My two and a half year old daughter is completely toilet trained when it comes to wees but with poos she is a total nightmare. She will stand with her legs crossed swearing blind she does not need to go, nothing will make her sit on toilet at this point! She is actually making herself constipated by holding it in all the time. What do I do?!?
2006-07-22 02:22:59 · 18 answers · asked by helen 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
she maybe constipated to begin with, my step-daughter was. We got here this clear juice in the baby food aisle, that helped constipation and made it easier for her. I went through this same situation and it didn't las for more than a week after we did this with her.
good luck and happy pooping ;-)
2006-07-22 02:27:37 · answer #1 · answered by Justin K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tough one!
What about making her sit on the potty while you are doing it in the loo, yourself? She'll probably follow your example. Ok... like that funny girl up there says, make a bit of a noise - no harm. And laugh about it. Do it everyday whether she grunts or not. Also put some soothing music on only in the toilet, while you can deny her music in the main room for a while. If she learns to take a rest in the bathroom, it may work. I wouldn't take her to the dr. I wouldn't try to use force. Just make it look like there's nowhere you feel happy more than on the throne. Take an insect or a small snake in there with you or... even a woodlouse!
2006-07-24 21:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patience and the reward system. When you know she has to go, ask her once and then take her to the potty and sit with her until she poos or for 15-20 minutes whichever comes first. When she does, give her a small reward (cookie, juice, small toy, etc.) Depending on how stubborn she is (and she sounds like a stubborn one lol) it could take a couple of days or a couple of months. Just be patient and consistent.
You might also want to take her to her pediatrician and see if there is a medical reason for her not wanting to poo. She could be holding it in because it's painful. Perhaps her doctor could recommend a stool softener or something.
2006-07-22 02:30:39 · answer #3 · answered by Tia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enough to drive you crazy isn't it. You are not alone in this fight. Your daughter is trying to exert what little control she feels she has over you. Perfectly normal but not good for you.
You already see now the signs that she needs to go. When she crosses her legs "take her", important now, "take her" and put her on the potty. Make her stay there until she goes or a reasonable amount of time. Don't make a big deal of it. The more you make of it the more stubborn she will be.
You are in the middle of the terrible two's and as you see it is not fun. We all get through it but it is no picnic.
Good luck mom.
2006-07-22 02:37:10 · answer #4 · answered by John B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You see the signs when she does it have her sit on the potty and go. If it has continued for a long time you may want to take her to the doctor because there may be a reason for her not wanting to go poop like it hurts or something like that. My daughter would do that when she had to pee and she had a unrine infection. I don't know if it is possible to have something wrong in the colon at that age because I am not a doctor. You should check with the doctor but in the mean time when she shows those signs sit her on the potty and tell her she has to go there.
2006-07-22 02:29:14 · answer #5 · answered by Diamond Freak :) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter grow to be petrified of utilising the lavatory for quantity 2's... We used to truly make a large deal of ways mind-blowing it grow to be to apply the lavatory - to apply examples of persons she likes on television and stuff to get her to persist with in shape. If she does it - make a actual fuss of her - not unavoidably by using finding out to purchase her issues or giving chocolates - yet by using clapping and cheering and getting her to tell her well-known member of the kin on the telephone. you additionally can attempt a sticky label chart - a gold megastar for each time she is going to the lavatory, wee or poo, and then 2 stars for a poo. while she has a definite volume of stars you are able to desire to manage to take her to the comfortable play centre or swimming or something she loves. in simple terms an thought - yet she'll be high-quality - do not hassle. x P.S. attempt utilising a potty to start up with - permit her % one from the department shops so she would be in a position to choose what shade she needs etc. Then she would be in a position to get used to that when which the lavatory.
2017-01-03 06:10:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm telling you girls do NOT poop!
just joking. i work at a preschool, and as the toddler/two year teacher, i am in charge of making sure that all the kids are potty trained before they leave my class. what happens is, EVERYTIME someone goes potty, we make a HUGE deal. we sing...the works. i usually ask them 'potty?' and they'll tell me yes or no, but otherwise, every two hours, i put them on the potty. weather they say they need to or not. i actually have one little boy that is SCARED to DEATH of the potty. i dont make him use it yet (hes only been in my class about a week) but i talk about how proud i am of EVERYONE who sits on the potty...etc. i know your daughter isnt scared of the potty, but i just cant think of how else you could get her to go, other than doing what that one girl already said and braging everytime you poo. i know that sounds extreme, but it may work. but dont worry, she WILL go potty in her own time. its probably a stage. GOOD LUCK!!
2006-07-22 02:34:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
feed her then give her some water with a meal and wait a hour then ask her to go potty take her in the bathroom run the water and she will get the urge to pee then the poo comes right after then say YaY that's mommy's big girl and give her a big hug and clap
2006-07-22 02:28:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put her on the toilet and get her a book, read to her,or something to keep her occupied. I use to put just a little syrup on their fingers and give them a cotton ball and as they were trying to pick the ball from one hand to the other they would go. And then we'd call Grandma and tell her and everyone would clap and cheer, and it worked. With my girls I got them silky panties and they never wanted them wet or dirty. Good Luck.
2006-07-22 02:30:14 · answer #9 · answered by Granny 1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it would work for a girl but for my son, my husband and I showed him how to grunt really loud lol and he eventually grunted it out and thought that it was hilarious and has pooped in the potty ever since.
2006-07-22 19:13:26 · answer #10 · answered by munkygirl128 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