My son is also 3 1/2 and
Posted By: GI MT on 2006-03-23
In Reply to: 3-1/2-year old still not completely potty trained...help - Need lots of advice!
he will pee in the potty for you all day long, but when it comes to pooping, he absolutely refuses to go on the potty. If I put pullups on him, he will start peeing in them instead of telling me he has to go. If I put underwear on him, he will poop in them and not tell me.  Needless to say, it's a terrible mess. I really don't know what to do.  My sister-in-law, who has six children, said to let him decide when he could try to poop on the potty, but will that happen? I have tried encouraging him with the "big boy" talk and he has an older brother who is six that he knows goes, but that doesn't seem to make a difference. He doesn't act like he is uncomfortable with it in his pants. In fact, I have to "discover" he has done it. I have told him to tell me and I would put a pullup on him so he wouldn't mess his underwear, but he doesn't even do that. Offering rewards doesn't seem to be incentive enough and I really don't want to punish him and have him attach a negative feeling about it. Any suggestions?
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