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We are having the same problem! LO is 2.5 and is doing great with peeing, but pooping is always in her undies. She went poop on the potty once during potty training boot camp weekend, but that was it and I think it was an accident. I have zero advice - just wanted to commiserate!

We scaled back potty training cause she started not having any interest. But she has only pooped on the potty maybe 4 times in over a month. She will even tell me she is poopy but she won't sit on it long enough to go. She will go in her pull up or panties. We are going to give it a couple months before we really try again. For now we just ask her if she needs to go, half the time she will at least sit on the potty and the other half she won't, so we don't force it.

Yes, LO 1 was pee trained right away but she refused to even attempt poops on the potty for several months and would just save #2s for nap and night diapers. I read some books and tried to talk about it but it seemed to make her even more resistant. I backed off and she wanted to try it a few months later!

It's not exactly a "solution," but you may just need to give it time. We did the 3-day method with DS and after that he was a champ with pee, but it took him a couple of months before he would poop in the potty and not his underwear. A *lot* of kids (especially boys) have this issue and it seems like in many cases it resolves itself after awhile.

We did offer a bigger reward (toy) versus the M&Ms we had been using, and that seemed to help. Of course, then he wanted a toy overtime he pooped in the potty for a little while, but we were able to phase that out without much drama after it became routine.

What seat are you using?

We started training really early, and since she couldn't talk or walk to the toilet, I tried focusing on natural body timing for poop ... like, 20 minutes after eating ... first thing in the morning.

It sounds bad, but now at 18 months, I know she's totally capable, and when she tries to get off the potty, I just say no. (Best mom ever!) ...

We do a lot of reading on the toilet. She's also into tasks right now, so we have a book with snaps/zippers, etc, and that helps.

We are just in day two of potty training my son (2.5). He had to be trained before preschool in two weeks!!

He's been 100% with pee which is awesome, but we've had 3 poops and 2 were in his undies and one on the carpet. We are doing stickers for per and an m&m, and he gets brownies if he goes poop on the potty. He definitely knew he needed to go this morning and we say there like 5 times in 30 minutes, then he went right after...hoping we are getting close.

@mrskc: Around 17 months, our LO stopped wanting to use her chair. We have had a lot more success with this seat: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G4C0HEW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s02 ...

And, really, we just bought this one for on the go (it's sooo tiny and convenient), and she's really loving it: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0016KV73W?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

Ugh to kids pooping during naps. Our LO did it yesterday, and it was not a turd poop -- it was one where you contemplate throwing the cloth diaper away.

@mrskc: yes, the ins and outs of poop! There's a blog post last week or the week before about it

@mrskc: we told her she would get a Molly doll(Bubble Guppies) if she pooped on the potty. She finally did it and then the next day right back to in the pull up/panties. So the prize for it didn't work for us.

I have been stuck at this stage for what feels like a year. Stubbornly refuses to poop in the potty AT ALL. She wants to go and hide behind the couch and do it in her pants, could not care less if she feels smelly/yuck at all. No bribery works, she just shrugs it off completely. Pee is fine though, she will go by herself and can hold it (sometimes through the night). Its killing me

@Bao: Your blog post inspired me, even though she is still little. Such a good read! (Is that weird to say? ) Now I want everyone to read it!