Potty training
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She doesn’t have a poop schedule. I try to put her on the toilet when she says she has to go and she screams bloody murder.
Probably not helpful but i used m&ms like dog treats 😭🤣
September is a long ways off! It feels short to us, but a lot changes for kids in 5 mo. Keep her diet good so she isn't constipated, holding it in, or associating pooping with pain. Let her poop in her pull up without pressure, just a gentle reminder when you're wiping her that she could be doing something more fun with that time if she went in the big girl potty and she wouldn't have to wear itchy pull ups. Have her practice wiping herself by giving her the first wipe. Give her a candy if she does poo on the potty, give yourself one too, and make a show of it. Any good practice counts. She'll get there. Coach her that the other kids at kindergarten will poop in the potty and she'll want to practice, so she's not left out. If you read books about going to kindergarten, give it a quick mention. Try to get her to tell you when she's pooping or needs to poop even if she doesn't want to go do it right away. (Thank you for telling me! Would you like to sit on the potty now? Not now? Ok.) That's a good first step.
Due to the odd, I would recommend figuring out a way to put her in charge of pooping on the potty or giving her a choice around the need to poop. Maybe try giving her a choice of what to watch or read while she sits and tries then reward her for trying whether she poops or doesn't . For example, offer a book or a song on her tablet/your phone and let her pick the book or song. The longer you can get her to sit calmly the more easily she'll be able to poop, but with an odd diagnosis, the second it becomes an argument, you've already lost. Since she's 4, almost 5, it may be worth telling her that she won't be able to start kindergarten if she won't poop on the potty. Also, talk to her about what she doesn't like about pooping on the potty so you can work through those specific issues
It took my son (also turning kindergarten in September) a bit to get comfortable with pooping on the potty. When he finally did, the look of relief & pride on his face said it all. He hasn’t had an issue doing it since. She might need to poop her pants to realize she needs to do it on the potty when she’s in underwear.
@Katie my whole thing is she will literally grab one of her baby brothers diapers and put it on herself without me knowing and then comes out to tell me she needs to be changed. I stopped buying her diapers in hopes she knows that she doesn’t have anymore but that hasn’t helped
Does she have a poop schedule? Like does she poop around the same times everyday? My kids have a poop schedule and I just time it so he had to sit on the toliet during poop time and gave alot of praise and happiness when he pooped in the toliet.