My daughter is 2 and 5 months old. I tried the 3 day potty training method 3 weeks ago, she does not have any accidents when it comes to pee, she does not even wet her bed. But pooping she just won't tell me, she does it in the undies.. then she tells me.
At school they are not very supportive and when she has her poop accidents they send her undies with the poop in it in a ziplock back :(, they want me so much to put her back on pull ups.
I also read about the jail poop, I do not know if she is too young for it, or if this is normal.
Any suggestions?
She's only been training for a few weeks. It's very common for poop success to come AFTER pee success. Poop jail is for a child that's been pee trained without messes for 6 months or more and is older (4ish or older) and refusing to use the toilet to poop even though they KNOW they need to poop but just refuse.
Just keep working with her. Keep in mind that we pee multiple times a day so there's way more chances to learn how to successfully pee on the toilet. We only poop one or two times a day (typically) so there are less chances for success so it tends to take longer.
Do NOT let them put her in pull ups. If they can't handle poopy underwear they are in the wrong line of work.
Keep working with her when you have her at home. Keep track of when she normally poops and stalk her during that time. Then get her to the toilet ASAP once she starts pooping.
Have you tried giving her privacy when she is on the toilet to poop? Some kids need privacy right from the start.
I think you are doing great. We are having similar problems with my son. He pees fine but, pooping is another matter. If we catch him, we can get him to the toilet but,if we miss, he will just go in his pants. I just clean him up and go about my day.
As far as your daycare goes. Just tell them that they don't need to send the poop home. You are well aware of it. They can just flush it. And, do not let them put her back in pull ups. They are just diapers. You can't tell me that your daughter is the only kid pooping her pants.
thank you so much for reading my posting. Even thought I tell her that she must tell me when needs to go poo poo, she just does not get it. I am giving her privacy, but nothing.
Should I show her that I am upset? or send her to timeout? or will it slow the process even more.
what do you think?
Quoting silvapilar:
thank you so much for reading my posting. Even thought I tell her that she must tell me when needs to go poo poo, she just does not get it. I am giving her privacy, but nothing.
Should I show her that I am upset? or send her to timeout? or will it slow the process even more.
what do you think?
If she doesn't know the "need to poop" feeling, she CAN'T get to the toilet before she poops. So, getting upset with her or putting her in timeout is basically punishing her for something she just doesn't know HOW to do yet.
I'd stalk her and when she appears to get still, squats, etc. and starts to poop, get her to the toilet ASAP and have her sit a few minutes. Get some books/toys that she ONLY gets when she's trying to poop. You can also try blowing bubbles for her to get her to sit longer. A lot of kids need to relax and forget what they are supposed to be doing before they can actually poop.
Do you let her go with you to the bathroom when you go poop? If not, you may want to start doing that and let her see the whole process, including your poop in the toilet. Some kids need to actually see that what you are telling them to do (poop in the toilet) is actually what you want them to do and it's not something they are going to get in trouble for.
my daughter would only pee on the toilet after being potty trained, it took her 4 more months to go poop on the potty. what finally worked was i told her she could pick out a new toy (within reason) she she did and after 4 months of telling her that, she pooped on the potty
I had this problem at first too. I started watching for signs that my DD needed to poop and I took her to the bathroom. She wouldn't sit very long on the potty though and as soon as I'd let her out of the bathroom, she'd poop. One day I decided to close the door while we were in the bathroom. I explained that she needed to poop and she needed to do that on the potty. I wasn't forceful, but I told her what she needed to do. She walked around the bathroom for a while and then pretty soon sat on the potty and pooped.
Adorable Boy-Girl Moment, or Too Close for Comfort?
Potty training gone wrong!
- silvapilar
on Oct. 10, 2010 at 4:25 PM