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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here: I wanted to reply to report that we have had some success at home on the weekends having her were loose sweatpants with nothing underneath. I got this tip from another message board. The first day we tried this she pooped in her pants and was unhappy about it. The next day, she didn’t have any morning accidents. Around 4pm, she was visibly uncomfortable—we put her on the potty and she pooped. The next day was Monday, she returned to school in pull-ups. Everyday that week she had two poop accidents. The next weekend, we did loose sweatpants at home and she pooped in the potty once in the afternoon both days. Then Monday, back to school in pull-ups and the same pattern of pooping in her pull-up. The morale of the story seems to be, if there is something close fitting on her rear, my kid will poop in it. If not, she will use the potty. I am not sure how to progress out of the current habits given that she has to wear pull-ups to school and I don’t have the ability to take time off from work to stay home with her for an extended period. However, we are pleased that she will use the potty under some conditions that she does not seem to have a medical issue preventing her from using the potty. So small, tentative “yay” I supposed. [/quote]

OP, if the day care will work with you, I would start keeping data on the times of day when she poops and then pre-emptively sending her to the bathroom to poop during those times. It may be different times than when the rest of the class is going, though, so it will be work for them. Also, what if you do the sweatpants thing always at home instead of just on weekends (also following the potty schedule you made and sending her to the bathroom, not waiting for her to initiate having to go). Finally, will the day care allow very loose pull ups? Medical supply stores might have some that feel so big on her she is less comfortable using them. Though, of course, the trade off might be a bigger mess at day care, but if they are working toward the goal of no accidents maybe they will be willing to do it.

I know you say she does not have disabilities, but I found the book The Potty Journey very helpful in setting up our potty schedule. It's for kids with autism and other disabilities but I feel like some of the techniques are sound for a lot of groups.[/quote]

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