Ds is now 5 and since he was 3 and had a painful poo, he has refused to use the loo for poos and withholds (sometimes for days) until he has a night nappy on and does it semi asleep. We have phoned advice lines, read books, been to GP who just prescribed laxatives.
We got firm with him and tried waking him and making him put the poo down the loo, wiping etc but he then just became really constipated.
I feel stressed and sad at this, we are fed up dealing with nappies and he knows it is not the same for other children as his younger sibling is happy to sit on loo.
We have almost given up any efforts, I guess just hoping he will get over it in time.
Any advice from anyone put there who has been through this?
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5yr old still withholding and refusing to use loo
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rubyblue · 15/01/2013 20:17
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