2 1/2 Yr Old Won't Go #2 in Potty

I had the same problem with my son...he had no problem going potty in the toilet, but he would poop in his pants. I actually caught him right before he went one night (he gave the shiver) and I ran him in and put him on the toilet and ever since then he never had a problem going poop on the potty. Once you get her to do it once, she probably won't have any more issues. Good luck - I know how frustrating it can be:)

My son was very much like this, the one piece of advie that I can offer is this: id that is the only way that she is comfortable going poop right now then let her do it. We tried all sorts of things with my son but he ended up NOT going poop and got constipated. What we did was put regular underware on him but when he needed to poop he would ask for a pull-up so I gave it to him so he wouldn't hold it in. After a while I started using a sticker chart, each time hw pooped in the potty he could add a sticker on his chart (at her age I wouldn't make her accumilate too many stickers before she gets rewarded) and after like 5 stickers he could choose a treat out of his treat box (little stuff he was allowed to pick out from the dollar store) or a new book. It worked like a charm!

Get the book Mommy I have to go Potty. It is great and dedicates a whole chapter to this.

My son will be 4 in October and I had this problem last year. the thing that worked for me, someone told me on this same sight, was to make him go in the bathroom and clean himself up after he/she goes in her pants. Make her put it in the toilet and flush it and wipe herself and go get new underwear. Then rinse the poopy underwear out or whatever. I know it sounds weird, but it worked. After a while he was as tired of cleaning his pants up as I had been and started using the potty. It might work for you.

Does she use the big people potty or a potty chair? If she isn't using a potty chair I would try that and leave her alone in the room with it when she needs to do the #2, she may feel embrassed by it for some reason. Or if she is already using a potty chair of her own but still won't go, I know this may sound funny, but my friend did this and it worked for her, she said she put blocks in the bottom of the potty chair, you know the bucket thingy that she goes in, and for some reason her son loved to go #2 on the blocks! Hope this helped!

Get her a porta-potty and let her go where she wants to.

I had this problem when my daughter was two. I found out that it was because she was constipated. It hurt when she went and she felt more comfortable hiding in a corner to do it then sitting on the tolit. I eventually had to get her meds for it and now she is fine. This may not be your problem, but you might want to make sure that it doesn't hurt her when she goes.
T.

Hi S.-

I know exactly what you mean. My daughter is 3 1/2 and we have just broken her of the same thing. I think a lot of it is maturity, but what worked best for me was two things. First her 18 month old brother was showing more interest in the potty than she was....and I would make a big deal about what a big boy he was using the potty. Being the older of two...my daughter did not like that too much. We did rewards like jelly bellies, small cookies, stickers, each worked for a while. But, what worked even better was I found something she wanted that made her feel like a big girl. In her case it is a big girl (booster)car seat. She wanted one and is a the age/weight she could have one. So ever time we got in the car we would talk about the big girl seat and that only big girls who pee peed and pooped in the potty (all the time) got to sit in big girl seats. It worked like a charm. She now has a goal and is motivated to use the big girl potty all the time. No more pooping in her pants behind a chair. Maybe try and find something similar that makes your daughter feel like a big girl and encourage her every day. I hope that helps a little. The biggest thing I had to learn was to be patient with her....she will get it on her own time (not mine). That was very hard for me to do consistently.

I am going through the EXACT same thing! My daughter will be three in Oct and has been potty trained for months-except for #2! Everyone keeps telling me she will finally give in and she has sat on the potty twice "trying" to poop, but no luck yet. I hope this means she is overcoming her fear and will soon just do it! She tells me when she is 3 she will poop in the potty and I'm going to try and hold her to that! I wish lots of luck and when something finally works for me, I'll be happy to let you know.

I had someone tell me once that kids can sometimes think that poop is part of them and they are scared to see it go down the potty. This may seem gross but if you let her see that you flush yours and it is ok then maybe she will be a little less scared about letting it go. It does seem to take longer to get the #2 part down, I know many moms that have said the same thing. Even the hiding to do it. My son is 20 mths. I know we are no where near ready but I know I am probably even more not ready for the whole process. Good luck.