So my 5yr old DD is currently on Movicol for poo withholding and were 2 weeks in.
The dr says she isn’t constipated. It’s more about not wanting to go to the toilet for various reasons. We’ve had it’s lonely, it’s boring on the toilet, there are spiders in the toilets, I’m too busy, I was playing outside.
She is still having accidents though usually at school, she doesn’t tell anyone and sits in it for hours, it’s only if someone smells it she changes her pants.
She has told me various reasons why she doesn’t go when she needs to and I’m not sure what to believe anymore. Her teacher spoke to her and she told her it was because she’s lonely in the toilet, so they put a class photo on the back of the door so she could see her friends. This has worked for a few days but today she had an accident again when she was in the playground.
my daughter is very stubborn, won’t talk abut it, hasn’t responded to rewards (which usually work really well with her), we’ve tried a toy she wants for clean pants over so many days. We’ve tried cake as a reward when she comes home with clean pants each day as she’s very cake motivated but that hasn’t worked.
Anyone thoughts or suggestions as both myself and OH are fearful it’s going to impact her socially soon.