Helping toddlers with potty training involves being patient and understanding that accidents can happen. Establishing a regular bathroom routine can prevent accidents by reminding children to use the ...

Some toddlers find learning to pass stool without a diaper challenging. They may have had a large or painful bowel movement previously and be afraid to defecate again, so they begin withholding stool, ...

Seeing blood in your toddler’s poop can be alarming, but the causes for blood in toddler stool are not always serious. In fact, it’s fairly common. Anal fissures, which are tiny tears in the anus ...

"Stool toileting refusal" is quite common—here's how you can get past it. Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. “Help! My three-year-old refuses to poop on ...

Blood in a toddler’s stool often results from constipation, but it can indicate a more serious issue, such as gastrointestinal bleeding. A doctor can advise on whether blood in a toddler’s stool needs ...

Your toddler has no problem peeing in the potty. But when it comes to number two, that’s a whole different story. Your child might just sit and sit with no result. Then, as soon as the Pull-Up or ...

Getty Images. Toddlers normally poop at least once per day, although some healthy children have bowel movements every few days. Stools that are hard, painful, or very large might signal constipation—a ...

Baby poop can come in many shades, including orange, yellow, tan, or brown. The color and texture may provide hints to your baby’s diet or health. See a doctor if their poop is white or grey. Poop ...

Although the first stool of your baby, called meconium, might be strange to see, it tells you a lot about how your baby is adjusting to the new world and about the health of the entire digestive ...

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.