Every potty has a pooper, that's why we invited Alex!

After months of struggling with pooping on the potty, he finally pooped tonight. We've gone days with no poop because he refuses to poop on the potty and we refuse to put him in a diaper. After 3 days of no poop I had to put him in a diaper the other day.

Also the other day I put a diaper under the toilet lid in hopes he would poo in to that. That was not a success. In fury I posted on some forums and asked for suggestions. One of the suggestions worked tonight. Here's what I did.

Today I scoured Toys R Us to find the right motivator. I happened to find a huge red remote control car that looks like Lightning McQueen. It was only $20. When Alex said he had to poop I showed him the car. But told him he could not have it, touch it or play with it unless he pooped on the toilet. Patrick said he could see the wheels turning in Alex's head. Alex sat on the toilet and I sat next to him playing with the remote. I wouldn't let Alex touch the car. About 15 minutes later he pooped in the toilet.

I hope this is the end but I fear it might not be. At least we're one step closer to a fully potty trained boy!