Dad, Come See My Poop!

Over the last 6 months, we've been in the practice of insisting our kids try for a BM daily. (This is to counteract the constipation and pain that ensues when one holds it in.) To make it less onerous / more appealing, we added the possibility of earning 3 marbles if one has a BM without being reminded, and 2 marbles if one has a BM but only at Mom or Dad's prompting. The kids can trade in marbles at a rate of 25 cents each. It's working well. The only catch is that we have had to use visual verification of BM production, because on occasion we have had doubted our kids' veracity. So we are called to the bathroom to "come see my poop". Normally this is a non-issue; except when Mom or Dad is trying to work, eat, sleep or cook a meal.

Net net: it's still worth it because we used to have weekly constipation tantrums, tears, drama and of course, parental panic that our son's biologic system was going to be completely out of whack.