Potty Training - Branson, MO

We went through this with our last. I put a television and dvd player in the bathroom. She spent 3 days living in there. I bought new dvd's and told her that she had to stay until she went. She stayed for 12 hours per day, 3 days in a row. She did go at the end of each day. But we repeated the day 2 times more because she just wasn't quite ready. She announced to me at the end of the finally day she was ready for underwear and she was not going to have any more accidents. She never did.

I cleaned her hands very well and cleaned the bathroom well. She thought she was having some sort of adventure. We ate in there, read books, and she enjoyed it. But yeah, she got tired of it eventually. For us it worked. Some kids would be miserable. I made a big deal out of it and explained to her why we were doing it. But, she was 3 when we did this. That 6 months may have been very important.

Suzi

My son was well past three before he made poop in the potty. With had told him we would go to Chuck E Cheese, just like Kelly, but couldn't get him to go. Finally one day I saw the way he was asking. I put him on the potty and we sang a song while I rubbed his back and out it came. We went to Chuck E Cheese that night and had very little problems since.

I try to go with her to the potty once a day and read or sing and her her relax. It may work or you may just have to wait awhile.

Our son did the same thing and we bribed him w/ chuckie cheese. He wanted to go there soo bad, but we said not until you go poopies in the big boy toilet. We said it to him over and over and w/ in a couple of days he went poopie and he got to go to chuckie cheese! Make a big production out of it and say things like, "see, wasn't that fun going in your very own potty"?!

My 2 year old did the same thing. I found out that she didn't like the splash. I bought one of those three piece seats with a bowl, seat and base. She has no problem using that. It's not fun to clean up but I'd rather do that than throw away underwear. It's also more comfortable for her to sit on since her feet reach the floor. It is also convenient to take with you when you go out. Just put some toilet paper, some ziploc bags and a travel pack of wipes in the base and you're good to go. I just pour the pee in the grass and put the toilet paper/wipes in a ziploc bag and throw it away.

And remember, this is only a phase. She'll get over it. Good luck!

My youngest would do basically the same thing. She picked up on peeing in the potty right off, even staying dry at night by the end of the first week, however it ended up taking about 2 months to get her to poop in the potty. Sometimes she would even hold it for a couple of days until she couldn't hold it in anymore. When I was finally tired of it, I started watching the time of day that she was pooping and so I started taking her potty around that time and would wait, sometimes 45 minutes for her to go. Then finally on one of those trips it just clicked for her that it was ok to go poop in the potty and it stuck. Good Luck.

There is something that happens sometimes. I am not sure if this is the case or not, but I would find out.

Because a bowel movement can be so messy, and cleaning it up can be frustrating when the child is old enough to use the potty, we can show disapproval in our voices and body language. That disapproval is supposed to encourage the use of the toilet and not the pants but children can get confused about things. They can believe that it is the actual act that is upsetting and not where the act takes place. I know of a little boy that apologized repeatedly after each bowel movement and he would hide to do it. It was only after seeing his mother using the toilet for a bowel movement that he understood it was alright. he thought that having the bowel movement at all was the problem, not where he was having it. he is not the only child I have heard of doing this. So I would recomend letting her see that it is alright to have one in the proper place and time and no one gets upset about it.

Sometimes they just get the facts confused, they are so young yet.

When she does go in her underwear you could try to take her in the bathroom and show her how you put it in the toilet and flush it and you tell the poo poo bye bye. My daughter was never afraid to go poo in the potty but whenever she had an accident we would both take it into the bathroom and put it in the potty and tell it bye bye. Good luck!