My daughter will be 3 in April, and we have just started potty training this past weekend. She is doing awesome going pee on the potty, but she is having trouble pooping. I know this is not unusual..I am just wondering why kids have trouble pooping when they pee just fine.
She only poops in a pull-up, so after she tells me a couple times that she has to poop (cause she won't go right away) I put her in a pull-up and she poops happily. I know better than to force her to poop on the potty..I know it will come in time, but what is this issue that kids have? Anything I can do to help her along?
2007-01-17 16:05:54 · 5 answers · asked by michellecdnd 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
There is a book called " Every body poops" geared for potty training. It tells about people and animals.
Your daughter is trying to show she has control over this situation, and she does. She feels that this is part of her body being flushed down that toilet and she does not like it.!
Have a heart to heart talk talk and tell her big girls go in the potty not their pants. Let her know that all the grown ups in the family go to the potty and only babies go in their pants. When she does go on the pot praise her for it.Let her stay on the pot for about 5 minutes , no longer as this can interfere with the training,not help!
I had 5 children and the first 4 started potty training the day they were 2 yrs old and the girls were trained the first 2 weeks and the boys within 2 months. The last boy took about a year as he did not want to give up his authority over his bodily functions, I also found out that his older brothers and sisters would tease him they were going to flush him down the toilet. I guess he felt that was the start of it by flushing part of him away.
2007-01-17 16:32:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you just started, give it more time. You can encourage her by making a game... she tells you she has to poop, put on a pull up and then pull it down and sit her on the potty.... she's happy, she has on a pull up - you're happy she's sitting on the potty!
I'm at the same exact point you are with my son. I had to take one of his dirty diapers and drop the poop in the toilet to show him... that's when the got it! The light bulb came on! Now he he's got the hang of it.... we've had a few big accidents, but he is getting it. We throw a "poop party" whenever he goes (he gets 1/2 a hostess cupcake with a candle on it) and that REALLY works, the whole family sits at the table and shares a little piece of a cupcake! At this point, he catches it as it's just starting to come out - he says "poo poo coming out" and we have to RUSH to the toilet..... too crazy!
But you'll get it.. Keep your own advice by not forcing it!
2007-01-18 03:44:45 · answer #2 · answered by LittleFreedom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well actually my three year old brother has the same problem. He loves to pee in the toilet but always poops in his undies or pullups when my mom isn't around. My mom found a great solution that actually makes him try to poop all the time in the toilet. She went to wal-mart and bought many little toys such as cars, sunglasses, animal figurines, and candy. She put it all in an old ice cream bucket and offered a deal to my brother that everytime he poops in the toilet he gets to pick a piece of candy and a toy from the "potty prize bucket" and as it turns out he was honestly motivated to try to go just to get a prize....it's been almost three months since he pooped in his pants!
2007-01-18 00:37:19 · answer #3 · answered by ashlynn 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when she says she has to poop put her on the potty and make her sit there. you giving her the pull up is only hindering your progress
2007-01-18 00:15:33 · answer #4 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