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[quote=Anonymous]If you think he's withholding for psychological reasons, consider talking up how awesome it is to poop and get rid of all that trash, make room for more food in the tummy, etc. Also consider bribing, with gummy bears or cartoons. Also if prunes don't work, try fresh plums or dried apricots. They have similar effects.

Two anecdotes from my experience: 
I hated changing poopy diapers and it seems my daughter picked up on it bc she would hide when she pooped. So I spent two weeks telling her poop is good, I make a yucky face because the smell is yucky, but that's good, we're getting all that smelly trash out of our body, good girl for pooping! Let's change that smelly diaper, with a big smile, and it wasn't a problem anymore. This was at almost 2.

Layer when my daughter was  2y2mo was super ready to potty, knew what to do, but was afraid of doing it. When she had to pee really badly I made her sit on the potty and as soon as she peed made her sit on the potty, and as soon as she started there was tons of praise and a treat, and that really got the potty training going. I double rewarded for poops. 
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