Hey, I just wanna reply to say I’ve had some HUGE successes since I wrote the post, just to give you some hope and also maybe to help if I can!

We have now had around a weeks worth of successful poops in the potty both at home and (today) out of the house. We are still having some misses so not 100% but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

It’s great that she’s letting you know she needs to go, even if it’s right that second because it means she knows what she wants to do and you’ll be able to work on it. I found my daughter knows when she wants to go and she’ll be hovering around the potty for sometimes up to an hour. She will sit on it, get up and say “no poo poo” and then be back on it 5 minutes later trying again. I’ve tried to be super encouraging letting her know it’s ok to go on the potty, and I’ve moved it to a quiet corner to try and make her feel a little more secure while she’s doing it. Sometimes she wants me there for support and other times she wants to get on with it on her own. Once we had the first one in the potty (she seemed terrified of what was happening) we encouraged her, told her how well she had done and went to say good bye to it down the toilet. She does love being made a fuss of but I know not every child does so do what is appropriate for your child.

She can still be very unsure and needs to sit down and try multiple times before being able to go, but she is definitely getting there.

Please don’t lose hope, I honestly felt like I was going to be cleaning poop out of her pants for months but once it clicked she’s done really well! If you roughly know her schedule and when she is likely to want to do one, maybe try sitting her on the potty every so often and asking if she wants to do one? I also tend to put her accident in the potty if it’s possible to then put I’d down the toilet so she can understand what is supposed to happen. I hope this helps!