I don't know what to do

In the past week or more, Georgia has not successfully gone "#2" in the toilet. She has pooped in her panties or her diaper every time. It is a complete relapse--she was pooping in the toilet like a champ before this setback. It is not that she is hiding in a corner and pooping in her panties. She usually tells me that she needs to "try" (her phrase for going #2), but she is in the process of going when she tells me that, so by the time we make it to the toilet, she has pooped in her panties. This morning, she had a couple different false alarms, where she thought she had to go. I knew it was coming, but I still couldn't get her to the bathroom fast enough when she really started pooping. I am trying to encourage her to "run, run--hurry!" to the bathroom when she has to go, but this morning (and other times), she gets upset about the pooping, starts fussing (instead of running), doesn't hurry to the toilet, and poops in her panties. It is like, all of a sudden, she can't stop it. I don't know what to do, and I am very VERY frustrated right now. What do I do????

Needed: Potty training advice and prayers!

Warning: the following post talks about poopy. If you can't handle it, stop here.

I am at my wits end. Georgia had been doing so well with potty-training, even getting to the point of telling us when she needed to go (previously we needed to take her to the toilet regularly for her to go). A couple of weeks ago, she was doing well with telling us that she needed to go to the toilet for pee-pee and poopy.

Then it seemed like she regressed. In the mornings, while Baxter naps, Georgia plays in her room for 30-45 minutes by herself. I normally get a shower during this time. Three days last week, during those 30-45 minutes, she pooped in her underwear. It seemed to 'hit her' right while I was getting out of the shower and I couldn't get to her in time. So this week I changed things some--instead of getting a shower during her play time, I stayed in my room and cleaned or read my Bible, so I could have easy access to get her to the toilet quickly. One day she didn't poop, one day we almost made it :-), and for the past two days she has pooped in her underwear RIGHT AFTER I have taken her to the toilet! Yesterday she said "Sit toilet" three different times, but did nothing when I took her to the bathroom. Then she pooped in her big girl panties. Today she asked to go to the bathroom, went pee-pee in the toilet, ran back to her room and before I could hardly get her door shut, she had pooped in her underwear. I don't know what to do. Oh, and it is only on the days that she plays by herself in her room that she poops during that time. It has never been that regular!

I guess I could restrict her quiet play time, and just hover over her watching for the signals, and that is probably what I need to do to reestablish a 'pooping in the toilet' pattern. But Georgia ENJOYS her play time in the room--she asks me to go take a shower so she can play--and I need for her to do that! I feel like it is good training, teaching her to play by herself and to know that the world does revolve around her. I realize so many moms have gone through this, and that we will survive, but it is rather frustrating right now. Please pray for me to have strength, patience and wisdom in dealing with Georgia. Pray that Nathan and I will know what steps we need to take to continue her training in this area! Thanks to all of you who read and commiserate with me:-)

Possibly too much information...

but I just had to share--Georgia has successfully gone "#2" in the toilet two days in a row! She is doing "#1" pretty regularly, but the light bulb just clicked with the other. It seems like we are moving forward in this potty training process. Thanks for your prayers and support.

Does anyone have kids like mine?

Do you have an infant who spits up every single time you strap him into his carseat? Usually over a cute outfit?

Do you have a toddler who likes to "sit [on the] toilet like a big girl" and yet does not pee? She has been in big girl underwear for two days and has sat on the toilet for most of the day when you add up the time, but has yet to actually GO on the toilet! She has gone on the floor a half dozen times in the past two days, though.

Sigh.

Big step!

Georgia pee-peed in the toilet last night! Yippee! I have not started potty training in earnest, but she does sit on the toilet on occasion and I talk to her about it--but she has never done anything. Last night she sat on the toilet before getting in the bath and nothing happened. I got her out of the bath, wrapped her towel around her, and she started squatting like she needed to pee. I grabbed her and stuck her on the potty, and after a minute, she went in the toilet! It was cause for much celebration in the Finn household, and I just had to share.