To put my 4 & 1/2 year old back in nappies?

[ColourfulOnesie]

DD is 4 & 1/2, she’s been fully potty trained day and night since just after she turned 3, fully competent in toileting herself for a long time
Until the last few weeks when she has been pooing herself

Sometimes it’s full solid poos and she walks around like she’s got a football down her pants, others we’re unaware until we’re getting her ready for bed and there will be smaller amounts of smushed dried up poo all over her

I am losing the will to live
I have no idea why she’s doing this, I’ve asked her 100s of times, I’m throwing away 2-3 pairs of underwear daily, she’s getting sore from sitting in it for long periods, but she will not stop

I am honestly at the stage of thinking fuck it I’ll just put her back in nappies until she’s ready to stop it
What on earth else can I do?!

Until you can get in at the Doctors I’d get some lactulose from a different pharmacy. It’s appropriate to be used by children over 1.

Regular trips to the loo and try to get her to put her feet on a stool so her knees are higher up. Makes it easier. An iPad with a favourite show propped within viewing distance of the loo is enough to relax and distract them too I’ve found.

Why don’t you ask for a referral to the school nurse? It sounds like constipation and she may need disimpacting.

Yes, you definitely can apparently. Sounds like she isn’t emptying her bowels properly if she’s going 3x per day