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Trcnchi · 15/10/2025 22:48

Hi All,
I really need an advice!
My daughter is 25months old and we are potty training her. It is almost end of the first week. She didn’t have any wee accidents since 2nd day and she is doing amazing but we have a bit issue with the poop.
Second day she did two poop accident to her pants. Then she did one successful toilet experince the following day than again today she had a poop accident to her pants.
Normally she was doing 3-4 poops a day to her nappy but since potty training, she does less poo and she can’t control like how she does her wee.
Is this normal in the first week?
I put her a nappy for naps and night time but she still says when she needs wee and goes toilet but no poop to nappy too.
She is not contisipated as the poos she did was very soft and she has lots of fruits, water daily with a very healthy diet.

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Beaniebobbins · 15/10/2025 22:51

Think she’s doing great. She’ll get there, it’s always an up and down journey.

Is she using a potty for poos? My youngest just wouldn’t poo on a potty but she got the idea once we sat her on an actual toilet.

Trcnchi · 16/10/2025 13:11

@Beaniebobbins thank you:) She actually uses the toilet but she was doing some poops to her potty too even before we started to the potty training. She did once to the toilet on the 3rd day but after that mostly in her pants

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DaddyandDadda · 07/01/2026 20:06

@Trcnchi can I ask how you got on? In exact same position on day 10 and finding it really fristratinf

Trcnchi · 07/01/2026 20:49

@DaddyandDadda First two weeks we had rather poo accidents or she was holding her poo so she was little contisipated. I gave her prune pure, dried fig, lots of fruits and veggies to almost force her to poo. After 2 weeks she figured out doing it to the toilet comfortably. I bought some books to read only in the toilet. Also she had some stickers we were sticking around they definitely helped. We have no accidents now and still have a toilet library which helps her to sit longer in the toilet. Other thing we did is we had a potty in the hallway if she doesn’t want to go to the toilet she was using the potty. Gradually she stopped using potty so she only uses toilet now.
Is your little one only doing to the pants or is there any succesful toilet visits?

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DaddyandDadda · 07/01/2026 22:03

Trcnchi · 07/01/2026 20:49

@DaddyandDadda First two weeks we had rather poo accidents or she was holding her poo so she was little contisipated. I gave her prune pure, dried fig, lots of fruits and veggies to almost force her to poo. After 2 weeks she figured out doing it to the toilet comfortably. I bought some books to read only in the toilet. Also she had some stickers we were sticking around they definitely helped. We have no accidents now and still have a toilet library which helps her to sit longer in the toilet. Other thing we did is we had a potty in the hallway if she doesn’t want to go to the toilet she was using the potty. Gradually she stopped using potty so she only uses toilet now.
Is your little one only doing to the pants or is there any succesful toilet visits?

Thanks for this. We have the odd successful potty poo. But we are having a poo accident in knickers most days now. She goes to the potty to try but nothing comes out then a few mins later has accident. Hopefully it will come but having poo knickers every day is getting tiring! She mastered wee with no accidents from day 2! Today was a bad day but I think she had a bit of an upset stomach which probably hasn’t helped!

Trcnchi · 07/01/2026 22:18

@DaddyandDadda I know how frustrating to clean those knickers but I wouldn’t give up as she will definitely learn very soon to use the potty and toilet for the poo. Maybe you can try to take her to the potty after every meal and she may start getting more success. My daughter was very similar and I was getting so upset but suddenly after second week she figured out!
Personally I found the potty training is one of the most difficult thing in parenting.

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