Visit the potty after meals. The brain tells the stomach to get to work pooping shortly after meals (called the gastrocolic reflex). Take advantage of this and have your toddler sit on the potty about ...

I hear frequently from parents who are trying to toilet train that the child is having some success. Namely, parents will say the child has learned how to pee on the potty, and has no wet accidents.

Accidents are part of potty training. But there are things you can do to help toddlers avoid pooping their pants. Few things are more frustrating for parents—and toddlers—than difficulty with potty ...

The source of their distress? A small child who is trying to learn how to poop like a member of modern society. Ask any parent who has had to do multiple loads of particularly unpleasant laundry, or ...

Those are the words my son told me last night. We have been trying to get him potty trained for awhile now, but didn't want to force it on him. The last could of days he had started to sit on the ...

I was recently commiserating with a girlfriend over the phone about the fact that my 3-year-old had been refusing to poop in a toilet. And by “refuse,” I mean that she’d dissociate completely when ...

Whether you want a white elephant gift or to elevate your own bathroom experience, you can't go wrong with this toilet stool. Jennifer Gil-Velasquez Jennifer Gil-Velazquez (JGil) is a creative media, ...

Indy is seeing extreme cold temperatures Wednesday that are causing school delays and cancellations. If it's too cold for kids to stand at the bus stop, it's too cold for pups to be out in the cold ...