I hear frequently from parents who are trying to toilet train that the child is having some success. Namely, parents will say the child has learned how to pee on the potty, and has no wet accidents.

Q: Potty training advice needed: Our son just turned 3.He's great with peeing, except he still wears diapers for sleeping. We are struggling with pooping. He knows he's supposed to go in the potty.

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 ...

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Namely, parents will say the child has learned how to pee on the potty, and has no wet accidents. "He will hold his poop until we put a diaper on him, then he goes," I'm often told. First things ...

Another potential reason for not pooping in the potty can be impatience—if your toddler is extremely active or impatient, they’ll probably not want to sit long enough to poop in the potty.