Very typical. We gave my grandsome apple juice or a small amount of warm coffee. He wont be able to hold it in
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My son did the same. I put him on the potty with a movie and in about 45 minutes he did it and never looked back.
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Every child is different and so must be their potty training
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Two is really young for a Boy from what I have seen and experienced just my opinion thou
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My daughter now 3.5 was the same way. She was fully pee trained day and night around 26/27 months. But would not go poop in potty for another 6-7 months. We had to let her figure it out and now has no problem going.
This is really young for a child to be fully trained, maybe wait awhile
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Whether he poops or not is one of the last things he can control. Using the reward method would probably be most effective.
We had trouble with my youngest grandson. Try putting a few fun things he would enjoy in a box. We called it the potty box. Let him take a peek at what’s in it. Shut the box and tell him he gets 1 item from the box when he goes poo in the potty. It really helped with my grandson and he has autism. Worth a try for your son.
Mine did the same thing. When he needed to go poop, he asked for a pull-up and let him sit on the toilet with a pull-up on. It took only two times then he went in the toilet without the pull-up .
Increase his fiber in his diet and start a routine of sitting on potty after meals. Read books. Most kids stool hold when it is harder to pass the stool. The bulky stool passes more easily. Routine and consistancy.
Very normal, especially at that age and gender. We like to think we potty train the kids. They train us on their body’s rhythm. 
just keep the opportunities available, relax on the stress for both of you.
I had a friend who told her story…she was like your son. Pee was fine, but she alikes herself all the time. One weekend her folks had to go out if town and a family friend was staying at the house as child care.
She alikes herself and brought her clean diaper to the caregiver who said, no. Yo are a big girl…if you don’t like having poopy pants, go potty in the toilet or learn to clean yourself.
My friend was in tears and bad to take off her own diaper and clean up (supervised of course), but she used the toilet after that. If I remember she was four.
He’s still young. It’s normal for many kids. Just give the little man some time. Good luck
I don’t think it is good to bribe or discipline when just starting. Certainly give praise as positive reinforcement. I think it is about making it normal for them. I had a wise friend tell me that they will show you or tell you somehow that they are ready. When they show you, don’t miss it. Start their training and never go backwards. They may have accidents but still keep going forward. I kept the potty chair consistently in the bathroom to be seen as normal. They say on it sometimes while we used the restroom just like we were sitting. I also read that the pooping part feels very different to them and can even scare them so it doesn’t usually start at the same time as peeing. Just keep trying until something works.
He will get it. Just give him a little time and maybe get him a package of unddies with his favorite characters on them.
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My daughter did this. She was close to 4 when I told the doctor I’m afraid she will create a impaction or other damage to her bowels. The doctor said she was stubborn and no diapers. I bought a plastic mattress cover and used my oldest sheets. In her sleep she let go. The worst mess I ever had and had to get up clean up and bathe her. This only happened once. She was completely potty trained.
My grandson did this,as soon as I moved from the room. He would go
I found something he really wanted
It took a fewdays but it finally worked
Go to the dollar tree and buy 5 dollars worth of toys. Watch him when you think he’s poo poo,take him to the potty and tell him if he potties you’ll give him a toy. May take a week but it may work. Worked for my nephew.
I agree don’t push him. However if you notice him getting ready to poop make him go into the bath room. Let him associate poop with the bathroom. Don’t change him immediately wait like 5 min let him be a little uncomfortable BUT NOT LONG enough to cause a rash. Make a big deal out of telling your poop bye why you flush the toilet and then dump his in and make a big deal out of that too. Sometimes they feel like it’s a part of him and don’t want to let it go bye bye. He will get there.
I read somewhere that because it’s solid, some kids think it is a part of them. I read books to my daughter, “Where’s the Poop?” and 'Everyone Poops". Those helped my daughter overcome her issue in less than a month. Good luck!
go to dollar store get a little gift bag, buy some cheap little toys, tell him, he can pick a surprise out of the bag every time he poops in the potty, he will start going regularly.
Nanny here, for some kids it’s a control thing, others it’s a comfort thing. It takes time. Wait until he’s older for the poops to come.
It takes time for this to work. He has to work through this. Just let him know that you are proud of him and if he needs to poo in a pull up’s let him.
Same happened to my guy. He will go when he’s ready, don’t rush it. Maybe try to put Cheerios in the toilet and tell him he gets a surprise if he poops on the Cheerios.
He’s not ready. I did the same thing with my son. Started he did really well and then just didn’t want to go. I waited 6 months and tried again. They’re ready when they’re ready not when you are.
I know it would be a mess. But maybe let him just wear his big boy pants to bed one night. When he wakes up with poop he will not like it.
It might take a couple of days or not. He did a regular pants not pull ups?
Pull ups don’t work.
