DS is 3.3, been toilet trained for over 3 months. In last week, he has regressed completely with regards to No. 2's, and has DELIBERATELY soiled himself every day for the last 6 days. I say deliberately, as he has amazing bowel control (something we found out when potty training him in the first instance) and he will literally lie down outside the toilet and mess himself. He also hides/shuts doors, much like he did for privacy when still in nappies.
Last time he had a regressiong (albeit brief) was about a month ago, and we resolved it really quickly by reintroducing the chocolate bribery incentives everytime he did a poo on the loo.
This time, however, NOTHING is working - he's not responding to encouraging to go/ignoring the whole issue, supportive and kind when it happens/cross when it happens, and the incentives are definitely not working at all.
Today, I told him that if he does all his poos in the toilet, he can choose between chocolate buttons/chocolate coins/a Kinder egg as a rewards. BUT the next time he does a poo in his underpants, I will put him back into nappies like a little baby.
He was horrified by this idea, and protested against the nappies loads, so I'm hoping that the threat in itself will be enough to deterr the behaviuor. But I have a couple of issues. Firstly, I feel really bad about saying this, although if I'm honest, I've reached the end of my tether/feel like I have no other options.
Secondly, what if he does poo himself again? I'm going to need to follow through, but don't know how long to do it for as I don't want full regression.
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NoWayNoHow · 02/02/2011 17:31
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