u/Motharina

What gives? We started setting him on the toilet frequently in the morning, after meals and snacks at 11 months old. He took to it right away and was pooping and peeing every morning easily. I don’t know what changed besides him teething more. Suddenly he refuses to poop on the toilet. He pees every time I set him down and we are working on him learning to sign potty or toilet. The problem is he will be grunting and turning red so I bring him to the toilet then he will pee and nothing else, even if he sits there for 10 minutes. A minute or two after being back in a diaper playing he poops in the diaper! It wouldn’t be so bad if he wasn’t an absolute terror during diaper changes now. He flips out and turns into a kicking, rolling alligator. My hands are small so I struggle to hold his feet together to hold his legs up. He quickly kicks them out of my grasp and makes it so hard to wipe him. I do have my leg over him so he can’t roll but I am really struggling otherwise. It’s so much easier when he goes on the toilet. It’s a nice quick bum wipe afterwards and he’s just fine. He isn’t standing or walking yet so it’s not like I can just have him bend over to wipe him either.

Do babies go through regressions with this type of thing? Where do I go from here? Do I just set him on the toilet and not let him off until he has pooped? 😮‍💨