The reason I know is because I am a mom or f two boys and daughter. And I am a preschool teacher that does potty training.
Good luck
Same w my son… then a few months before kindergarten we told him he cant have go to kindergarten if he doesnt poop in the toilet (half truth). He never had an issue again
My son will be four this month and he is exactly like that he never wants to wear underwear and I know I should be making him wear them more but he will have it all over my house and honestly I don’t want it in the house like that so I let him wear his pull ups 
I need help bad he is my miracle child I was told by three doctors I would never carry a baby and as soon as I was going to get the shot I missed my appointment and then went and found out I was pregnant so I kinda got him a little spoiled he has never slept on his own unless he fell asleep there and before the night is over he is right back in my bed how can I get him to do what he is supposed to do
When he poops in a diaper or his pants, throw whichever one in the toilet and make him clean them up. Worked like a charm for my son.
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Boys take longer- and are naturally younger for their age😉
Don’t push the issue because you do not want him developing the habit of housing back. There is a definite connection between learning control over one selfs body and being controlled when it comes to toilet training. They are developing a sense of personal control when toilet training
I was told they think they are losing something. So it scares them.
I don’t remember the age exactly but mine would pee all the time in toilet and wouldn’t poop, so I squeezed his stomach to show him what muscles to use and accidentally squeezed it out of him and never had a problem after that 
It just a lot of time, but when he does go you have to jump up and praise him. I agree get rid of the diapers and pullups, at night you could use pull ups but not in the day…let him wear big boy patties. Good luck
I was told to put them in a cold bath but when I did it my son favorite thing to do was take a bath now he is so scared of the bath well now he is starting to get to where he isn’t scared I did it three times and saw how much it was scaring him I never did it again I think that’s why he is almost four and still using the pull ups
Kids don’t go to college in diapers. It’s not a race. If he isn’t ready that’s fine. Calm down a bit and it will come.
I raised 3 boys . He’s not ready yet , let up on him a little when he’s ready he will let you know
Get a squatty potty and let him stand over the toilet in a squat position. This is their natural posture and makes it much easier for them and their insides.
my son used to hold it till nap time and so I tried just not putting a diaper on for nap time and he couldn’t hold it and ran to the potty
Boys are definitely different than girls. I had a son so smart that when he pooped he rushed to the bathroom, thru his pants in the toilet and then cleaned himself up, but didn’t want to poop in the toilet. I think it has something to do with the fear of flusing a part of themselves down the toilet. Anyhow, the best thing I have seen is a reward. My grandson was given a bag of candies and when he pooped he ran around the house giving everyone a treat of their choice. The positive reinforcement worked wonders and he was trained within a week.
I used Jelly beans for reward. Every time he poops In the potty he got some jelly beans. lol worked really well
Put candy he loves on back of toilet and give him 1 piece when he peepee and 2 for number 2. Do the same for you. Let him see you get rewarded for it also. Just did this with our nephew
My son was 15 months when I started potty training him but it all went out the window when I had my daughter while trying to train him. I just kept at it till he caught on.
They didn’t have pulled up back then.
Oh, and we weren’t forced.
But we were all curious as to why my mom and dad would go into that room with that funny thing called a toilet and then close the door.
When we asked about it, she told us it was only for grownups to sit down on to go to the bathroom…that only babies and toddlers wore diapers.
That piqued our curiosity even more, of course; and, before we knew it, WE were using the toilet.
Mom said all three of us told anybody who would listen that we were big kids because we used the toilet instead of wearing diapers.
I didn’t finish. Punishing is non productive. Pretend like you don’t care but offer something he wants.
They tend to think they are loosing part of themselves. And the flushing just makes it worse.
My grandson did that also with pooping. Always hid ir held it in waiting on diaper. He will do it when he is ready trust me.
I heard it’s a control thing. It’s the one thing they have power over. It’s not a conscious thought so hard to be angry. They go when they feel ready to release.
Don’t rush it. Sometimes the BM hurts and they are hesitant or embarassed. Boys are different.
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I had the same problem with my daughter. I left her diaper off all day. She would beg me to put it on and then I knew she had to poo. It took 3 days of no diaper before she was totally potty trained.
I put the poop out of my sons underwear right after he did it. I would make him sit on the potty and I said look what u did good job.
Same here. My son has no issue peeing in the potty but he just won’t poop in it. He won’t even poop in his underwear. He’ll tell me he needs a pull-up on and will wait to poop in the pull-up. I’ve tried every thing under the sun to get him to poop in the potty. He even has a few different types of potties. I’m glad I’m not the only one dealing with this issue. Makes me feel a little better.
My grandson is 3 1/2. He won’t use the potty at all. Consider yourself lucky.
He is showing his independence. He is showing you he has control over this. Had problems with this with our oldest. He will figure it out.
