Toilet training can be one of the most frustrating endeavors that a parent has to endure.  Sometimes, for each step forward, there's a step back.  And pooping in the potty is just one of those things that some kids have a lot of trouble with.  Luckily, CafeMom has tips to help toddlers go number 2 in the right place, like this one:

...encourage him/her to do this in the bathroom just like you do (except they will be wearing the diaper/pull-up). Then, empty the diaper/pull-up into the potty to show your child where it goes.

Check out their article for more helpful hints, and remember, be patient.  Your child will eventually decide to take the leap into "big girl pants" soon enough.  Good luck!

And share your potty training tips here!



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Sarah@Ohana Mama
2 yearss ago
Deep breathe... I am coming out of the closet...I haven't blogged about it because parents of my son's friends read my blog and I don't want to out him, but I think momversation is safe enough... My son had a horrible problem giving up his pull up to poop. We only just recently got him to finally go on the toilet. He did it all on his own time. I prompted (not pushed) and always encouraged him to go on the toilet, but to no avail. I finally ran out of pull ups and told him that was it, there would be no more - and I promised MYSELF that I would absolutely NOT buy anymore, under any circumstances. I have to say I was really scared he'd get constipated - and if you've gone through that, as we have many many times - constipation is the devil. It is so heart wrenching to see your child in so much pain. Well, after a major fit because I wouldn't get him a pull up, and the saddest of crying spells (gosh, it broke my heart) he went in to the bathroom all by himself, alone, without telling us, and then he came out a new man...a man that can go numero due on the toilet. His life has changed. My life has changed. I've never cried over poop - in a happy way- until that day. Yes at 4.5, FOUR AND A HALF PEOPLE, he finally did it, all on his own. That is sooooo my son. He does every single big to-do, on his own time. I should have known. I know that I am not alone in this. Believe me I've searched google forwards and backwards for a magical post that would tell me how to get my 4.5 year old to go poop on the potty. So many are going through this. Hiding it. Praying their child doesn't need to go while at preschool - and totally lying to the teacher that their kid is fully potty trained. Yes, we hide in poop shame. But, like everything else, it WILL happen. Just keep encouraging and then let them take the lead.
 
jam3276
5 months ago
Thank you so much for this post..My son is having trouble right now and turns 5 in January...He even staged a scene today where he put my 2 year olds' potty seat on the potty and said..Look mom she pooped...When in reality he had a mini-sausage poop himself in the pants and emptied it out...for two days straight before he full out dumped in his pants for no rhyme or reason..We have him on miralax because the doc thinks this is some sort of constipation that he doesn't get it all out and when it is small he doesn't feel it...He was doing better with this minus a few streaks..but then I couldn't leave well enough alone and I bought him fiber gummies...Well since then we have had accidents again..So back to miralax as of this morning...I feel like such a failure as a mother and now he is lying to me to keep me happy!! I am going to try a more casual reaction approach to his accidents to see if that helps...