared to be on monster protection duty for a while, haha.

[HPLovecraft]

Off topic, but why do parents use months to describe how old their kid is? I get it if it's under a year, since you can't really do it any other way, but after that, why not just use years like everyone else? Or why not use weeks? At what point do parents get tired of keeping track of months and start using years?

For the record, I am 325 months old.

[cKy]

I am 378.784271 months, and have been pooping the toilet for as long as I can remember - well, mostly in the toilet.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

Off topic, but why do parents use months to describe how old their kid is? I get it if it's under a year, since you can't really do it any other way, but after that, why not just use years like everyone else? Or why not use weeks? At what point do parents get tired of keeping track of months and start using years?

For the record, I am 325 months old.

It gets annoying after the kid turns two IMO. "Oh, Johnny here is 29 months old." No, he's 2. And he's probably terrible.

[metallicat]

How do you parents do it? Seriously. F me.

[Table 5]

Personally, I think the monthly thing should max out at 12 months. Then you can switch to half years (ie. he's 1.5....nobody really cares if you're a few months off....nobody really cares period, but hey), and then even that crap goes at age 2 and up.

For the record, I started pooping/peeing by myself at 1 year, which apparently is really early. It was probably due to a combo of cloth diapers and spanking, all sorts of things that would horrify todays parents.

[cKy]

Being a new father (2 weeks today) I was reading up on some potty training articles, and one lady had her kid potty trained @ 7 weeks. I couldn't believe it. I'm 32 and still miss the toilet a good chunk of the time!

[Sliver]

The monthly thing sounds stupid to non-parents, but there's a big difference between 14 months and, say, 21 months. After 2, though it gets a little ######ed.

As for the OP, does your kid have a corner in particular he likes to lay pipe in while wearing his diaper? If yes, you could try putting a potty in that corner. Worked for us with a kid having the same issue.

[nfotiu]

We had the same issue. peed in the potty regularly at 2, and took him about a whole year to poop on the potty. The last few month, I think he decided it was easier to just hold it, so he only went every 3-4 days. That seemed like a good compromise on his part, we didn't have to clean up very often, and he did not have to expose himself to the water monsters below.

[WilsonFourTwo]

This one is pretty easy. The next time he goes in a diaper, rub his nose in it.

[WilsonFourTwo]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

cloth diapers teach em quick, no one wants to walk around in a wet heavy cold sack of crap.

But who the heck wants to clean them? Cloth is a punishment for the parents!

[Rathji]

at 2 1/2, I wouldn't be concerned.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by cKy

Being a new father (2 weeks today) I was reading up on some potty training articles, and one lady had her kid potty trained @ 7 weeks. I couldn't believe it. I'm 32 and still miss the toilet a good chunk of the time!

Seven weeks? That's impossible. At seven weeks they can barely support their head, let alone balance their little bodies. Are you sure you don't mean seven months? Even if you mean seven months I still don't believe it.

[Sliver]

Totally. I had a friend who said her kids were potty trained at 10 months or something stupid. In fact, they just walked around without diapers pissing on floor. It was disgusting.

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by saskflames96

Bribing with chocolate might not be the best idea around a toilet..

Excrete for a treat

[Starfishy]

I found with our kids it was just easier to wait until they were ready. Pushing these kind of things just causes the parents more work/stress.

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Totally. I had a friend who said her kids were potty trained at 10 months or something stupid. In fact, they just walked around without diapers pissing on floor. It was disgusting.

Exactly.

Chances are they figured out the kid was going to take a piss and held them above the toilet. People always want their kids to be advanced in some way.

For me, I always joke that at 7 weeks old, my daughter talked to me because I said hi and she said hi back. I know it was a total fluke and doesn't mean anything, but I always bring it up with a parent mentions something totally absurd like a kid who can't walk being potty trained.

[Ice]

I say give him the diaper. Disposable diapers are so good at keeping kids dry they don't see the benefit of potty training that parents do. Your kid is going to poop in the toilet, he won't be wearing diapers forever. Every kid is different and girls usually potty train earlier than boys. Parents seem to have more urgency getting this done than the kids do and its not going to happen until he's ready. I would just give him the diaper if he wants it and have him go with you to see you empty it in the toilet and flush it. Eventually, he'll get the idea and get on the toilet. It's not worth everyone being frustrated because you want him potty trained by a certain amount of time.

Both of my boys were 3.5 years when they decided they wanted to use the toilet. I tried earlier, but it wasn't going to happen. Are they suffering now because they weren't potty trained like the geniuses who mastered it by age 2? No. It really doesn't matter.