Bribery for poop.. (:

My problem is reverse...my daughter loves to poop in the potty but still pees on her pull ups now and then. I am letting her panties that the weather is getting warmer so she can wear a dress and she can go to the potty by herself. I guess she just doesn't want to make a mess in her diapers plus she is eager to go to school and I told her once she is potty trained she can go. She is just 2 1/2 and when she gets 3..we are enrolling her in. Also, I put some books beside her while she is sitting there. She wants me to close the door to have privacy and I told her to call me if she is finish already. If I know she tried to get up, I told her I can see what she is doing..:) A favorite toy helps too...like i let her bring her toy cellphone in there or something she can play with her hands. I even run the water at one point coz it suppose to help them do it fast. And the thing that I always remind her is that...she is a big girl and like Mama she have to do it in the potty. She wanted to be a big girl...so she is eager to do that.

Both my son and daughter disliked poopin' in the potty. My daughter would ask for a diaper when she had to go and my son would just go in his pants! I never did figure out why they didn't like to use the potty for this. Any way what are you gonna do when he goes once for the truck and then stops using the potty when he gets it? I cna't remember how i stopped mine from going, so i can't give you great advice. I'd probably try candy first. mine don't get alot of candy so some great stuff like cotten candy and pop rocks, you know the good stuff that you don't buy often. give him those when he does. This way you can afford to keep up the reinforcing. also i do remember this, Both of my kids like books and some times i think they just got board sitting there, so i'd keep a stack of books. We'd even go to the library and let them pick out some books for in the bathroom. good luck. keep your patience, you know a very high percent of children will end up in the emergency room for broken and fractured hips during potty training from being slammed down on the potty by angry parents. (not that i think you would, just a fact i ran across.)

I know it seems really harsh but have you tried letting him wear the messy diaper for a while so he can feel how uncomfortable it would be to not go potty in the potty. Some time harsh measures work best.

Both of my son were so much harder to potty train than my daughter. My eldest had this thing about using other people's restrooms. He would not go in anyone else's house, thought that was gross. But he would go at a public restroom, he had some idea that a public restroom was cleaner because it was a store/professional space. Two & a half is still on the younger side for boys from what I have seen. If this works, that's great. But if it doesn't, don't stress about it. Eventually he will start using the potty.