How do you catch them before they go?
He did actually do a poo in the toilet this morning, told me he needed and then, with a bit of encouragement to stay on, did a wee one.
But, I get the whole, make them go every few hours thing. He says no, but I say lets try, then he goes, well pleased with himself when he does, it is so sweet!
But how do you get the poo thing sorted?
Poos in pants is sooo not nice! And I used reusable nappies so it should not be such a shocker, but its the getting off of the pants that is just eugh!
We talk about it, well, ok I do.
Where do poos go?
Potty.
And where don't they go?
They don't go in pants, K?
Same convo for pee's
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DS (2.3) peeing in potty/toilet consistently, but pooing in pants or nappy only.
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twinklingfairy · 29/12/2010 15:45
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twinklingfairy ·
29/12/2010 15:58
Well, I have DD on the case now, she was with him when he was straining away.
I have said next time she sees him strain she has to shout that DS needs/is doing a poo and we can both jump and run.
Cheers for the sympathy allnightlong, it really is just the pits.
ugh, the thought of free flowing poo edgar, but I can see the benefits of a free bum.
hmm,not sure if I gave enough praise this morning for the poo.
He really is doing so well, and it hasn't been that long really, only about a week. But he is dry all day, as long as I get him to go every few hours or more.
It is just that there is no way really of getting a poo out of him.
You pull his pants down and he pees, but the same does not go for poos.
You can't pre-empt (sp?) it, can you? 
I have no clue, now, how on earth I managed this with DD (4) but I don't remember poos in pants being a huge issue
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elliepac ·
29/12/2010 16:00
I can only echo what the other ladies have said. Ds was late to toilet train and was about 3 and a half before dry with wees. He took even longer with poos and it did just happen when be was ready despite all manner of bribery encouragement. My only tip for dealing with poo in pants situation is to realise that pants are cheap and just throw them away and buy some new ones instead of the soul destroying task of cleaning them 
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soccerwidow ·
30/12/2010 09:45
Ds took most of the summer to stop pooing everywhere but the toilet/potty.
I used reusable training pants I am sure that I bought a bundle but cant see them on the site. They come up very small - DS was 2.9 months and needed large but outgrew them quickly and could really of done with XL. They seem to go for similar price 2nd hand on ebay!
DS is really into disney cars, so Dh bribied him in the end - told him if he stopped pooing in his pants he would by him BIg Mack from the Disney store (£30 friggin quid!!)
I was a bit 
because I didn't think that he was mature enough to understand but it worked!
I knew that the penny had finally dropped when he had been clean for nearly a week and had a minor accident when we were out. We made it to the toilet a fraction late. he burst into tears and said "My daddy won't by me big mack now"
daddy bought him Big Mack the next day!
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