HOW I FINALLY GOT MY DAUGHTER TO POOP ON THE POTTY

Potty training my son was not hard at all. It sort of spoiled me, probably, for potty training. (Which is funny, because everyone told me that girls are so much easier to train than boys.) Potty training my daughter, on the other hand, was a little more challenging, because she WOULD NOT poop on the potty.

My son was trained completely in 2 weeks, and my daughter got the hang of peeing on the potty 100% of the time in less than a week… but three and a half weeks later we STILL could not get her to even try to poop on the potty.

I know 3.5 weeks isn’t very long in potty training land for a lot of parents, but I believe that’s because many parents confuse their toddler about toilet training by being wishy-washy.

I thought about the situation and realized that something had to change about her pooping circumstances.She KNEW she didn’t like the way poop felt in her pants,So, we took away her underwear and her pants.

THE ONE SIMPLE THING THAT HAD TO BE CHANGED FOR HER TO POOP ON THE POTTY

For my baby, it seemed like the circumstance in which she was pooping was still too “comfortable” –  so she wasn’t forced to try something new. For other kids, they might be afraid of a big toilet – for those kids, make sure you have a tiny child sized potty available.

  SPEND SOME TIME TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS FOR YOUR CHILD FINS WHAT WORKS FOR THEM.

For developmentally normal children, I think the trick is just to be patient, TRY NEW THINGS, and keep pressing on. If what you’re doing isn’t working (after a couple of weeks) try a new thing.

BE PATIENT AND KEEP PRESSING FORWARD

Stay home as much as humanly possible and make potty training your SOLE FOCUS. Don’t get angry or frustrated about it – that’s only going to make successful training more elusive.

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