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Weeing and pooing in bath. Help!

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TickledOnion · 31/12/2011 13:00

DD is 2.2yo. We've not started potty training in ernest but we have a potty in the bathroom. Every night before bath time, DD sits on it and pretends to do a wee for about 5 seconds. Sometimes we encourage her to try again and she sits on it for another second. She always says she has done a wee even though she never does.

Then she gets in the bath and promptly wees and frequently poos in there too.

We don't get cross with her, but just tell her that we would rather she weed and pood in her nappy or a potty. The poo is particularly annoying as it cuts short her bath time which she normally really enjoys.

I don't think she has any control over when she wees but she does know when she is going to poo. We have tried taking her out the bath when she warns us she wants to poo, but she got very upset.

As she only poos once a day or even once every 2 days, I don't want it to become an issue and it's better that she does it in the bath than once she's gone to bed. Is there anything we can do to change her habits? Have we confused her with introducing the potty at bath time?

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LifeOfKate · 31/12/2011 13:13

I have not much experience of potty training yet, but have a ds of just turned 2 who is not far away and was trying to think what I would do in this situation.
What happens if you don't offer the potty before the bath? We have a toilet seat for ds, if we offer before a bath, he's not interested and is too excited to be getting into the bath, but he will have a wee on it after his bath
Do you offer the potty at other times? we don't yet with ds as he's not really ready for potty training, but had started to ask to sit on the toilet after his bath. He's never done a poo on the toilet though, just wees, so I'm not sure about the pooing in the bath thing...

talkingnonsense · 31/12/2011 13:16

Pooing in the bath often happens when children are slightly constipated, so could you give her more water/ fibre/ prunes?

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TickledOnion · 31/12/2011 13:28

LifeOfKate - if we don't offer the potty at bath time, she still wees and poos in the bath. I haven't really tried it at other times as she doesn't seem vrey interested yet.

talkingnonsense You could be right, I think she is a bit constipated. She eats lots of fruit, but hardly any veg. I will try increasing her water intake to see if that helps. She sometimes poos at other times of the day but it seems like quite an effort. It seems to be easier in the bath.

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buggyRunner · 31/12/2011 13:35

My dd trained by this point but I would whip her out, put her on the toilet- yet offer potty b4 bath tking her of your plan

ConstantCraving · 31/12/2011 21:27

My DD is also 2.2 and poos in the bath - not toilet trained yet as she suffers constipation and has just started on Movicol for it, which is helping. HV advised not to make a big deal of it. Like yours, mine has no contol yet and doesn't always know when she needs to go - the bath helps because its warm. Annoying, but have become expert at scooping poo out!

ommmward · 01/01/2012 17:37

What's wrong with peeing in the bath?

Just asking :)

(poo as a game over moment, I completely understand! You could talk a lot about farts being ok in the bath, but if a poo is coming, you'll pop her on the loo so it doesn't spoil the bath blah blah.)

Tralalalalaaafalalala · 01/01/2012 23:11

My DD went through a stage of pooing in the bath at a similar age, I think it was in response to her brother being born, so unsure whether exactly the same situation. I played it cool to begin with, very patiently explaining that it's not the thing to do, pooing in the bath.

The thing that actually nipped it in the bud was when as soon as a poo appeared, she was quietly whisked out of the bath, and wiped down with wet wipes before getting her PJs on. Previously I had either put her in the shower afterwards, or filled the sink with warm water...both of which I guess we're nice alternatives for her. The cold wet wipes from the packet were enough of a turn off to help her realise it's not a good thing.

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TickledOnion · 02/01/2012 13:18

Thanks for the responses. I'm not really that bother about weeing in the bath. It's the pooing that is more annoying.

Also, I've realised that she only ever wees or poos standing up (both in and out of the bath). That might be part of the reason she won't sit on the potty or toilet even though she wants to go.

Maybe I'd better give up on this for a while and try again later in the year.

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