Poo - should I be worried

[Jaffakake]

Ds, nearly 3 cracked weeing in the space of a week, but isn't pooing. The last 2 weeks he's obviously been holding it in. Last time he pooped, on Monday, he had a melt down & asked for a pull-up & it took most of the morning for him to go.

I've been giving him lactulose (ok'd by GP fil) which has succeeded in stopping it becoming painful for him when he does go & I've been giving him all sorts of poo producing foodstuffs!

We believe he just needs to do it once & then he'll most likely be fine. He also knows when he does he'll be taken shopping for a present, which has definitely registered!

Any advice? I really want to try & help, but at the end of the day o can't make his bowels do what needs to be done!

[Piratejones]

This is a perfectly common thing and Some children can do it right into school age (mine was 6!!)

you coudl try having him sit on the potty while he's going in the nappy, once he has the hang of that, the next time cut a hole in the nappy so the poo goes into the toilet / potty.

[myfavouritethings]

My nearly 3yo DD was the same. She tended to take herself in a corner and poo in her knickers as opposed to holding it in though.
Like you, we believed it would take her just the once and then she would be fine, and she was!
She told me she was scared to poo on toilet/in potty, so I cuddled her and sang to her while she was pooing ... it was smelly, but it worked!

[Jaffakake]

Hooray! He did it!
He wanted a nappy on this morning & nursery kept him in them all day. I think he decided after that he'd rather wear pants & it spurred him into accomplishing a poo in the potty this evening! It does show that all the bribery in the world does not make much difference but we're still off to buy him a train from Hamleys in the morning!