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Pooping in underwear??

JulySpark05JulySpark05 member
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So I've been potty training with underwear for a week now. We were doing great with minimal to no accidents. She's at the point where if she starts going in her underwear, she will run to the potty and finish peeing or pooping.

She is still doing this for pee but since yesterday, she has pooped twice in her panties without telling me and also without going on the potty on her own! I was in the kitchen with DD2 while she was in the living room and she came in and I noticed she had pooped in her panties and she wasn't bothered by it or nothing! Of course I told her to go on the potty which she did but she had already pooped.. Any ideas why she is doing this all of a sudden? 

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  • acaudill75acaudill75 member

    Unless she is sick, I can't think of anything. Maybe its just a small bump in the potty training road. Like she was so engrossed in what she was doing, she pooped, and then forgot she didn't have a diaper on. Try to take her to the bathroom like every hour or so for a couple of days, or at least during her normal "poop" time, just to get her back on track.

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  • JulySpark05JulySpark05 member

     If I take her to the potty or tell her to go then am I simply delaying things with regards to her recognizing the need to go and going on her own rather then me telling her? I was doing this when we were using pull ups but I want her to train herself to know when to go... I didn't think it would take this long to potty train to be honest.. I know we are well on our way though = )

    On another note, we did underwear for a car ride and nap today (2.5hours) and she stayed dry!! Yay!! 

    ETA: She's not consistent when it comes to poop time, sometimes its morning, other times it noon, evening so can't really predict what she will do on a given day.

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  • Baby_Bunny_HopefulBaby_Bunny_Hopeful member

    We just started PTing this week and DS refuses to poop on the potty... but doesn't want to dirty himself either- so this has resulted in skidmarks and small poops in his underwear and sometimes in his nighttime diaper.  

    He pooped this AM for the first time in the potty- he was SO excited and I was optimistic it would be the "AHA" moment he needed- but it wasn't- he still soiled himself with little bits throughout the day :-( 

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  • ArnegardArnegard member

    If you just started PT, I wouldn't worry.  I would ask her if she needs to go when you see her "poop face."  I do not think that asking/enocuraging her would put a huge wrench into PT.

    I have 3 girls and recently PT-ed the last one.

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  • AmericanInOzAmericanInOz member

    I think that's normal at the start of potty training

    I've been training my dd for a few weeks now, and she'll run when she has to go #2, but doesn't always make it in time

    It took us a few weeks for her to get down what the feeling of that coming felt like, compared to a #1

    I agree with pp's that I'd keep an eye out for her poo face, then ask her if she has to go or just bring her to the bathroom to try

    she'll get it :)

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  • acaudill75acaudill75 member
    imageJulySpark05:

     If I take her to the potty or tell her to go then am I simply delaying things with regards to her recognizing the need to go and going on her own rather then me telling her? I was doing this when we were using pull ups but I want her to train herself to know when to go... I didn't think it would take this long to potty train to be honest.. I know we are well on our way though = )

    On another note, we did underwear for a car ride and nap today (2.5hours) and she stayed dry!! Yay!! 

    ETA: She's not consistent when it comes to poop time, sometimes its morning, other times it noon, evening so can't really predict what she will do on a given day.

    I see what you are saying, totally, but does it really matter? She will get it, but in the meantime, I know DD1 gets all upset when she gets her panties a little damp or soiled, and I would rather gently remind her than throw a monkey wrench in the process. If I have to do that every evening until she turns three in March, there are worse things. I know your situation is slightly different because she doesn't have her poop time like mine does, but why not ask, if not take, if she has to go, and then she can think about whether she feels like has to go or not. Then she is still making the decision that she has to go, but you are reminding her that she has to make that decision. Yay for "dry" trip!! DD stayed dry during nap time at school yesterday without a pull up, so they said I could take her pull ups home (and store them away for when I have to go through this all over again). At least we will be pros the second time around!

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  • JulySpark05JulySpark05 member
    imageacaudill75:
    imageJulySpark05:

     If I take her to the potty or tell her to go then am I simply delaying things with regards to her recognizing the need to go and going on her own rather then me telling her? I was doing this when we were using pull ups but I want her to train herself to know when to go... I didn't think it would take this long to potty train to be honest.. I know we are well on our way though = )

    On another note, we did underwear for a car ride and nap today (2.5hours) and she stayed dry!! Yay!! 

    ETA: She's not consistent when it comes to poop time, sometimes its morning, other times it noon, evening so can't really predict what she will do on a given day.

    I see what you are saying, totally, but does it really matter? She will get it, but in the meantime, I know DD1 gets all upset when she gets her panties a little damp or soiled, and I would rather gently remind her than throw a monkey wrench in the process. If I have to do that every evening until she turns three in March, there are worse things. I know your situation is slightly different because she doesn't have her poop time like mine does, but why not ask, if not take, if she has to go, and then she can think about whether she feels like has to go or not. Then she is still making the decision that she has to go, but you are reminding her that she has to make that decision. Yay for "dry" trip!! DD stayed dry during nap time at school yesterday without a pull up, so they said I could take her pull ups home (and store them away for when I have to go through this all over again). At least we will be pros the second time around!

    Thanks! Yeah I get what you mean... maybe i'll ask her instead of telling her like you mentioned so she's still making the decision herself and we're not regressing that way = )

    That's Great!! Yeah, can't wait to have to go through this again with my second! lol 

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  • JulySpark05JulySpark05 member
    Thanks for all the replies everyone = )  We have just started training not too long ago so I will give her some time to figure it out, well don't have much choice anyways! lol. It's just a bit hard when you hear of all these people that can actually train their kids in just a few days... seems almost too good to be true!
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