"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 ...

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Most parents will agree that toilet training can be a challenge, even when the child is of an age where it’s ‘meant’ to happen. But one mom has claimed this week she managed achieve the milestone when ...

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Former "Bachelor" contestant Bekah Martinez says that her 9-week-old son, Ernest Allison Leonard (“Nesto” for short) has been using the potty. “Elimination communication is wild,” the mother of three ...

Q: Potty training advice needed: Our son just turned 3. He's great with peeing, except he still wears diapers for sleeping. We are struggling with pooping. He knows he's supposed to go in the potty.