Hello,

Last week we started potty training our two year old. The first few days were amazing! And honestly all pees are great! LO goes without prompting by alone and hasn’t had any pee accidents in a few days. #2 seems to be a mental block. LO isn’t backed up, and isn’t afraid of the potty but seems scared around pooping itself. My toddler ends up trying to hold it all day until they really can’t anymore. And during that time LO is running around whining, is extra clingy, etc etc and is just miserable to be around. 2 days ago we got it out of the way in the morning and was a great day! Yesterday it lasted about 7 hours. We aren’t night training so my toddler gets a diaper for naps, but won’t poop in that either.

We have books, LO comes with with us when we poop, we talk about it all the time and try to give comfort. But I’d love some ideas because some of what i’ve read on here is horrifying/daunting and it literally is interfering with my work. (I work in the evening but no one can watch my toddler right now because of the unpredictability and toddlers chaos.) I am not sure that stopping potty training is smart because LO is SO successful with pee and does eventually end up going and usually on the potty. But it has been ruining the entire day(s). Really looking for some actionable steps we can take because i’m not seeing forward progress in this area.