So, not to go on and on and on and ON about potty training, buuut…Sophie’s doing really good. I pretty much consider her trained. She has yet to have an accident in public anywhere. This weekend we spent a day and night at my father-in-law’s and did not bring either her little potty or her potty ring to sit on, and she had no trouble. She’d just go into the bathroom and yell “POOOTTEEEEEEE” until one of us came and helped her get on the toilet. I was SO proud. And I AM so proud of her.
BUT. Or should I say “BUTT”.
Sophie has, like her brother before her, developed a fear of going poop in the potty. Why? I have no idea! What causes this? She was really doing just FINE with poop in the beginning, albeit there were a couple of times that took her for-ev-er to squeeze the deuce out. But then, about 10 days ago or so, she started trying to hide and sneak poops past us. And to add to the fun, she’s made herself constipated. (Also just like her brother!)
Her most preferred pooping place is during her “rest time” or nap in her room. I think she’s gone to sleep and then 10 minutes later she’s calling for me ’cause she’s got junk in her trunk. Last night she did this for the first time at bedtime instead of nap time, and it was fun cleaning her up after I’d already gone to bed. BUT(T) she wasn’t done yet. This morning she woke up with a full load in her TRAINING PANTS and it was deees-gusting. Yuck. I forgot how gross cleaning all the poo out of girl parts is.
With Joshua, I found that the only thing to do was wait this out. That, and sneak prune juice and flaxseed into anything I could to help him have to go. And since I’m confident Sophie won’t feel relaxed enough to poop her pants at preschool, I’m not stressing about it. BUT(T) I’d appreciate any tips you all might have about scooting past this stage sooner rather later!
I don’t think I’d be any help here, its been ages since going through this with my son. Consistency and praise is all I got. Sorry…
I honestly don’t know how you say (type) those words.
I haven’t gotten to that stage yet, so I have no words of wisdom to offer unfortunately. I mix apple/prune juice in with Ellen’s baby oatmeal and that seems to help her in the constipation department.
Ren did that too for the first couple of weeks. Then his big sister told him that pooping on the potty got him rewards (she remembered from her training days I guess). So, I loaded up on Hot Wheels and every time he went #2, he got a new car. It worked. Although, he still insists someone come and look at it when he goes…ewwww.
Okay, my son had the same problem. He was almost completely potty trained, except for the pooping. He would be wearing underpants, and when he had to poop, he would ask us to put a diaper on him. So, we would, and then he would poop in about 30 seconds. We would change him and put his underpants on and he was fine. So, one day, we decided NO MORE DIAPERS. He had to poop, and so we told him that we weren’t going to put a diaper on him…either you poop in the potty or you poop in your pants. So, he ran around the house for about 45 minutes holding it in…he would go sit on his potty and try, and then he would get up and run around the house for a while longer. Finally he couldn’t hold it in anymore, and he pooped his pants. He hated it so much, that he never did it again, and we haven’t had any problems since then. I might be the meanest mom in the world, but it worked! 🙂
I went through this exact same thing with my son (now 5YO). It got to the point where he would hold it for days and days. I figured eventually, his body wouldn’t hold it any longer. However the longer he waited, the harder (and more painful) it was going to be. Well, when he hit the 8 day mark (his record), I had to do something. Being a picky eater, I didn’t have a lot of options. A friend recommended the OTC stool softner Miralax. I would mix a small amount into his drink without him knowing. It didn’t change the flavor or smell of the drink, but it did make a 4 ounce glass of water (milk, etc) a tiny bit thicker. I gave him a daily dose for about a month and once he was “regulated” I stopped. I think he finally realized that it’s okay to go and going more often doesn’t hurt. Good luck!
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Ana did this last week, but instead of calling for me, she’d take off her own “dueced” diaper and get it EVERYWHERE! (gross) So, I make her sit on the potty until she goes. It only took a couple days. It was annoying to listen to her scream on the potty for 30 min, but better than cleaning it off the carpet, walls, clothes, etc.