My almost 3 year old daughter, Briana, has been going poop on the toilet for over a year now but she refuses to go pee on the toilet. The past two days while at a friend's house she has pooped in her diaper. She usually always tells us no matter where we are that she has to go potty. What can I do to help her actually want to go pee on the toilet and poop on the toilet again?
I have read all the answers and went and bought a whole bunch of big girl underwear and she wore them all day except naptime and she had only one accident right before bedtime. Thank you very much for your excellent answers. It helped me out greatly.
She might be like my daughter was and peed/pooped in her pullups "because I can", as she told me. Once I heard that, pullups were gone and she didnt have any accidents after a couple days.
I think that Diapers/pullups confuse kids (espcially at that age).
My son was like that, pooping on the potty but peeing in his pull-up, so we took away the pull-ups and put him in big boy undies. The first day was awful, he had 13 accidence and was begging for his pull-up, but that was his way of trying to insert control. The next day, when he realized that the pull-ups were not coming back, he only had 2 accidence, and then the next day one, and then none. They always say to wait to train until they show they are ready, well pooping in the potty shows that they are very ready, and just need a push.
I used cherrios & he loves to pee on the potty now.
I agree with the others that said to switch to underwear or cotton training pants. (I wouldn't talk negatively about accidents, though - just clean-up and move on with as little fuss as possible). My daughter pooped on the potty first, then a few months later we did the switch to underwear and didn't go back. I really liked the book 'Diaper-free before 3' - good advice with a positive approach.
Well first thing, get her out of the diapers. This helped with my son, who is now 3. He was potty trained at 2. I totally did away with the diapers/pull-ups. Pull-ups are diapers with easy access on and off. Your child needs to learn how it feels in big girl undies to be messy. Talk negative about pee and poop. About how gross it feels and smells when they have an accident. But do not forget to praise her when she finally does "go". Make sure you buy a whole lot of underwear, because you will be going through alot! Good Luck!
This past year I potty trained both my 3-yr old boy and 2-yr. old girl. It seemed like my girl had a easier time with pooping than peeing. Having her run around the house for a couple of days with no diaper on really helped. I also found the book "Toilet Training in Less than a day" by Nathan Azrin very helpful for both. I really appreciated the teaching methods that made it easier and fun for me, I think you may be able to pull something out of there that would help you and your girl. Also "Early Start Potty Training" helped me better understand my kids a little better and where they must be coming from as I taught them new skills. The one thing that has stood out the most from my experiences is that yelling, and getting angry at their mistakes always seems to make it worse. Really focus on keeping the environment welcoming and a learning experience.
give it time my son was the other way around. I don't think they can always feel the sensation that you get when you have to do which ever. She should bounce back and be patient on the pee maybe she just can't tell for sure. It will happen.
