Pooping in a potty

That’s such a big step for her, well done! I think I’d start, I support families at our nursery through potty training and I’d definitely be saying to try and use it more frequently now or pay more attention to it to start and see if she is interested. It sounds like she knows exactly what’s it’s for! Then use whatever form of praise is best for her xx

I’d build potty time into our daily routine. So little blocks of time where she can sit there and you guys can do something “fun” together, like read a book, do some stickers etc. It will help her become familiar and comfortable with the potty and used to the idea of spending time on it daily. It’s great she’s done a poop on there already - it’s likely that her reaction to this was down to uncertainty over whether she’s done the right thing. You’ve basically told her she’s supposed to soil herself for 2 years, so starting to use the potty can be very confusing for them. It can also take time for them to get used to it, connect all the dots etc so don’t be disheartened if it doesn’t initially feel like you’re making progress, or even feels like it starts well but goes backwards. This is all very normal.

Potty training doesn’t have to be full on. You can ease into it, find some books on the subject too and read them with her to help her prepare. Talk about it with her. It all helps.

Does she go to nursery? Could she have seen kids using it there? Her language 'stinky' suggests a potential negative association with poo which could lead to embarrassment. Maybe try using really positive language around poo in other contexts to normalise it? With my LB, we regularly see horse and dog poo when on walks and I used to like celebrate him for correctly identifying (and avoiding) it 😅 like he'd point it out and go 'neigh poo!' and I'd be like 'yeah that's a horse poo, well done!'. Appreciate this sounds super weird typing it out now 😅 I'd also be really explicit if I went to the toilet (which he always came with) that I was doing a poo and spoke about it really neutrally. Like 'yep, I'm doing a poo on the toilet'. No idea if this will help but just based on what you described it could be worth a shot x