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Learning to Poop in the Toilet
A calm, step-by-step story about body signals, sitting on the toilet, waiting, wiping, flushing, and learning through small attempts.
This is a family-made learning resource, not medical advice. Pain, persistent constipation, or withholding should be discussed with an appropriate healthcare professional.
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Page 1 Kabbo is learning to poop on the toilet.
Page 2 Everybody eats food.
Page 3 Everybody who eats food needs to poop.
Page 4 Poop is the leftover food that your body does not need to use.
Page 5 Babies poop in diapers. Little kids poop on a potty. Big kids and grown-ups poop on the toilet.
Page 6 When kids are learning to poop on the toilet, sometimes they have accidents and poop in their underwear.
Page 7 Poop in underwear is dirty and gross. People do not like to clean poop from underwear.
Page 8 People usually go poop once a day, but sometimes people poop more than once a day, and this is okay.
Page 9 Sometimes people do not go poop for one day, and this can be okay. It depends on what kind of food they ate and how much water they drank.
Page 10 Sometimes people do not go poop for a few days, and this is not a good thing. The body needs to get rid of poop so the intestines can stay healthy.
Page 11 When it is time to go poop, we may have a funny feeling in our stomach and a funny feeling in our bum.
Page 12 Those funny feelings tell us that it is time to go to the bathroom and try to poop. When I feel those funny feelings in my stomach and my bum, I will try to sit on the toilet.
Page 13 Some people like to put their feet on a stool when they sit on the toilet because it is more comfortable.
Page 14 Sometimes our poop comes out right away, and sometimes we need to sit and wait for a little while.
Page 15 If I need to sit and wait for a little while, I can read my favourite book or play a computer game.
Page 16 Sometimes when we poop in the toilet, the poop makes a funny noise when it hits the water.
Page 17 Sometimes when poop hits the water, the water can splash us. That is okay. We can wipe the water off with toilet paper.
Page 18 Sometimes poop is stinky. If I do not like the smell, I can use a bathroom spray.
Page 19 After we poop, we need to flush the toilet to send the poop to the sewer.
Page 20 After we poop, we need to wipe our bum. There are different ways to wipe our bums. Different people like different ways, and that is okay.
Page 21 If I try to go poop on the toilet for seven days in a row, Mom will clear space on her laptop and I will be able to install a new game.
Page 22 It will make my Mom and Dad very happy when I try to go poop on the toilet.
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