any ideas on how to make him want to poop in the toilet??pee pee is going great but the poops oh my..

I don't know if it makes a big enough difference between boys and girls, but I'll share my success story with you.

I asked my little one to pick out something special she'd like as a reward for "going",  from a Toys R

Catalogue.  I then bought a bright piece of Bristol Board, and I cut out the picture of the Toy and taped it to the

Bristol Board.  Then I made a calendar of the month using the same bristol board,  and purchased some of those

Stars so that she could stick a star on herself after each successful number 1 or number 2...under the current day.

I should mention that at the very end of the month was a picture that she had chosen as her reward glued on the

last day so she knew she would be receiving this item for being a big girl...

And by using the stars everyday, she became excited and practically ran down to the kitchen to place another

star on her chart...And it helped to keep up the excitement and the goal daily.

I can't tell you how successful this was and I know it's a little bit of bribery, but it worked and it continued to work

even after she received her reward gift, which was a fisher price kitchen set.  She loved playing with that for several

years and going number one or two was a positive experience.  Now she's 18 and my only complaint is she's a bit

too messy in her bedroom, but that's not something I loose sleep over...

Good luck with your little boy & I hope this helps. 

This sounds nuts, but...

1. his poops need to be with their friends - their mom & dad (your poops), and his friends' poops all go down the big waterslide to the poopy pool, his poops are lonely. when they sit in his pants, they get sad - they need to be in the water!

2. is he afraid he's going to miss something - by having to sit still to go? - give him something to do on the toilet

3. be sure he's not constipated - his poops should not look like little pebbles - while poop training, be sure plenty of fluids and fruit (Fruit 2 Go bars are all fruit - natural, no added sugar & get them going ... and the kids think they're candy -buy at Zehr's, etc), if he's straining, or its painful could be constipation. when poop training, much easier if they're regular.

I guess my situation was not all that origional, but it did work! 

My daughter has some special needs so it was even later than the late bloomer......

It was close to her birthday so we suggested she could have a party with as many people as she liked... but if there's an accident we take one person off.  The list was huge and I'm happy to say no one was cut from the list!  Thankfully no Aunts and Uncles were hurt in this success LOL, it would have been awfull to disinvite aunty Sue LOL!

It was a very big party!!!

 Make it something they want, seems to be the suggestion!