Help with Potty Training for Poop

REWARDS! That's what has worked for us. Like your daughter, my son had the pee thing down, but still doing poop in pullup (at night) or underwear during day (YUCK!) He loves Matchbox cars. We told him everytime he poops on the potty he gets a new car. That has been extremely motivating! We rewarded for pee in the beginning too (3 jellybeans) and after he got good at it we stopped rewarding. We told him "big boys pee on the potty and you are a big boy so you don't need the jellybeans." A little fuss at first but no accidents. I know the same will be true with poops once he's really used to it. I know a little girl who's day care provider bought a special doll for her. She could only play with the doll after she pooped on the potty.

Good luck! Remember they don't go to college in diapers!

Hey S.,

My daughter who is now 10 had poop issues when we were potty training her... it was a nightmare. We ultimately found that having a poop chart with a full week on it was what worked her through... although we had to carry the chart with us everywhere in case she pooped while we were out and needed to put her sticker on that day... we used simple smiley face stickers on days that were good and then frowns on the bad days. If she had more than 5 in a week she got a prize, i think at the time it was something she loved that was $5 or under. Believe me when I tell you we tried everything before this... for some reason putting that sticker on her chart and then counting at the end of the week made it work? My other daughter got one M&M everytime she did and that was all it took! Good Luck!

Well, right or wrong, what we did was a reward system. We placed a chart above the toilet and for each "success" our boys would earn a sticker. We would let them pick out a large toy. With our older son we actually went and bought it...a large remote control all terrain truck. We kept it in sight and told him he could have it once he earned it, having so many stickers.
Of course, this was after many failed attempts using other methods. I understand that bribing is sometimes frowned upon, but it is what worked for us.
Good luck!
raelynn
www.kidzcomfort.com

Get something you an use as a reward that she really likes either a treat or a sticker, some kind of "prize" so when you can say if you go poop on the potty you will get one of these. It does work

Hi, we gave gummy bears for poops in the toilet. We quit giving them when he quit asking. Now when he asks for gummy bears I tell him that he get clean underpants because he put the poo in the toilet where it belongs. Also, keep in mind that the poop does take longer, and it is hard for little ones to push the poop out while sitting on a high toilet, with no leverage under their feet. My son pooped in his pants for a long time before going in the toilet. Hang in there. Everybody learns how to do it. Most children don't go to school in diapers. I remember how trying it can be.

My daughter was a little older (3) but the exact same thing. We had switched her into underpants, and she rarely had pee accidents, but always pooped in her underwear. I was at the end of my rope. Finally, I said to her "you're a big girl, you know how to do this, we're not talking about it anymore." I stopped asking her if she had to poop or pee. Two days later, no more poop accidents. It was totally a control issue; once she was in control, she didn't mind using the potty. (We did continue to use the reward system - stickers and jellybeans- that we had in place before. I just stopped asking her about the potty).