Poo regression: stick, carrot, lactulose or gin?

[SlubberOverTheYardArm]

dd2 (3.5) has been potty trained for a year. She was dry and clean day and night after a week with the occasional 'not getting to the loo in time' accidents.

For the past couple of months there has been an increased frequency of poo in pants events. For the past 2+ weeks she has done every single poo in her pants.

She is seemingly unconcerned about the whole thing, frequently I will sniff them out, and going on the flattened state of the turds she has been sat on them for quite some time.

They are giant man turds, but of a soft smooth texture, not hard and bobbly .

Initially I was breesy "where do we do our poo?"
More poo
[new track]
Then I was cross "why is there a poo in your pants?"
More poo
[new track]
Then I put her in her bedroom
More poo
[new track]
Then I printed and coloured in a fairy princess castle with movable fairy to go up the 10 steps of turdy success to gain a playmobil pony
More poo

so now I am turning to mn and gin

I know I have been a giant twunt by trying loads of techniques, she is probably confused.

Today I lost it and said "right if you are going to keep pooing in your pants I am going to put you back into nappies" and manhandled her into a pull up. She was distraught. Not my finest hour as a mother

What do I do now?

I have not clicked on that link yet, but if it is that shitting harp you are in BIG TROUBLE.

phew

just a killer banana

erm try gin then!

sounds grim slubber.....keep smiling

tis a phase

Oh I am always smiling Lucycat, just soemtimes through gritted teeth.

Bananas definitely make a difference to ds' 'habits'. Had to stop him having a banana every day at school for his snack.

He is allergic to eggs, so no problem avoiding them, but they can be binding too.

Also agree that big poos could indicate some degree of constipation especially if coupled with only going every 3 days.

I used to watch ds like a hawk as i could tell when he needed a poo and he couldn't. Would make him go and sit on the loo when he started the wriggle/facial expression.

So you might want to keep your dc close and work out if there are any signals you can use to know when he is about to go.

Good luck

She exhibits great signs (if we are in the same room) lots of trumping.

"shall we go and sit on the loo?"

"no"

"I think there might be a poo coming, let's go and sit on the loo"

"NO"

"I'll read you a story"

"NO I DO NOT WANT TO SIT ON THE LOO"

so I can't drag her onto the loo.

10 mins later....

Could you have favourite/new toys that she only gets to play with when on the loo? sticker books, fuzzy felt, barbie, etc

ds was older so easier to blackmail coerce

Currently have the same issue with ds who is 4 and at school. 3 weeks currently with every one done in his pants at school (3x a day). Now being called stinky by classmates, which is awful. He doesn't seem to understand he will lose friends if this continues.

I've implemented a sticker chart and let him choose a potty today (he was trained late because of delayed development so we missed the potty stage completely). Also threatened to remove him from school (which he loves and wants to go at weekends too). Really tough today as I made him sit on the potty tonight until enough appeared to constitute a proper go (45 mins for a result and he is on lactulose). Have to say I physically forced him to sit there despite his sobbing (felt awful but he was so pleased when he finally managed to go) and I am really worried that his teacher will have had enough of this 3x daily event that he may have to leave temporarily.

Ds's problem started with fecal incontinence following a stomach bug but now he knows when he is doing it so no excuse. He's mentioned a fear of germs too.

Good luck in getting it sorted.