Hey ladies! My almost 2 year old daughter has been pooping on the potty this past week, by her choice. She really wants to be a big girl, and loves her big girl undies. She's got the opposite problem of most kids, though -she likes to poop in the potty, she can hold her pee forever, but it's the letting the pee go that freaks her out. I KNOW she's gotta go (she'll hold the pee for 3 hours) and we'll be sitting in the bathroom and it starts to come out and she freaks out and tries to get off the potty. I've tried the running water, big deep breaths (she loves this!), drinking lots. Any ideas out there? I know she's young, but she's been showing all the signs of readiness for several months and we've actually been following her lead in all of this!
I would read her "Once a upon Potty" for girls. My daughter loved it and I read it everytime she sat on the potty, to get her to stay on the potty. The great thing is you can change the words to what you have been using. Good luck! H.
Hi S.!
A trick for my just 3 year old that has worked for a while is to sing the ABC's and when you get to the P, then you pee! If she knows how to sing or just likes to hear it, that could be a trick. Good luck!
L.
this trick worked with my little sister (she's 16 years younger than me - we have different mom). she was the same way... hated to have a poopy diaper, so she was poop trained a few months before she was pee trained.
anyway, she had the same "fear" of letting her pee out, so what her mother did was go get those blue toilet tablets. anyway, when you pee it makes the water green... so she would love, love, love to go potty so she could see the water change color.
hi S. my daughter is now 4 yrs old the one and only! i had noone 2 help or teach me bout potty tranning lol . but she pooped frist aswell. but would not pee it takes time and cougment. but i showed her everytime i went 2 the potty cuz mom was a big grl. and was consitant with it. went and bought pullups for awile but i look back and kinda a bad thing cuz it deladed her a bit. then we got 2 go bye real big grl pantys. and they couldt get pee pee in then cuz we didt want (our)! cloths 2 spell like pee pee! not just hers but our cloths. i only aloud her three pare a day and if they got pee in them then she was out of pantys for that day and we all have 2 wer pantys! and i never asked if she had 2 go! bout ever 15 2 20 min it was time 2 go no questions asked! but i would go frist then it was her churn 2 go. always held her there on the big potty! but she didt want 2 go in a training potty. she wanted 2 go in a big potty so it took awhile but then she decide on her on that she has 2 go! if shes holding her pee thats a great time 2 take her in the potty and say she cant hold it it will make her belly hurt or sick. but dont asks her if she needs 2 go! she has 2 go and make it an exciting experance for her reward her with tellin everbody get her all excited and god job big grl an so on! just remember shell still have accidents but dont get mad at her for them. explain 2 her like u r her age and let her know that everyone has 2 potty. mine was always afaid of missing out on stuff but still holds her pee but when i see that i tell her 2 go lol. ok hope that helps ? a lil anyway but make it a fun thing not a horriabe experance! p.s. sry for my spellin!
You could try turning her backwards. My son loved to watch the "bubbles" form as the pee hit the water.
