Toddler boy’s fear of pooping in potty?

I’m in the throes of toilet teaching my 2 year old son. He has shown all the signs of readiness and knows when his diaper is wet or full, can take his pants down and his diaper off. He sits on the potty for short periods of time with no problem. I’ve been letting him run around with no diapers to make it easier to get on the potty in time. This morning, he sat down but kept getting up. Then he shouted the word we use for BM and got all worked up and cried. I encouraged him to sit on his potty but he looked scared. I saw his product coming so picked him up just in time for it to land safely in the potty. Then he said “uh-oh” when he saw it. Could he be afraid of actually using the potty? What can I do to help him overcome this fear?

“Potty training fears, often called toilet terrors, are common among toddlers and small children. Look at things from your child’s perspective. He is giving up the security of a diaper for a big, cold thing with a giant hole that might swallow him. Up until this point, your child has been able to go in his diaper. He didn’t have to control himself until a potty was available. He could go anytime and anywhere, knowing that someone would always be there to change his diaper. The idea of having to go to a specific location means he will have to stop what he’s doing to use the potty. To top it all off, he looses the warmth of his diaper and must now go potty naked where other people might be watching!”

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