Toddler Scared to Eliminate

I vaguely recall that young children think of pee and poop as part of their body, so seeing come out (and then flushed away) can be upsetting. Have you read books or watched videos like "Once Upon A Potty?" This might help your child understand what is happening, as it reviews body parts and also shows various scenarios such as sitting on the potty and nothing coming out, having accidents (on the floor instead of the potty) and finally peeing and pooping in the potty, then flushing it and saying "bye bye wee wee, bye bye poo poo." (My girls are older now, but I have read/watched that so many times that I'll probably never forget it!)

I'm going through a similar issue with my 28 month old daughter. She pooped once and completely freaked, and another time she peed and completely freaked.

But I have the benefit of having gone through potty training before with my two older daughters. What I have learned is every child is different and don't push it. It is good your daughter has a foundation of understanding, as does my little one. So just keep doing what you were doing, as long as she is still into it. But if she says no, then don't push it. It sounds like she just needs time to adjust to such a monumental shift in her life.

For my daughter, it was so traumatic that I have backed off for the time being. My other girls were completely potty trained within weeks of their third birthdays, so that is the goal I'm setting, although ultimately my little one will set the pace.

Good luck! Remember, no pressure because it will likely backfire.

The exact same thing happened to my daughter. I thought she had it all figured out, she would talk about it, sing about it, read books on the potty and was so tickled with herself. That is until she actually went potty then she freaked out as if she saw a ghost or something. I didn't want her to be scared so I stopped for two weeks and then tried again. This time she figured it out and was happy as a clam.

You may give your daughter a little break and revisit in a couple weeks/months. Good luck =)

has she seen what her "poop" looked like in her diaper? If not seeing it for the first time may have upset her, or was she constipated , and that upset her? Otherwise, since she seems o.k. withthe idea and is doing positive talking, I thnk with a little bit more time all will be fine. Just a little more patience I guess.