DD has just turned 3.
She's been in nursery since she was 10 months old part time, loves it. She showed interest on potty training aged 18 months and was full trained by 2.5 years.
For some reason since she turned 2 and a half, she suddenly started to hold on to her poo. She's fine still doing wees.
It's been a nightmare.
She can hold on for so long she will not open her bowels for up to a week. When she gets abdominal cramps she screams, stands rigid and crosses her legs and it's impossible to comfort her.
She's a bright thing and understands completely about pooing but she says she is scared of it.
We've tried EVERYTHING.
She's on movicol and we're still trying to adjust the dose so she is not having diarrhoea but able to poo with ease.
we've tried reward charts and rewarding her with watching a DVD if she does a poo
We've put a nappy in the toilet to see if she'd find that comfortable or sat her on the potty with a nappy on but no
We've overhauled her diet, let her order her own potty (we said it was a special present from Queen Elsa so she can be a big girl) and her own underwear
We've been an open-door household since she was born (not between me and DH!) so she watches us do poos and wees etc
We've tried Vaseline on her bum so the poo won't hurt on the way out
We've tried potty books and potty videos on YouTube (I even sat there through numerous videos of giraffes pooing - her favourite animals)
We've said if she starts pooing in the potty she can go to ballet or gymnastics.
We're at our wits end. We've tried so hard not to put our anxieties across, we've tried to make it fun and not put pressure on her but it's driving us both mad.
Has anyone ever had this and managed to work it out? Please help, I'm desperate.
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Frustratingsituation · 23/07/2014 21:51
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