Potty Training Boys Bowel Movements: What You Should and Shouldn't Do

Alright, before we get started...

I'd like to begin by going through a check list of things that you should do before you even begin potty training boys bowel movements.

1. Is your son eating enough fiber? It's essential that your boy eats lots of fruits and vegetables to get the necessary fiber needed to have smooth, painless bowel movements. Apples and seedless grapes are great. Prune juice is great. Broccoli is great.

2. Is your son hydrated? Make sure that your son pees clear, because otherwise you risk causing stomach pains due to an inappropriate water to fiber ratio. This will drastically inhibit potty training boys bowel movements, and should be very carefully monitored.

3. Is your son under emotional stress? DO NOT begin potty training unless there is zero emotional stress in your son's life. Much better to wait a few weeks, or even months, for emotional issues to be resolved, than to risk psychological issues for the rest of his life. Potty training, especially bowel movements, is a very delicate time in any child's life.

Here's a basic guide to what you should and shouldn't do when potty training boys bowel movements:

YOU SHOULDN'T - Punish your son when he has an accident.

YOU SHOULD - Set up a reward system. The time-tested method of using a wall chart and gold stars, or stickers of your son's favorite cartoon character, works wonders. When your son reaches ten (the number is up to you) gold stars, give him a reward. Good rewards might be a new toy, some ice cream, something like that. Or maybe you could try telling them they get a party when they fill up the chart.

YOU SHOULDN'T - Leave your son alone in the bathroom.

YOU SHOULD - Go with your son to do his business. This is a proven technique for potty training boys bowel movements. By going with your son to the bathroom, you make him feel like he's growing up to be a big boy (and indeed he is!). This way he's more comfortable, and he knows that he's doing well.

YOU SHOULDN'T - Leave it to your son to tell you when he has to go.

YOU SHOULD - Ask him if he has to go number two every time he goes pee, and every time you go pee. This will train your son to feel for that need, building up the involuntary trigger that adults have that tells them when they need to poop. This will also not let your son forget about going to the bathroom.

I know that I can't possibly answer every parent's questions on this one page, so here's what I'm going to do for you:

I'm going to recommend that you check out my other lenses. I've written a lot more on the topic of potty training boys and of potty training boys bowel movements, you can find those at the bottom of this page where I list some of my other lenses.

Alternatively! If you'd like to know what I did when potty training my boy, I can recommend you to the site I used.

It's called www.TurboPottyTraining.info.

Now, there's a ton of information on that site, and if you have any questions I really recommend you at least take a peek at what that woman has to say, she really knows her stuff.

She's got this innovative method called the Turbo Potty Training Method that I haven't seen anywhere else online or offline.

Anyways, I do suggest you take a look at it, just to see what you think. Otherwise, scroll on down the page and you can see some of my other lenses that I think will interest you.