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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What have you tried so far? Did anything work? Did anything make it worse? [/quote]

I’ve tried:
Bribing him with candy
Taking him to the toy store and letting him pick out any toy and promising to come back to buy it for him if he goes by himself 
I’ve tried calling it going “by yourself” or “like a big boy” or “with [insert any other caregiver]”
I’ve told his teachers and they just say he tells them he doesn’t have to go when they take the kids 
I’ve tried telling him it’s what big four year olds do
I’ve tried getting mad
I’ve tried getting sweet and serious
I’ve hammered the issue
I’ve laid off and tried to ignore the issue 
I’ve told his pediatrician (she says it’s normal and is his temperament, rather than an error we made during potty training or the result of us working from home) 
I’ve told him I can’t do this for him, but rather he has to decide he’s going to be a big boy and do this. He has to dig deep and do it.

He told us he’d do it in January. Then it was “when he turns 4.” Now it’s 5…
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We encountered a similar scenario. My daughter was like this but when she had to do number 2. She could go pee easily no problems. REFUSED #2. REFUSED. Would not do it. Would only poop in a diaper. I tried all the same things you did. Bribing, talking, reasoning, ignoring, taking away the diapers. She held it for 10 days with miralax. Your issues is slightly different but I think at this point its just a mental block.  We had to overcome the block.

SO after talking about it, having her teacher talk about it and all the rest mentioned above this is what worked.....This sounds ridiculous but what got us over the block was simply distracting her while i suggested she poop in the basement with mommy. of course she said no and refused  but we went downstairs ( i thought a less used bathroom in a private area would help) and i started to tell a crazy story and not let her have not one moment to speak. somehow the poop came out and that was it. she was over it. That was it.

Does he have someone else he really likes? an older friend? a cousin? a relative? Could they come over and have like THE BEST TIME EVER doing something and then maybe they suggest the bathroom together?

I am just brainstorming out loud and i know this may sound stupid to people but if you have not dealt with a extremely stubborn kid you dont know!!![/quote]

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