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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD used to withhold poop standing up and had pretty bad constipation.  Our pediatrician suggested a potty insert in the toilet with a high step stool thing that was secure.  It was hard to get her to sit because she was standing and clenching but once she sat she couldn’t hold it anymore.  No more withholding and no more constipation.  Dr explained that sitting straightens the descending colon and it’s easier to poop.  Pee followed nearly immediately.  She was 23 months and fully day and nap trained.

I was grateful for the advice!  [/quote]

Most babies/toddler in diapers don't stand to poop -- they squat. Sitting on a potty does not feel right to them unless their knees are above their pelvis, and even then they might resist because the feeling of sitting back as opposed to leaning forward doesn't feel right. This is also one reason why kids sometimes get used to going on a training potty on the ground and then won't go in the big toilet -- the potty on the ground better approximates squatting.

My DD's preferred posture for pooping was all fours and "bearing down" (yes, pooping and giving birth mostly use the same muscles). As a result, it was very hard to potty train her for poop even though she was otherwise ready (knew when she had to go, would communicate this need) but sitting on a potty felt wrong to her. We wound up having to do this slow transfer where initiatially just asked her to get used to pooping in her diaper in the bathroom, then slowly moved her into a squatting position, then moved her to the potty. We had an insert with a stool from the start, but it didn't matter because what she really wanted was to get down on her hands and knees.

My DD trained after age 3 despite starting shortly after she turned 2. And this is one reason why. But yes, please tell me I was lazy and that it's easy to train a child at 23 months when your kid just needed to learn to sit down on a potty insert.[/quote]

All my kids stood to poop in diapers starting at around nine months holding on to the rail of the crib.

No one called you lazy, PP.  [/quote]

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