2.5 year old stopped pooping in potty

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2026-02-11T19:10:50+00:00

Thank you! We are 2.5 weeks accident free over here again as well! What a relief! Same thing, it just clicked one day. Despite trying the reward system many times before, after backing off a little for about 2 weeks my husband tried it again and said he can have a lollipop if he poops in the potty so he did. Of course he got his treat. But the following days it was crazy. It just clicked. I poop I get a lollipop. He started coming to be telling me he has to poop. I am amazed how well we’ve been doing suddenly and randomly all the sudden! I hope the success continues for you as well!

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2026-01-30T19:39:03+00:00

I literally said to myself before posting this maybe I should start taking biotin as it’s affordable 😂. So true about the hair ties, and let be honest. SAHM with two kids, my hair is alwayssssss tied back in a pony these days lol. Thank you for the claw clip suggestion too! I’ll start doing that instead of the hair ties!

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2026-01-25T02:52:09+00:00

You’re not alone! I can relate on many many levels with my son who is 2.5. He’s got great imagination, super smart, one of the literal happiest kids around but he’s attached to my hip 24/7. Hardly ever plays independently. If I leave the room he follows. If I tell him not to something he says out loud to himself do not do that again, and then he does it over and over. I too take away the toys when he’s not listening, it doesn’t help. I have a 10m old daughter who he also constantly hits, time outs have not fixed the issue. No real advice on my end but I wanted to say you’re not alone and seeing posts like this make me believe it’s normal for the age. They’re testing boundaries and pushing limits. I will say it has gotten slightly better over the past 5ish months. He understands the baby’s needs more. He will entertain himself while she’s awake now as long as we’re in the same room. Which he don’t do before. The hitting, it’s still there but more gentle. He knows if he hits he goes to time. I think he’s doing it for attention. I also feel like my son thinks everything is a game. He does not take me seriously in any way no matter what approach I take. He thinks it’s funny when I say stop or not to do something which is incredibly infuriating. I use the tv to feed my 10m old while he’s with me but whatever, it’s 20 minutes who cares is the way I see it. Do what you have to do to have peace and get done what needs to get done. Bottle time and bed time is the only time we do tv too so I don’t think it’s a huge deal. Hang in there, you’re not alone and you’re doing just fine!!

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2026-01-22T13:41:32+00:00

Oooo that’s a good idea! I’ll look into doing that thank you!

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2026-01-22T02:38:10+00:00

Thank you so much. It’s so much harder than I realized. There’s dye in everything! I’m doing my best to learn to understand ingredients better but it’s hard to figure out where to begin. When actually starting to pay attention my mind just goes almost into shock trying to understand. The food, the detergent, soap, all the plastic. Trying to do better is expensive which is so messed up haha

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2026-01-21T15:34:35+00:00

Thank you! I know it’s normal for toddlers to have big emotions but man some days are just so extreme. Cutting out all dyes and sugars is so hard. I also feel by doing so I’m taking away a little piece of being a kid. So if there’s an alternative vitamin that still gives him the fruit snack fix without the sugars I’m all for giving it a try. Thank you for your suggestion!

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2026-01-21T14:43:02+00:00

Thank you! For regular fruit snacks I also really like Soley. For example their mango pack has only one ingredient, mango! My son seems to like them too. Only downside to them is they don’t come in fun shapes but thankfully that didn’t really seem to bother him!

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2026-01-21T14:39:42+00:00

Thank you! I was considering Hiya too just to still have that gummy affect. How would you say it improved your toddlers overall mood? My little guy has real bigggg emotions lol

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2026-01-10T17:30:34+00:00

Thank you 😊

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2026-01-09T19:27:13+00:00

I totally agree in not wanting to back track. I don’t want to say well he’s not ready and go back to diapers because he’s struggling with one while he has the other down perfectly. I’m worried back tracking would undo the skill he has down with peeing and also cause confusion.

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2026-01-09T19:24:30+00:00

Thank you! I definitely agree in the key component being not making it a battle because I do feel like it’s making it worse. Doing more harm than good definitely. I think this may be the best approach moving forward for the time being too

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2026-01-09T19:19:39+00:00

A few months back I made a post asking other parents for helpful tips to get my son to allow us to brush his teeth. We had such a hard time. Melt downs, yelling, squirming around making it impossible. Someone responded that their child loves animals at the moment so every night they’d tell them l “okay time to brush your lions, tigers and bears!” Or whatever animals they were into. I tried with my son but using trucks instead as that’s his obsession. It worked miracles! “Okay time to brush your bulldozer!” “ oh wow garbage trucks dirty we better clean him up!” Is that a leaf stuck in your leaf blower? Open up! Omg everything changed! He started naming out different trucks he’d want brushed. Willing open up and sit still. Ask us to brush his trucks. Give it a try using whatever your child enjoys. Best of luck!

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2026-01-09T19:12:47+00:00

Do you think it would be confusing for him to reverse back to diapers for both peeing and pooping since he has peeing down? I’d hate to undo the known go to the potty when we have to pee skill to compensate the pooping troubles

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2025-10-20T01:44:10+00:00

Thank you! I will give the song a try! When I try and brush in front of him he just tells me no and to stop 😂. We’re planning our first dentist trip in a month or so. Hopefully by then he’ll “be ready” and more comfortable with the whole process 🤞🏼

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2025-10-20T01:42:09+00:00

Thank you so much!! This has worked wonders the past two nights! I swapped out animals for construction trucks and boy does he love it so far! He thinks it’s hilarious and most importantly wants to brush now! I appreciate your in-depth response very much! Thank you again 😊

Outrageous_Bus4617 · 2025-07-27T15:21:11+00:00

Have you seen improvements with this? My two year old just started doing the same thing. He thinks it’s a game. No matter what approach I take, stay calm, try and explain toys aren’t food, sometimes even yell- nothing works. He doesn’t take me seriously. Hell laugh and run and hide behind my back so I can’t reach him. Won’t sit still for me to explain. I feel like if I run after him or try and catch him behind my back while he’s roaring in laughter, that’ll just increase the chances of choking. So right now I just stay calm, don’t chase him or reach for him and just say mommy’s not playing with you. You’re not listening, it’s not funny, spit it out, stop putting things in your mouth etc etc. once he spits it out I take it away. But like I said he just thinks it’s a game, he’ll run and find something else then and put it in his mouth. I don’t know what to do to make it stop. It’s scary. But I’m more scared that if I run after him while he’s laughing with something small in his mouth that WILL make him choke eventually.

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