dd 2.5 year's half way to tt

[deniselewis]

can anyone help a new mumsnet member ... my dd @ 2.5 year's is fine goimg to the toilet (most off the time) for a wee....
BUT the dreaded no 2....Oh my... just no joy...she just goes mad when we try to take her when she need's a poo....it's so obvious when she does cause she run's around or hide's in a corner.... I know she's only little BUT I'm at the end off my tether...Any advise...

Hello and welcome!

This is incredibly common, and many children that age will still need a nappy for a poo.

Does she still nap at all? If so, put her in her nappy at nap time and she will probably do it then. In time, she'll get used to the idea of using the loo.

I found taking a book to the loo worked quite well, or offering an incentive of some kind, like a biscuit or something if she's a big girl and does her poo on loo?

Alternatively, why not set her up with a potty in her little hidey corner that's just hers so she can have her poos in peace (lol, my DD is constantly telling her little brother to leave her alone to have her wee in peace! Wonder who she has heard say that a million times!).
DD will still sometimes ask me to leave the bathroom if she needs to do a poo and it's not, erm, coming easily!

thank you.... have tried all the blackmail briabry and corruption things.... sat in the bathroom making up stories, with book's the lot.. may give the hiding the potty one though that's a fab idea.... Must admit i would like to be left alone @ those bathroom moments too...(wink)..
xdx