Potty training regression in 2.9 year old dd - but JUST POOS

[CharlieBoo]

DD has been potty trained since October and never had any probs, took to it very easily both poos and wees. All been going swimmingly and she takes herself off to the toilet and asks for help if she needs it. She is very independent and will often shoo me out of the toilet as she wants to 'do it herself mummy' as she says. In the last 10 days- 2 weeks the majority of her poos she has done in her pants. Just poos, all wees are still in the loo. I am racking my brains, tried stickers, lots of praise but no change. I don't know whats happened or hw to turn things round. Can anyone help?

Anything else changed in her life? Some times regasions are cause by something unrelated.

The issue we had with DD and poo's was that she has always done them standing up in her nappy so found the transion to sitting down quit hard.

I had this with ds not long ago.
In the end I sat him down and we had a proper 'grown up chat' . I explained the star chart to him and that he would get a star for every poo he did in the toilet, and if he filled up the line he could choose a treat.
I also told him that he was a big boy now, and if he carried on then he would have to go back to nappies and be a baby. Sounds a bit harsh but I had had enough. I really couldn't deal with much more.

It worked, he cried and finally understood that it wasn't a nice thing for me to deal with and he has been fine since.

I don't know if this helps you but its what we did. Just be reassured its not just you! Good luck!

My DD regressed on poos only at 2.6, over 6 months after she had been fully and reliably potty trained. In my case probably due to new baby having turned up in the interim. After 2 weeks or so I had had enough, I was exhausted and stressed with new baby and needed to take the stress off us both. I put her back into pull ups (so she could continue to do wees in the potty). I seemed like a huge admission of defeat, but after 2 days she was begging to go back to pants.

I bought a big chocolate bar (or you could choose any toy he really wants) and put it visibly, but out of reach, on a high shelf above the loo and told her she could have it when a poo went in the loo. Then I said absolutely nothing more about it, even when she did another poo in pants (which we had returned to due to her begging). The next day she did a poo in the loo and got the chocolate. We then reverted to sticker chart like spanky. 2 stickers (i.e. 2 poos = treat), then 3 stickers, then 4 etc. We were soon back on track.

I think what turned it around was giving her the motivation to change - i.e. she hated nappies and wanted the chocolate, and I shut up about it, stopped asking or pressuring her and let her decide to get it right