Potty Training - San Antonio,TX

Have you tried using the big potty at the same time as her. If she doesn't feel like all of the attention is on her then maybe she will. Even if you are not using the bathroom, you can pretend and it may make her feel more comfortable. Find a book to read or do a crossword to keep from occupied. I think all kids go through that where they are scared for some reason to poop. Face it nobody wants to poop with someone standing over them watching their every move.

Hi K.,

I was having the same trouble with my son when I started potty training him, and I decided to buy him a book by James Dobson, it's a children's book that talks about a little boy that is learning to use the potty. And guess what as soon as he read it, it clicked on him from that day forward he was potty trained..you should try looking for children's books that she can read. Good Luck!

What worked for us is telling jokes. That was the only thing that kept my 2yr old on the potty long enough for anything to happen. And sometimes just being silly and mysterious. Like "Listen, hear that, listen closely, ssshhh, I hear it, do you hear it?" And maybe she'll get curious enough to listen for a tinkle. LOL.

Pooping sometimes takes longer, make sure she doesn't have hard poops, does she get enough fiber? You don't want her to associate strain with pooping on the potty. And buy some cool kids wipes and hand soap, to use only when we poop on the potty, etc.

I am in the SAME boat as you!! My 2 1/2 year old daughter has been peeing in the potty for several months now. I got her to poop finally last week...but she hasn't gone again since then! I just had to ask her every day, every time she needed to poop. She tells me when she needs to poop too, because she'll telle me she wants a diaper on. Then she'll go squat NEXT to the toilet and she asks me to close the door and leave her alone. She told me she'll let me know when she's ready to go on the potty again. I am trying to figure out why she went last week and won't go again. I think it was that I gave her the option of her "princess" potty seat or her potty chair. She opted for the potty chair. We praised her, called up her daddy in ARizona, and everyone was so proud of her. She also got a Princess light up hand held fan. Not sure if the toy was what got her to go or what. I am just going to ask her daily if she's ready to poop on her potty chair again. I am ready to get her out of diapers! We even talk about how diapers are for babies...but she still wants one when she needs to poop. Maybe I got lucky that once because she had to go so bad after we'd been out to dinner. Good luck to you ;)

Her issue is not a physical one so much as it is an emotional or psychological one, though not distinguished by your little girl as such---she's just a child. Very young children learning to let go of what's theirs (pee & poop is theirs in their world) often have a more difficult time letting go of the poop in the potty or toilet. It is a process, and it requires you being patient with her process. Tell her in your own way that when she's ready that will be the right time to poop in the potty. She needs to know she can go at her own pace. It is her victory, not the parent's, and we need to let them have their personal victory. She does want to please you and be like you, and so there is no need to pressure her---she's motivated by that. She WILL poop in the potty or toilet, and likely it will be within the next weeks or months.
Dr T Berry Brazelton's approach, in Toilet Training the Brazelton Way, has been very successful over the many years of his pediatric practice. Good luck.

K. - do you have a portable potty? try setting it up in front of the TV and let her watch her favorite show and use it as a seat. You can do that with the top down if it has one, and her pants on - until she's comfortable sitting on it for a long time. My boys used their potties as seats for a few weeks before they tried to use them for their *real* purpose. The best advice is - don't rush it. She'll learn eventually and if YOU try to control this, you'll lose! good luck.

Dear K.,

I went through the same thing with both of my children. I have two boys.I found that the only thing that worked was A LOT OF PATIENCE. It took my children about 2 months to Poop in the potty. One of them actually did not poop for a whole week because he did not want to go in the potty and when he finally did he filled it up, but after that he went on a regular bases. So, I would say give it a few more weeks, however the fact that your daughter is peeing on the potty regularly shows that she is ready. The poop just takes a little more time to get used to.

Have you tried sitting on the edge of the tub while she is on the potty? If not give it a try. Singing is a fun thing to do that helps to distract the little ones from the serious business of potty issues. You could also try letting her pick out some stickers that she likes and give them to her whenever she sits on the potty for a few minutes. Have extra or special stickers for when she is successful. My boys loved to put the stickers on their arms, hands, sometimes even their foreheads!

Good luck!!

I bribed all my kids. I'd have a Hershey's bar in the freezer and if the did use the potty - they'd get one square. It worked wonderfully.

Hi K..

Patience and persistence. My 2yr daughter had the same issue. After several trips to the bathroom one day I decided to try something different and I walked out of the bathroom. She did it! I figured out she was too distracted with me standing there and she couldn't concentrate on her "moment". She has not had a problem since-well until she was at my moms...My mom called and said she'd gone 2 or 3 times to the bathroom after saying she needed to poop and she wouldn't do anything. I told her my secret and it worked. I'm not sure if it was the whole "lack of distraction thing" or maybe she was just ready. Anyway, you might give it a try.
Hope this helps.
J.

Advice? Patience. She just isn't ready. She will when she is ready, and be assured that she will not mess in her pants for the rest of her life.

Is she going poop at all? My daughter was holding it and holding it. It had been over a week since she went. I called the doctor and they told us to get glycerin sepositoriys (sp). They worked within 15 minutes. That way she wasn't going to get sick.

Beyond that, I told her she had to go or we would have to do another "ouchie" in her bottom. I know, probably not the best way, but it worked for us :) She poops like a pro now :)

First,it takes time. She is not ready,she is still a little young. Just try to be patient and keep tying. c

Pooping in the potty was the last thing that any of my kids mastered and I think it just comes with time. You just have to stay consistant and keep encouraging her. She will get it!!

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K.,

I think that your daughter is willing to sit on the potty, and actually urinates on the toilet is wonderful, and not to push the poop end of things! She is two, or if she is closer to three, then things might be different! However, she is willing to sit, even for a short length of time, fabulous! As she gets a little older, say two and half, three then become a little more pushy if she can handle it!
Rate now, let her go at her own pace!

Good Luck!

Hi K.,
I went through the same thing with my daughter. All I did was just reasure her that what she was feeling was okay. I also held her hand to give her confidence that all that process was normal. She was good to go in about T. weeks with the pooping situation.

Good luck,
Elisa