my little girl refuses to poop in the potty. she will sit there in agony, until she gets sick, rather than poop in the potty. she prefers the diaper, and it's really become somethign i don't understand. she's 3-1/2, is totally potty trained for peeing anywhere, but the pooping just won't happen. right now, she hasn't pooped for 2 days because i haven't put a diaper on her. my mom says not to fuss over it, but damn, i don't want a 4 year old wearing diapers, you know?
I have the same thing with my son right now. He just started pooping in the potty recently. I put a wood step stool in front of the potty for his feet to rest on and one of those soft potty steats on the potty for him to sit on and I jsut tell him he does not have to rush and we talk or read a book while he gose. That seems to be working once ina while.
I had the exact same problem with my daughter. This is what I did. I made the potty where she could get up on it herself. Then I kept her in her panties. When I could tell she had to go. I just kept asking, Do you have to go potty? when she said yes I put her on the potty. But I let her off as soon as she wanted off. No matter if she had gone or not. I didnot put diapers on her, if she went poop in her panties I just cleanned it up and did not make a big deal of it. I just calmly ask her to try to make it to the bathroom next time. When she did go poop in the potty I made a big deal about it, I gave her stickers and told her good job, and she got to flush the potty and say "Bye poop". Well in about 2 weeks or so we no longer had the problem.
well, she has her own bathroom, it's got a nifty seat and step and everything. she decorated the potty seat all my herself, i put up pretty pictures for her and made it her little world. she's never pooped in her panties, they're too special, but she will literally hurt herself to avoid pooping in the potty. the last time she held it for 4 days and made her little butt bleed from the sheer size of it. she's making me crazy.
oh poor little sweetie I am going through almost the same thing at the moment...not sure what you do but I figure I don't know many people that poop themselves when they are older and that they all get there eventually so maybe leave it for a few weeks then try again... the stickers thing works a treat too...not sure what the appeal is myself but getting a special sticker for doing it in the loo sets off squeals of delight and self praise!!! Always makes me laugh...imagine if we walked round congratulating ourselves on pooping in the right place...what a crazy world it would be!!!
... id sujjest to give her some laxatives and see how long she can hold it then (joke!) but year make her comfortable. its very different pooing in a toilet to a nappy. i still wont poo in other peoples toilets unless i really have to, i've held it for over a week before. It just about not feeling comfortable. I guess with a diaper its not as... airy..... if that makes sence.
i remember having those issues when i was younger. my mom would read to me and i'd feel more comfortable and a little distracted and so i'd be able to go. damn... i must have been 4 or 5... old enough to remember the books and how i felt. i also remember that my grandma would put diapers on me and i'd go in them.. but those memories are way more foggy so i musta been like 3 or something.
maybe give her some natural things that helps a bowel movement, like prune juice, linseeds, and plenty of water to drink. And make sure the environment is relxing too. I remember my sister having a problem lke that when she was little, she even was able to hold it in for a few more hours with an extreme laxative.....
have you tried a calender. My Ocean is four and I have to remind him sometimes. When he was little he had a calender and every time he went we put a sticker on that day. Some times he would only do a little at a time just to get more stickers. It was fun doing the poo poo dance and song. Then as he got older it just faded away he was so proud of his sticker calender and showed it to every one.
I used to let my little ones watch me go to the loo if they were around. Didn't force them or anything, just used to let them know they would be doing this too one day, as they got older. Sort of progessed naturally after that. But if you just talk about how it's part of getting older and encourage them, read with them, praise them, be with them, it will probably help, I hope.
thanks, guys. i suppose she's just gonna do it when she's comfortable doing it. the funny thing is that long before she was potty trained, i had a potty that i showed to her to let her get acquainted. she was about 9 months old, and i was on the pot, and she decided to sit on the pot and poop. that was the last time she ever did it.
