Wont Poop on the Potty

GolfWidow001 · September 2013

Our DD has been doing great with going pee while PT. She will NOT go number 2 on the potty though. We've tried stickers, candy and bribery with toys she wants. Nothing has worked yet! Any help would be much appreciated!!

PunkyBooster · September 2013

Time. It takes time.

I totally feel you though.

honeybee111 · September 2013

Yeah, DD was pee trained at 2.5 years. Poo took another 4 months. We tried all sorts of bribes, too, but ultimately, she did it when she was ready.

TiffanyBerry · September 2013

We had the same issue for a long time. I'm still not certain why, but I think it has to do with how it feels different than when she's standing up. So I let her poop outside, on our lawn, just like our dog (she loved the idea of peeing and pooping like our dog - kids!). It worked like a charm and she'll poop on the potty no problem now. She seemed to need that transitional stage between standing and sitting - the squatting over the grass.

jesstellina · September 2013

DD won't poop on the potty either. She holds it til her naptime every day and goes in her diaper. We've tried having her sit on the potty right before her nap of course, but she just won't go.

candr09 · September 2013

DD was the same way at first. What finally got her was candy. Hershey kisses to be exact. I think the key was how we presented it to her though. I told her several times that if she did it I would take her out for ice cream or to get a new toy and it just didn't seem to faze her. With the chocolate kiss thing, I didn't really say anything to her. I was pooping one day and she was in the bathroom with me like she always is so she saw and when I was done I went to the kitchen and got a piece of chocolate. She asked for one and I simply told her that chocolate was only for people to have after they pooped on the potty. She turned around, went in the bathroom, sat on the potty, and pooped. We haven't had a problem since.

RayRay007 · September 2013

TiffanyBerry said:

We had the same issue for a long time. I'm still not certain why, but I think it has to do with how it feels different than when she's standing up. So I let her poop outside, on our lawn, just like our dog (she loved the idea of peeing and pooping like our dog - kids!). It worked like a charm and she'll poop on the potty no problem now. She seemed to need that transitional stage between standing and sitting - the squatting over the grass.

Did she have a potty chair on the floor or just a seat on a big toilet? I've heard that some kids like to have their feet planted to poop.

dmathis10 · September 2013

DD kept pooping in her pants at home but did fine in the potty at school. At home, she would tell us that she was pooping as she did it or she would tell us right after. So, we knew she could do it in the potty if she wanted. I calmly told her one day that if she pooped in her pants again, I was going to throw her new toys that her cousin gave her into the trash. We haven't had a problem since.

ITGurl0626 · September 2013

We had that same problem with my DD. In my case she was holding it so much to the point that she was pooping only once a week. I started giving her Miralax on a daily basis & problem solved. Turns out, that she was scared of pooping because it "hurt". The Miralax made it easier for her to poop & helped make her regular again.

junebug555 · September 2013

Do you recall how much Miralax you used? DD pediatrician said capful and that cap is huge. Just doing half a cap gave her the runs, but I stopped because we were on vacation. So I need to start it again. Unfortunately, no luck with pooping in the toilet.

TiffanyBerry · September 2013

RayRay007 said:

TiffanyBerry said:

We had the same issue for a long time. I'm still not certain why, but I think it has to do with how it feels different than when she's standing up. So I let her poop outside, on our lawn, just like our dog (she loved the idea of peeing and pooping like our dog - kids!). It worked like a charm and she'll poop on the potty no problem now. She seemed to need that transitional stage between standing and sitting - the squatting over the grass.

Did she have a potty chair on the floor or just a seat on a big toilet? I've heard that some kids like to have their feet planted to poop.

Both - a smaller seat (built into the lid, not a temporary one) on the big toilet, with or without a stool in front of that her feet can rest on, as well as little potties around the house. She refused to do any variety of sitting to poop for a few weeks. (I tried the grass idea on day two or three after getting rid of the diapers, because I did not want her retaining.)

kimekat · September 2013

We tried Miralax too. She just wouldn't poop. We even tried stickers and that didn't work. I remember finding some site through pinterest about potty training in 3 days. I was amazed it worked. The first day she tried hard to pee every time in the toilet but wasn't used to the sensation of knowing when to go to the bathroom so she'd end up wetting herself. the second day was a little rough cause there is bit of wanting to go back to diapers because it's what the kid knows and it's a comfort zone. The third day she was realizing that it's not comfortable to be in wet and messy clothes and was realizing when it's time to get to the bathroom. Every now and then we don't quite make it to the toilet in time so we take extra bottoms to change into when we go out for those slips.

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