2.7 yo pooing in underwear

[leah1991]

My daughter is mostly toilet trained. She is really good at weeing on the toilet at home and when we're out and stays dry. However she poos in her underwear if I don't catch her on time and she won't say she needs a poo. But if her bottom half is naked, she will run to the toilet, sit on it and poo all by herself. I dont understand it haha! I can't just leave her half naked all the time. How do I get her to learn that she doesn't just poo in her underwear?

Mine was the same at this age. All I could do was encourage her and keep telling her poos were for the toilet. I think getting her to help me clean up (empty the poo into the toilet and rinse knickers in the bath before having a wash) helped but It took about six weeks but she got there in the end. She’s so stubborn she just had to make the decision to do it herself.

Good luck. I know it feels like it will be forever but she will get there in the end and it will all be a distant memory one day! In the mean time deep breaths and the this will pass mantra on repeat.

Give it time, OP. She'll work it out

It’ll take time, I think most go through this stage. I used to ask “do you need a poo?” and take her at times I thought she may need to go. Sometimes she did, sometimes she didn’t!

It might help as well to talk about what it feels like when she needs a poo, does she feel it in her tummy, can she feel it in her bottom when she needs to go. Also, reward and praise when she does one in the toilet. I potty trained mine entirely on chocolate buttons

Thank you everyone for your replies

Yup, juts time. Pooping standing up is a more 'natural' and easier position- takes a bit of time to accept it has to be done on a toilet.

It's because kids learn to poo in their nappies and are used to that sensation. Therefore she is comfortable pooing in her pants because it is a similar feeling to pooing in a nappy. She will get there.