https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:47:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/poop-drama#post-2830158 Fri, 22 Jun 2018 05:26:47 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2830158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, also, we instituted "poopin candy" and gave her fruit gummies after she was successful. Only negative side effect from that was her loudly asking me in the store if I needed poopin candy for myself, for when I pooped on the potty. :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/poop-drama#post-2830157 Fri, 22 Jun 2018 05:24:06 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2830157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>O is younger, but had this problem at first. What worked with her was a combination of things. We started letting her play her tablet on the potty while she "tried poopin." That got her to sit still long enough to have it actually be a possibility. The other trick I think someone suggested here and I think was key. After every meal we had her get up and play actively for about 10 min. Then we had her sit on the potty with her tablet and try. Sometimes for a long time. Since we started that, something clicked and now she's great about telling us she needs to poop. Now we have occasional pee accidents! 🙄 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/poop-drama#post-2830142 Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:49:58 +0000 DesertDreams88 2830142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is actually better about poop accidents rather than pee ones! Thoughts:</p> <p>1) The book "Oh Crap Potty Training" says that almost all kids try to hide for pooping. It is a great signal for us when LO starts running around trying to "hide under the table or playground structure or go in different room or around the corner. When he does that, its decently clear.</p> <p>2) if that happens, we IMMEDIATELY grab him and run him to the potty telling him "poop time, poop time, poop goes in the potty!" We also sometimes have him "race" us. We dont bother asking if he has to poop.... he will always say no.</p> <p>3) About 10-15 minutes after a meal, we have him sit on the potty with some favorite books (stashed in the bathroom, so he only gets them on the potty) and use a stool to prop up his feet. Then we try to give him privacy, a suggestion from the OCPT book. If it's going slowly, we start talking about poop and pushing / squeezing and making funny faces. OCPT actually recommends opposite language of "release" and "let it go"</p> <p>4) obvi whenever he does make it in the potty, we have him look at it, and clap and cheer and high five and explicitly talk about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/poop-drama#post-2829928 Thu, 21 Jun 2018 10:23:13 +0000 kce56 2829928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great advice, all! Many, many thanks. </p> <p>@mrsbucky She HATES diapers and pull-ups and refuses to wear them at all. I would totally be willing to let her wear one for pooping and I can't believe she would rather poop in her underwear than in a pull-up, but apparently that's the case! I seriously cannot understand these kiddos sometimes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/poop-drama#post-2829924 Thu, 21 Jun 2018 10:17:44 +0000 MrsBucky 2829924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wonder if she knows when she needs to go. If she does, would you be willing to let her have a pull up or diaper just for poop for a while? We are still in that stage with my son, and honestly im ok with it. He knows he needs to go, asks for a pull up, we clean him up and it’s back in underwear afterwards. He has had one poop accident I can remember since we went to underwear full time except for sleep a year ago. I figure he will poop in the potty eventually </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/poop-drama#post-2829916 Thu, 21 Jun 2018 10:07:26 +0000 psw27 2829916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd wait it out. She's doing great with pee but poop is harder. I agree that a stool that allows her to sort of squat might help, or something to put her feet on so she feels grounded (assuming you are using a real toilet). We used to also grab a bunch of books and sit and read until he went. It also helped to establish "regularity" so now he usually needs to go at the same time every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/poop-drama#post-2829904 Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:38:53 +0000 KT326 2829904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to use gummy bears as a bribe because it was immediate gratification after pooping on the potty. We also got a stool with a handle so he could mimic squatting on the toilet. It’s hard to go from standing or squatting while pooping in a diaper to sitting on a toilet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/poop-drama#post-2829885 Thu, 21 Jun 2018 08:14:00 +0000 kce56 2829885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About two weeks ago, my 3 yo, extremely stubborn DD decided she no longer wanted to wear diapers or pull-ups, claiming they were "bothering her." We were trying to take a laid-back approach to potty training (which worked with my now 5 yo), but we switched to underwear and so far, she has had no pee accidents (even overnight!), but has been very uneven with poop.</p> <p>She poops on the potty once in a while, but mostly has accidents - at daycare and at home. We have tried bribes (the kid wants to get a pedicure—seriously), but she just isn't getting the hang of it. This morning she pooped in her underwear about 15 minutes after peeing on the potty. She was just playing and didn't say anything until my husband discovered it. I can't tell if her issue is physical or fear, but when we ask she just says "pooping on the potty is too hard." Do we just wait it out? Any advice from those who have BTDT? </p>