Hi, I'm hoping someone out there can reassure me!
DD began potty-training by her nursery from the age of 2 - I said at the time I thought she was too young for it, but they were insistent she was ready and I, being an inexperienced eejit, thought they knew best (although I have to say I didn't push it when she was at home).
Anyway, she got the hang of wees very quickly and was soon dry, however, she will not poo unless she's got a nappy on. She's now nearly 3. We've tried bribery, cajolery, nappy on a potty, endless hours sitting on the loo wiht a book, she holds it all in and then the minute a pampers hits her bum, she poos.
I'd more or less given up on this as I wasn't going to force the issue, I figured she'd come round to it when good and ready, and at least she was dry and would let us know when she wanted a poo by asking for a nappy, but in the last week she has wet herself every single day - only telling us she needs the loo half a second before letting go. On Friday she pooed in her pants. She doesn't seem the least bit distressed about being wet/dirty, whilst I don't want to get cross with her I'm getting a little worried (and mortally embarrassed!) with the situation.
What's best to do? Put her back in nappies and start all over again at a later date? She's supposed to be starting at the school nursery after February, they say she must be dry and, of course, when we put her name down she was, now I'm beginning to think she may not be.
No other changes in her environment that I can think of, she's done this at home, at a friends, in a restaurant, in the street...
Help, please, if you possibly can....