Ideas for getting ds to poo earlier.... ie not just when going to bed!

[pippylongstockings]

My ds1 seems to have developed a knack over the last 2 weeks of 'holding' onto his poo which then turns bedtime into a faff of trying before bath, before pjs, during story and then mostly after lights out leading to a final result!
They trying is alway intiated by him - we are not pressuring him to perform.
However, this mean bedtime is now a long drawn out hour or more.
And I feel he is starting to relish the attention - hence the holding out as long as possible.
How can I shift his body clock forward?

[whomovedmychocolate]

Could you try a dose of fruit at breakfast-time anything soft like berries or grapes, to sort of loosen him up a bit earlier?

Or bring his bedtime forward an hour (if he can't tell the time yet) he'll poop earlier, you'll be happier and hopefully he'll stay asleep till a decent hour?

[pippylongstockings]

Should mention - I have tried giving him extra fruit & wholemeal toast for breakfast - lots of water or dilute juice to drink during the day.
Is Allbran for breakfast too hard core ?!?
My next idea....

[whomovedmychocolate]

Umm does he get some sort of reward after he's got ready for bed? How about a chart with 'things we do when we are getting ready for bed' with going to the loo BEFORE the bath and stickers if he does it (with a reward if he gets five stickers?)