The unfortunate Catch-22 of potty-training, and poop-training in particular: It’s often very stressful for parents, but it’s very important that parents not convey any feelings of stress.

says BabyCenter Community member LesiBish. "I tried to potty train my son at 2 1/2 years old but he just wasn't ready. Literally the week after he turned 3 I started again and the first day he went ...

Toddlers holding poop and not passing stool on time is a common phenomenon. This behavioral pattern may occur due to physical ...

I was recently commiserating with a girlfriend over the phone about the fact that my 3-year-old had been refusing to poop in a toilet. And by “refuse,” I mean that she’d dissociate ...

Sometimes a good poop is hard to come by. Maybe you find yourself spending an inordinate amount of time languishing on the toilet, waiting for the deed to be done. Or maybe, during moments of ...

They invented the Squatty Potty, a stool that raises your knees above your hips to put you into a squat-like position when you poop. Squatty Potty's inventors say squatting moves your colon into ...

Pooping while using the Toilestool felt like trying to poop on stilts—slippery, sliding, scary stilts. Wooden toilet stools The Squatty Potty Slim Teak , our previous top pick, is still a nice ...

Why won't my dog pee or poop in the snow? Why won't my puppy potty in cold weather? Not all dogs are fans of winter, so refusing to go outside to potty is common in pups that have become ...

Why won't my dog pee or poop in the snow? Why won't my puppy potty in cold weather? Not all dogs are fans of winter, so refusing to go outside to potty is common in pups that have become ...