We have started potty training, she tells me when she has to “pee-pee”, but not poop (have a bowel movement). I am unable to get her to poop in the toilet or tell me see has to poop. Do you have any recommendations?
My kids actually pooped in the potty before they peed in it. I watched for the cues, all three of them had a certain stance/face they would make when they were about to go, as soon as I saw that I scooped them up and plopped them down on the potty! They were trained between 22 and 26 months :)
Poop is harder for some kids because if they wait long enough, the feeling goes away (unlike pee) and that leads to constipation. My son trained himself at night (he has a strong bladder) and then poop. Pee was the hardest for him for some reason. Just give her some time and maybe some probiotics to help the poop some out easier. Watch her too and reward her lavishly when she does go poop on the potty.
Common signs that a child is ready to start using the potty are showing interest in the bathroom, letting you know when it’s time for a diaper change, and making funny facial expressions when she goes in her diaper. Another sign that she’s ready is waking up from a nap with a dry diaper. This shows that she is making a subconscious decision not to wet herself. If she is showing any of these signs, it may be time to start potty training.
The link below has some more suggestions on potty training:
http://blogs.goddardschool.com/Cedar-Park-TX/2009/12/13/p...
Pooping is one of the last steps they learn, and for some kids it just takes time and patience.
As Mamazita said, watch for her cues - the face, squatting, passing gas, hiding...and nonchalantly take her quickly to the potty with an announcement "It's time to sit on the potty!"
Also take note of when she pees and poops and sit her on the potty just prior to those times, a schedule of sorts, after eating or drinking is generally pooping time.
For the record, my guy never told me when he needed to poop, I had to figure it out and get him there. He was fully trained @ 26 months, and now that he's 3.5 he still doesn't tell, unless we're out and he needs me to find a bathroom. His preschool has found the same, he just goes and does his thing...he likes to keep it private.
How old is she? My oldest (a boy) was urine trained in 1 day when he was 3. It then took 7 more months for him to be bowel trained. I was pulling my hair out and tried everything. It didn't matter though, he just wasn't ready. Sounds like your kid is normal and as long as she IS pooping regularly you probably don't need to worry about it.
