Potty Training - Lebanon, KY

Hello! All children are different so with my three children I did it different ways. With my last child who is now 29 months old I showed her where the #2 goes then let her flush the toilet. Also as Dr. Phil said we threw her a congrats party that lasted about 3-5 min after each time she went potty! We would tell her what a big girl she is and all blow one of those party favor things. She finally felt good enough about herself that she had the confadence to do it on a regular basis. So as time went by the "partys" faded, but she still remains a big girl!

Hi T.. I also have a three year old boy who will pee but not poo. I have battled with him for several months and then I realized I was going about it all wrong. I was getting upset about it and scolding for going in his pants, and that only makes it worse. I am now practice pooping with him. Not me , but him. Have her practice pooping in the potty. For example, say lets go poop, or however you say it, and then take her to sit on the potty. Even if she doesn't go, praise her for trying, but not too much, just a simple good job will do. Also show her where the poo goes and let her witness you going to the restroom like a big girl once or twice. Try not to make a big deal because they only get more resentful of the idea. It is a big change for them and so you have to be patient and let them accomplish it, but do practice a few times a day with her, and keep checking and encouraging her to tell you if she needs to go. Hope this helps.

T.,

My daughter was teh same way. She could pee just fine but #2 took a bot more effort.

A few things I tried...

drop it in the toilet. when she goes in her diaper show her that her "business" goes into the toilet. Simply turn the diaper inside out and let it fall into the toilet. (sounds gross but it works) While doing so explain to her that it belongs there not in her diaper. I would let my daughter flush the toilet also.

diaper changes in the bathroom. She already knows that #1 is done there....make sure #2 is there too. I would just lay down a towel and change her right there on the bathroom floor.

sit her on the potty. This was done at various times. I would take note of the clock when she went. It was normally at the same time every day...give or take a few minutes. So I would put her on the potty around that time. If she didn't go I would watch her for signs. (maybe she has a favorite spot? or grabs her butt?) My daughter did both. Also, if she does miss the toilet and goes in her diaper...put her on the toilet anyway. Explain to her that her "business" goes in the toilet.

let her do it. My daughter had the type of trainer that went directly on top of my toilet...so much cleaner! I would let her put the mini-seat on herself and get her stool. This made her feel like a "big girl."

take away the diaper. This one can get messy and is more of a judgement call. I tried this with my daughter only after I felt she understood that #2 was to be done on the potty. Suffice to say...I did have to throw out a few pairs but she did eventually get the hang of it and felt that underware was a privelage and the diaper was not comfy.

I hope at least one of these tips helps!!! Bribery didn't work with my daughter either. Don't worry...she'll get there! 'Till then, hang in there...

My kids took longer to do that too. Believe it or not, I think they are self conscious even at their age. I would definately make it her control or she will end up getting constipated. She will do it eventually and probably as soon as you give up a little of the control don't make it a battle because she will win. It is something they can control and they know it. That is exactly what happened with my son. Just keep the diaper and I bet she won't want to wear it afterwhile. She is still young. Mine weren't potty trained until 3.

T.

I too have struggled with potty training my 2 yr old daughter. Who ever said girls are easier to potty train then boys has not meet my kids!! My boys were cake compared to her!!

We accomplished #2 on the potty by observing. I know she usually poops in the morning, so I kept her close to me, gave her books or puzzles while I was doing quite work and just kinda hung out with her. She already had pee-ing down pat, so I watched for signs she needed to poop. She would stand perfectly still and look like she was concentrating. I would tell her I had to go and ask her to come with me. Then I suggested she try.

Dont get discouraged! She'll get it!! All things in time!!

Good Luck!

Now, before I say this, this is what I did during the actual potty training for my son. I potty trained him in three days, and on the third day, I only had a shirt on him. If I put underwear on him, he'd poop, but if there was no underwear on him, he'd not go. He would start whining and holding his butt, so I knew he had to go, and I'd set him on the toilet each time. He would say he was done, obviously not wanting to poop on the toilet, but eventually it came out. He was pretty upset while he was going, but after that, he has always pooped on the potty. It's basically keeping your eye out for signs that they have to go, and taking them immediately to the bathroom. If you're home, try letting her run around naked, and see if she does what my son did, and won't go poop with no underwear on.

T.,

First off...way to go with getting your 2 year old peeing on the potty! That is a very awesome accomplishment! As for her making a bowel movement, I personally would not rush into it. She will figure it out on her own. Both my children didn't start having interest in the potty chair until they were 3 almost 4. Also, my daughter still wears a pull up at night because she has occassional accidents. Give her a big hug when she does use the potty chair. The more encouragment the best, and leave the pain of wanting her to do #2 alone, she will eventually, it is in time. Why rush her? She's still so little. Now, if she was 7 or 8 and having a problem, then it would be a concern. I hope that helps. Remember, our babies do not stay babies for long! Cheers! W.

Hi T.,

We had three babies within 3 years and 3 months. Our oldest was still in a diaper at night, when our third was born. (Which meant we had 3 in diapers at one time!!) He only needed the diaper because he didn't "go #2" on the potty. I think stress and fear probably was his reason. He'd struggle around in his sleep, at night, moaning and crying with a tummy ache, because he hadn't poo-poo'd in several days! There really wasn't anything we could do to "make" him go during the day. I just tried to take the stress he was feeling away, by de-emphasizing the whole issue. When he did, eventually, poo-poo in the potty, we praised him, but also didn't overdue the issue. It wasn't long after our third, that he was out of the night diaper...I know you don't want to wait that long, and probably won't have to, but every child is different, as you know.

I also believe having another baby in diapers can slow down the big brother or sister, as far as potty-training goes, in some cases.

As encouragement, let me just say that our son is nearing 20 years old and DOES "go #2" on the potty! :) I remember our pediatrician telling me not to worry about it, that our son WOULD conquer potty-training, and would not be wearing a diaper to kindergarten! I didn't really appreciate that advice, at the time, but it is true.

Anyway, I hope this helps, at least in knowing that you are not the only one whose child has this nighttime-diaper issue.

God bless, K.

When we were potty training our daughter peeing was the easy part. Pooping came much later. Some of the things we used to help were making her clean herself. Getting her out of the daipers/pullups and into panties. We let her pick out her own panties, such as dora. If she pooped in them it might make dora yuckie, it helped. Rewarding her for doing anything in the potty. You might also want to use a collecter, its some sort of thing that collects her "business", the noise of the poop hitting the "water" may scare her. We also had to teach ours how and when to push the poop out. good luck.