Potty Training Regression. please Help.

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My 3 year old has been potty trained successfully since August. In the last two weeks he has stopped going to the toilet for a poo. I don't know what to do. I know he can do it, we had three days where he was ok last week and yesterday he was fine but I just left him playing and went back in and he had done it again.

I really am now at the tears stage. He just keeps playing and I have to keep clearing up shit. Every day pretty much. I am not shouting at him I just clear it up and remind him it should go In The toilet. We did rewards last week but it was short lived.

Why? What can I do? Will it pass? He is due to start a new nursery next week what if it happens there?

I've had sort of the same with DS nearly 3, yesterday I python back in nappies....8 weeks ago I started and he got the wees straight away, but the crap....every.single.day....scooping it out of pants or just chucking them away - I give up, he'll go for a wee in the loo rather than wee in his nappy, but he's clearly not completely ready so I give up, and I don't give up easily - I've got 8 yr old DTD's!

^python? Put him!!

It's a regression it will pass - buy some cheap pants and keep binning. Dd1 did this and lots of mums told me horror stories and I went a bit mental about it.....then she just stopped and went back to the loo. No problems since

I have just been binning pants I can not bear to do anything else.

You feel the pressure knowing that nursery is starting soon. Well done not shouting! just look disappointed and say oh dear that's not where poo goes. Lift him into the bath, strip him down, hand him a cloth and say okay let's get you cleaned up. Encourage him to wipe and clean. He probably likes playing too much to stop and go to the bathroom. He is used to you clearing up so it doesn't impact on his playtime. He will see that it's quicker to use a toilet.

Bin cheap pants. Maybe buy a couple he chooses - special pants - if he soils them he can't wear them.

Do you have a booster seat, is he worried about falling in? Is it making a splash? Put a couple of sheets of loo paper in so there won't be noise.

Maybe you and DH can be super matter of fact and announce you are now off to the bathroom as and when. It's not a big deal; big boys and big girls go.

Peer pressure can help, know anyone with toilet trained infants who can come to play?

Another ploy might be a sticker chart and reward system.

He will probably go back to using a toilet off his own bat but try not to show anger or frustration.