How long does it take a child to learn to use the potty doing both peeing and pooping?

Question

My daughter is three and a half and she shows all the signs of being ready for the potty and most of the times she pees in the potty but she just wont poop in the potty

Answer 1

It can be very difficult for a child to learn to poop while sitting down. My goddaughter is fully potty-trained--she even wakes up in the middle of the night to go potty--up to the whole pooping deal. Sometimes she still has accidents, but she knows when she has to go and she will tell you. She's two and a half. However, she doesn't like to sit on the potty, she's used to pooping standing up or laying down. Try a reward chart and tell her that everytime she goes poopy on the potty, she gets a sticker. When she gets three stickers, she gets a treat. (This way she won't forget.)

Kimmie benefited from the potty training DVD--she likes to sing the song "bye bye diapers hello fun". You can try getting her to watch that--it's obviously geared for kids, and she will learn from it. She'll also learn from seeing mommy and/or daddy doing it.

Also, referring to the answer before mine ... don't do that to your child. Put her in big girl panties, but don't make her sit in wet ones. That can lead to UTIs and psychological damage. Take her to the store and have her pick out girly underwear that she likes. She won't want to mess them, and she will get used to trying to poop on the potty. She is NOT being "lazy".

Answer 2

i did no longer do pull-united statesboth. My teenagers have been older, very nearly 3, as quickly as we potty-experienced. We picked an afternoon on the calendar, did a countdown to the "not greater Diapers" day. while it got here, the diapers have been long previous. a protracted weekend of taking the youngster to the rest room each 30 minutes, and cleansing up some injuries, and the toddlers have been experienced. night coaching became into basic, because of the fact my teenagers were waking up dry for a minimum of a few months in the previous we began potty-coaching, yet i comprehend that people are not as fortunate. i did no longer use a potty chair, purely the ring insert that is going over the rest room so their skinny butts do no longer fall in!

Answer 3

First of all let me start by saying every child is different in all parts of their develpment. It takes awhile for them to start pooping in the toliet. Have a reward chart every time that she does poop in the toliet for instance a sticker everytime and after so many times a week she gets $5.00 and she gets to pick out a toy at Wal-Mart and keep the change. This should make her want to use the big girl potty. Make sure you don't punish her for not going or making it to the toliet though. If she makes it then she gets rewarded if she doesn't make it then she doesn't get rewarded. That simple. Encourgage don't punish. Good luck. This is a very hard stage in life...

Answer 4

I had this problem too, my daughter started at age 3. I moved her from one state to another and then automatically she was potty trained. I think that all children need a change and structure. Try going to the store or something when you think she needs to potty. take her into the potty and have her try it out.

Answer 5

i had the same problem just my daughter would tell me after the fact she knew what she was doing just was to lazy to do it so she went into panties and when she would mess her panties i would wash them out and make her sit in wet panties she didn't like that so after 2 times she started going on the potty

Answer 6

It depends on the child my daughter has been going pee in the toilet off and on for about 6 months now you just need to let them go at their own pace and don't pressure them or it could make it more stressful for them and you!!!