13 month old poos in the bath EVERY bloody day....

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and then runs away from it screaming like its going to attack her....
Tried waiting... as long as we could before bed.... no poo until bath.
Tried moving bath time to mornings : Poo still arrived, just less solidly and therefore stuck to child as well as bath.
Could stop having baths I suppose. She might actually smell better that way.

Any ideas?

I would buy a padded toilet seat and before her bath, sit her on it and read a book. Maybe give her a tummy a little rub and tell her to push her poo out, please. Or sit her on a potty and do the same thing.

MP - hmm - hadn't occurred to me to put her on the big toilet - she gets straight off the potty and looks like Im mad if we try that but at least she'd be stranded on the loo....

Yes they are stranded on the loo

Stick here there and then distract her with a fantastic book for 5 minutes

perhaps the bath makes her relax and she's holding onto it usually?

My DS does this.

I strip him down and let him stand at the side of the bath watching it while it fills.

I let it fill quite slowly and he usually poos before it is full and most of the time I can manage to get him on the loo in time.

CarGirl- Im certain there is something to that, but I'm not sure whats causing it.

justabout - tried that. not only did she produce a splendid poo, the shower cubicle has nonslip dimples in the floor... the clean up operation required a toothbrush....

trixy - she does watch it fill up, but I've not tried to do it slowly. might give that a go...

If she's just had dinner that might be triggering her need to poo.

Sitting on the loo always made mine poo, if there was one ready to come out! Their fat legs squish against the tummy in the seated position which I think helps.

mp - I'm just making some notes, so, trap her on the loo with her fat legs squished against tummy with no dinner? thats the plan?

no after dinner, eating stimulates everything getting going!

justabout - thats what we thought. if we refuse to allow any fruit or vegetables and feed her exclusively on eggs and steak we can at least guarantee a lone floater that can be easily caught.... :D When this all started she used to have baby bubbles... you'd only spot the bastards when you drained the bath and came down after bed time routine to a foamy layer with pooey islands poking out of the bubbles....

yes yes definitely AFTER dinner!

oh yes no baby bubbles

all sorts of evil lurks in the shallow waters of the bubbly bathtub

cheers girls - will see what happens with the pooey baby boot camp....

I know it sounds mad, but I would explain to her that you would like her to try to poo in the toilet, when you sit her on it.

If she does poo in the bath, fish it out with a sieve and get your DD to help you drop it into the toilet and explain that is where poo belongs.

Sometimes children have to see what you want to happen to understand.

Good Luck

Or make her wear a swim nappy until she's done it