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[quote=Anonymous]DD has finally got the hang of peeing in the potty and she's doing a great job - even waking up in the middle of the night to pee in the little potty in her room, rather than wetting the bed.  The problem is that she seems physically incapable of pooping while sitting on the toilet.  For the first few days, she would run to the potty to poop and after 5 or 6 unsuccessful trips to the potty she would simply poop in her underwear.  Now she seems to understand that pooping in underwear is bad and she really doesn't want to have accidents.  So now she's simply not going poop at all.  She didn't poop yesterday and by this afternoon she is really uncomfortable (she usually poops 2-3 times per day without fail).  This morning, she was sobbing on the potty and clutching her tummy, begging me to help the poop come out.  What can I do?!  Most of the posts I've read deal with kids who don't WANT to poop in the potty or who are afraid of pooping on the potty.  My DD seems unable to physically move it out of her bowels while in the sitting position.  I felt so bad for her today that I almost gave her a diaper to poop in, but I restrained myself as I'm afraid that will set back training for months.  FWIW, she's trying in the little potty on the floor, so her feet are not dangling.  Is there anything else we can do for her, or will she eventually just get it?  Should I give her Miralax to sort of force the poop to come out?  [/quote]

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