Ease into it. He will one day get it. I have 2 girls my oldest was 3 before she realize it was ok my youngest girl was 4. It’s not just boys I had the same problem with my girls
Try a reward system. Every time he poops he gets a small tangible reward. But keep those as only pooping rewards. For instance if he l likes Legos have a basket of Legos he can choose from. When he poops he gets to pick one. But don’t let him have anything out of the award basket for other things. That basket should only be used for pooping.
I’m not making light of this but trust me he will eventually want to go on the potty. I’ve been a daycare provider and I have never seen a 16 yr old boy who did not know how to use the toilet. Just saying relax and before you know it he won’t like going in diapers!
I took away from son’s favorite toy. Within 4 days he had his toy back.
He needs something to put his feet on to push… so a still or something at his feet…
He is a little young to have control over his pooping muscles. Be patient. Does he have words for poop or pee yet?
Do not spank him hes two it’s all new to him. You see alot where they will pee before poop on toilet. Give him a book he hasn’t read while he sits in the potty
This will not help you. I found my daughter was a whole lot easier than Sonny Boy. He took a year longer to start and just lots more patience. I let him go at his schedule. He got there, at his own pace.
Never had trouble with my son but two older girls were trouble to potty train
Try having books for him to “read” on the potty.
Boys mostly get constipation and it becomes very painful and often put it off . Try more water especially in hot summer time .
Google “How can I get my child to poop in the potty” you’ll be reading for days!
Im in the same boat besides my baby is almost 5 he’s been out the. Diaper 2½ years… Reward system don’t work his daddy && I have tried everything!!!
Best advice I can give you is just continue to put him on the toilet and keep trying. He will eventually get it
We put my son in front of the tv on the port a potty watching a Disney movie. There was no pressure of going and he finally went. It was easy after that. He used to go hide behind the couch and poop so we knew that he knew he had to go. Boys can be stubborn
Absolutely normal. My LO did the same. When I notice the face they all have the face 
I would run her to the potty.
My 4 year old twin girls do this. They will bring me a diaper when they have to poop. Peeing on the potty is super easy for them.
Don’t use diapers at all. Once they feel the messiness, they won’t like it and will go in the toilet.
Boys take longer to potty train… for some reason they are afraid of pooping in the potty.
You could play around with him and say something like ohhh let see if your poopy can go for a swim in the water…or put a cheerio in the toilet and say can your poopy fall on the cheerio. You can also have him watch big brother/daddy or mommy go potty. You can try sticker awards. Once you get him to go…do not let him go at store restrooms that have automatic flush . He will get scared and stop using it
My autistic daughter is the other way around.
All mines did this until they got more comfortable with the potty. It’ll pass.
An old woman I know still has poop issues today because they forced her to use potty . Don’t do it by force . Use a reward system .
Try using Cheerios and tell him he has to make it in the hole it work for us
If s totally normal 2 is very young
Not ready by boys are usually around 3
2 is pretty young some kids might be ready but most are ready by 3 or 4. Stop and try in a few months it might work out better
Usually about 3 yoa is better for boys.
Boys are harder . Mine are 60 and 58 I can’t remember My daughter would say I do it myself …oh ok
He will do it when he’s ready!
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Boys are slower about it. Give him time he will.
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Boys and girls train differently on Potty. Some can get it right away while others might take sometime. My daughter didn’t poop on the potty until she was almost 5. We too were frustrated at first but then one day she just went to the potty on her own and there was no looking back. Just keep doing your part and keep encouraging your little boy anytime he goes and even if he just sits on the toilet. I know very well it can be frustrating but persistence is the key. Good luck!
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Make him sit on it lit every 15 min. Tell him when he poops in the potty he can stop sitting every 15
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Perfectly age appropriate, especially for little boys. No worries Mom
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Just let him lead eventually he will get it.
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Out of even longer outing the diaper on or put him on the toilet til he goes then give him a little treat
It’s a boy thing. He will get it . He’s only 2, give him a bit more time .
Just give it more time. He will do it when he’s ready
He may be getting constipated and it hurts to go.
Well guess that worked but I hope we don’t to wait until he’s 4
Every time he poops on the potty give a treat, candy. M&ms whatever works for him.
Common problem. Be patient. Please
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He’s not ready. I’d wait a little longer.
Bribery works every time. My grandson was three and I finally told my daughter what I was going to do. Then I told Zack everytime he went to the bathroom I’d get him something from ToysRUs. It worked.
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It will happen, he just has his own timeline
Massage his stomach when he is on the potty
Still young give him till 3 then worry
Try a rewards system. He gets to put a marble or something into a jar when its full he gets a toy but if he messes his underwear he has to take one out. They catch on pretty quick start with a small jar and get bigger as he gets bigger
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He will do soon enough buy superhero undderwear