My Daughter Won't Go Poop in the Potty!!!

That was my son. I think with him he had 2 things against him, 1 he's a boy and they take longer to train, and 2 he has a little brother and he saw me changing diaper and wanted the same attention. What worked for me was no diaper no underwear just pants. He pooped in his pants a few times, didn't like it. He wanted that underwear or diaper. I said no, not until he uses the potty for dirty poopies (as he calls it). That did the trick. Good luck, you are not alone!!! Oh and do NOT punish her! That only makes things worse. Trust me! I know from experience. It has to be her idea and in her own time. (but lose the undies and diaper). Let us know what happens!

Ha ha- Oh my goodness! Sounds like you had a messy one to clean. Don't worry about your daughter pooping in the potty. It sounds to me like she understands that it belongs in there so she'll do it when she's ready. The fact that you have a newborn son could also be throwing her off. My daughter was doing great at 2 years and 3 months and then my son was born and she stopped wanting to go in the toilet all together. She wanted to wear diaper again. My youngest is now 7 months and we are still having trouble with our 2 year old. Sometimes she'll go in the potty and sometimes she won't. She hasn't pooped in the toilet or potty in quite some time, but she does go pee in the toilet once in a while or else she'll take her pull ups off and put on a new pair when she does pee. We've tried everything and it'll work for a while and then she'll surprise us and go in her pull ups. We've decided to just relax. We know that she understands and will want to go in the toilet everytime soon. Good Luck!

Marci

I went thriugh the same thing with my daughter, we started training her in August she just turned 3, and the peeing took about a week of work for her to realize when she needed to go, but the pooping was a whole different story. She would hold it for as long as she could which in some cases was a couple days, literally until it forced itself out, but in was always in her pants-we would put her on the toilet and she would just sit there and not let it come out. I had to take her to the doctors for a check up for preschool and asked him for some ideas, his opinion was, that some kids are "scared" to poop on the toilet for whatever reason (peeing is always the easiest) he said just don't get discouraged eventhough it may be hard not to, do not make a big fuss about her not doing it and just be as encouraging as you can, he also said since she was holding it all the time that when i knew she had to go i could put a diaper on her just to let her go 9so she would not get constipated) i tried that and she was comfortable with it but i only did that a few times, i did not want it to turn into a constant thing and her never learning to go o n the toilet- the thing that got her to go, i went and bought a potty training seat (the disney princess one) and she would just sit on it etc... then she finally went one day and we praised her etc.. so then i told her every time she goes poop she could earn a dollar and that motivated her we would give her a dollar and she would put it in a clear jar on the kitchen counter (by displaying the money jar it made her "brag" about it to everyone that came over)and it made her more confident- so after 2 weeks of her going and collecting dollars i took her to the store and let her buy a toy with her "big girl" money. then had to explain that since she is a big girl now she just go potty without getting rewarded etc.. just thought i would share my experience hope it can help with some ideas for you, good luck!
A.

The first time my daughter went poop on the potty we had just made her sit there for an hour!!! Yes, an hour. We knew she had to go. It was just a matter of her letting it out. We sat and sat and encouraged and read books, etc. I even took a bath right there beside her while we waited. But finally it happened and we were all quite ecstatic about the whole thing. For us, that is all it took. Maybe your daughter just needs to sit there longer if you know she always has to go potty at naptime. Good luck!

My niece did the same thing, she was potty trained for a year, but would only poop in the diaper. My sister told her she could not go to school until she pooped in the potty. Her response as a smart 21/2 yr old was "I will go in the potty when I turn 3"! She turned 3 and still would not go in the potty, the week before school started, she started going in the potty.
Good Luck,
They all have a mind of there own, My 3yr old boy potty trained in a month and is doing great.
I hope my twins will be the same.

I just went through this with my daughter. It took about 6 months for us to get her to poop on the potty, she just would not go. I think all you can do is give her time, and she will eventually go on her own. But, my daughter, when she did start going, wanted a book and she wanted the door shut. I have heard from a lot of people this is a control issue, its the only thing they have control over, so if we push them, they will rebel. I know its soooo frustrating, but be patient with her and stop making a fuss over it and she should start going on her own. Good luck!!!