Potty Training - Buena Vista, CO

I think that you should set up a reward system. I used a sticker chart for my daughter, and at the end of the week if she had 4 or more stickers she got a special reward. I really don't think that punishing her for not pooping is the right way to go about it.

let her be. I know it sounds frustrating to try but she isn't ready to do it yet and pushing could cause her to go backward and that would be worse so just let her take a little more time and try to encourage her positively and if you can tell she is going get her to the potty to finish.

We had this problem with our Daughter too (pees in toliet but poops in her diaper)...She started training herself at 18 month and then just stoped!! We got her going again at about 3 1/2 years and we tried everything!! We KNEW she could do it, it was just a matter of her wanting to. We took toys away, bought "potty prizes" for when she did go poop in the potty, offered stickers, had charts, the whole 9 freakin yards!! lol But it took my Husbands mom to offer her a sleep over when ever she wants as long as she can go potty in the toilet, no diapers allowed, that she finally started to become totally potty trained. 2 weeks and she was done, no accidents or anything!

Maybe you could offer her something she REALLY wants and tell her that "only BIG girls can have those" like a sleep over, that new toy or going to a movie at the theater.

Good Luck!!

I have a 28 month old son who is now fully potty trained. I had a similar problem at first he would wait till nap time to poop then he would poop in his bed room on the floor and then he would finger paint with it on the walls, at first I took the same approch I would get really upset then I would yell take things away and even did time out, but I learned that was the wrong approch. We started a reward system at first he would get three gummy life savers when he went poop in the potty, then I thought I can't give him candy forever so now we do a sticker chart everytime he goes poop in the potty he puts a sticker on a potty chart then when he gets 10 stickers he gets to choose either a few pieces of candy or a new small toy. If he does make a "mistake" we have to look at is a mistake and not a bad thing. Don't punish him or her for making a mistake they just have to help clean up the mistake and remind them that poop doesn't belong there it belongs in the potty.

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P.

Most of the time all it takes is time and patience. My daughter still has the occassional accident and she's going on 4 1/2 years. She didn't start pooping in the potty until after she turned 4. Every child is different. It only took my son about 6 weeks and then like a light bulb went on and he never had an accident again but my daughter's potty story is much different. We started when she was a little over 3 before preschool was about to start in August of last year and like I said she's still having accidents. It was frustrating and we got tired of it and put her in pull-ups but that ended up setting her back some. I don't have any answers for you but to say just hang in there.
J.

Just be patient, she is barely past 2. It took my son (boys are usually harder) about 6-7 months from peeing in the potty to pooping and this was when he was 3 1/2 to 4 yr old. I would sit him on the potty and he would say he couldn't go, and then 5 minutes latter wet his pants. He still where pull-ups for bedtime at 5 yrs old. It doesn't normally happpen one stage. They not only need to know what it feels like to have to each of these, but to know how to use their muscles (there are different muscle used for peeing than from pooping) at the right time and place. They need to have a certain amount of reasoning skills, action/reaction understanding (I feel like peeing/pooping I better go sit on the potty now) and then get there, pull down the undies and go. After having 3 kids, I don't believe the stories of being 100 percent trained at 18 months. It will happen, just give it time.

My grandson just ran around with out a diaper on untilhe got the hang of it. That worked for us. Also start a sticker reward program. Make a sheet for the wall and tell her that when the sheet is all full, she can get a toy or something.

Hi K.,

For us, the reward system has worked very well. We offered stickers for every successful "job" and for every 5 stickers earned, our kids received bigger prizes. Also, LOTS of praise for every effort and gentleness for mistakes made.

Also, my understanding is that 26 months is on the early side for being able to be fully potty trained, and can lead to a lot of frustration. Perhaps allow her to wear diapers while encouraging and praising her when she chooses to go in her potty, then try again in a few months.

Good luck!!

S.

Hi K., I had the same problem with my second child. She potty trained herself at 22mos old. She just up and decided it was time to use the potty but she was always pooping in her underwear. We tried everything, rewards(that worked for a while), punishments (never worked), lectures, yelling, nothing seemed to really work to get her to consistantly poop in the potty. Finally when she was about 3 1/2 yrs we figured out that she was afraid of pooping. Through all of this frustraition about her accidents she thought that the actual process of pooping was bad. That is was not ok to poop at all. So to fix that, now this may sound crude and gross, but everytime someone pooped in the potty, whether myself, my husband or our oldest child, we would let her know that we were going to go poop and then let her see it when we got done and let her flush the toilet for us. I know it sounds gross but it showed her that everyone poops and everyone uses the toilet to poop and it was ok. It wasn't 3days before she stopped having the accidents and we've never had a problem since and she's 5 1/2 now. She was just afraid she was being bad and we just had to show her that she wasn't. I don't know if that might be your daughter's problem too but it may help to at least try it. Good luck!

C.

In your situation I would suggest using pull-ups. That way your floor is protected and it puts the responsibility on your child. After the child gets used to this you can use a reward system with them.

My first child was great at peeing on the potty, but would hold her poop all day until we put a pull up on her at bedtime, then she would poop. She would then start putting pull-ups on by herself int he middle of the day to poop. I tried everything from a sticker chart, other rewards, punishments, yelling...nothing worked. So one day I said fine poop in your pants and I stopped making a big deal out of it. When she pooped I cleaned it up without a word and within a week she started to poop on the potty by herself and then I made a big deal out of what a big girls she was. She has been going ever since. I think my baby was just so stubborn that she wanted to do it on her time. ( she is still like that)

Rewards worked well for my kids but I think the key is finding the right reward. My oldest son loved blowing out candles so I kept one in the bathroom and lit it when we went in to go potty. When he was finished he got to blow it out. Oddly, it worked well. So I guess my advice is to find something they think is cool and try to use it.
Good luck!