The poo poo present

SO after a year of being pee trained we were having no success with Eli learning to go poo in the potty. He would always wait till night time and then go in his pullup. Brian and I decided that it was time to take charge and we took away the pullups.

First we made a huge deal of being a bigboy and had him throw all his pullups in the garbage. He knew that he wouldnt have them anymore ever. Then we went to target and he got to pick out whatever he wanted in the toy section. We explained that he could have this present only after he went poo in the potty. we took it out of the box and set on a shelf in the bathroom. for the next 2 days he talked none stop about this present. The first night he had a accident in his pants. we cleaned him up and explained again about being a big boy and going in the toilet. He repeated all this to me and said he would. The next day before bed he told us that he had to go potty and we got him to the bathroom and sure enough he earned his treasured present. He decided to take it to bed with him that night. he had it tight in his hands all night.



We have had a few slip ups since but I really think that we are taking steps in the right direction.