I just started potty training my 2 year old daughter a couple days ago. Yes, I do realize we are quite early in the game. However, every day she will POOP in her panties!! And it honestly doesn't seem to bother her. She'll hide when she goes to do it, she knows exactly what she is doing! I'm using those Gerber panties, w/ the plastic cover for training, that way there is no mess.
So far she had pooped in her panties 4 times in the last 3 days. She has only peed once in the panties.
We have been rewarding her (for peeing on the potty) with her favorite stickers, and she gets to put them on her "Potty" poster. She is very aware of her Special Princess crown, that she will get, only if she poops on the potty. I read her the Going to the Potty book, every morning when she gets up .... i just don't know what i'm doing wrong!!
Should I try just panties? maybe the Gerber panties are too much like pull ups? Even though when she does pee in them, she can certainly feel it!!
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Cindy Says
Getting the hang of pooping on the potty generally takes some time. It's only been a couple of days. You've got a long road ahead of you if you're getting frustrated now. She'll get it. Just give her time.
Mon Aug 11, 01:58:00 PM
*Candace* Says
Try putting her on the potty every hour or so and telling her it's time to pee , this is the only thing that has worked for us in the summer. She's most likely too occupied to want to stop and go to the bathroom but if you interupt her and take her there fairly often she's bound to pee or poop a few times a day and then get used to the routine of stopping to go to the bathroom at regular intervals.... we also use regular panties at all times other than bed time (then we use pull ups)
I definitely know how ya feel , i have a 2 and half year old who does the exact same thing ...and this is whats worked best for us ..hope it helps !
Mon Aug 11, 10:00:00 PM
Stacy Says:
I bribed Ben - 100%. He peed no problem but won't poop. I went to the dollar store and bought a little plastic box and decorated it with him and then I bought some toys there too. I put them in the box and kept it in the bathroom and told him that when he pooped in the potty he got a present. he was so excited to get a present he started pooping in the potty. When the presents ran out he was on track and didn't really ask for them anymore.
Tue Aug 12, 10:40:00 PM
Anonymous Says:
She's not ready. Stop trying for a month, and try again then. I have trained many kids, and found that when this occurs, they are not ready. wait for a month, try again for a week if there is no improvement. stop again. repeat.
one thing that did make potty training more fun was giving a star for every poo on the pot, and when 5 stars were acheived, she got a prize. Relax - she will let you know when she is ready. at one point kids realize that it is yukky to have a poo in their pants and they start trying to go on their own in the big pot, and are more likely to alert you. It will all fall into place. You are practically 6 months early.
Wed Aug 13, 04:21:00 AM
Anonymous Says:
I would keep trying, it is going to take some time.
Wed Aug 13, 02:11:00 PM
Anonymous Says:
My daughter was absolutely terrified to poop on the potty. She was completely fine with the peeing, so we just took our time. Every time she had to pee she'd go to the toilet, but refused to poop on it. I didn't want to push her and make it into something even more scary for her.
She'll get it eventually when she's ready, she won't be in diapers forever! Just be patient that's my biggest piece of advice, it'll come.
Thu Aug 14, 12:01:00 PM
Anonymous Says:
Thanks ladies for all the tips : )
I'm almost starting to think she isn't ready. We have her on a timer, every 20 mins we take her to the potty to pee/poop. Most of the time, she will pee. But there have been a couple of times where before the timer, she would just pee in her panties! (We are still using the gerber ones w/ the plastic liner) and she didn't tell us that she had peed, didn't seem to bother her to be sitting in it, as it would be the same as a wet pull up I guess.
she still has NOT pooped on the potty. Even though we have a "special" brand new, Princess Crown and necklace. You can tell she wants it, but not obviously bad enough! lol
Not sure what to do at this point .. as i'm really starting to think she isn't ready. My son starts Kindergarten in 2 weeks .. I'm almost thinking I should wait, then I'll have all day w/ just her to worry about, and can put her in real panties ...
Sat Aug 16, 12:24:00 PM
Anonymous Says:
I always found that the best way (for me) to potty train was to take the child every 15mins, then every half hour, then ever 45 mins then every hour...then when you actually catch the time that your child needs to poop and she does it then you make a huge deal about it. We sing, dance, clap and tell the other children what a big girl/boy they have been. I know that it seems very time consuming, but my own two children were fully day and night time trained at 19mths and my other child at 24mths. I also put them straight into underwear/panties.
Mon Aug 25, 08:16:00 AM