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Dd 3 pooing in pants

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Sunshine78 · 05/12/2009 19:23

My dd3 keeps pooing her pants. She seems to only do it when who ever is looking after is distracted with something else and always in another room. She always comes running with pants down sayin "lOOK"

I tell her it is not right and have tried taking toys off her when she does it and am gettin fed up of leaning it all up - my carpets are also not looking too good.

She does do it on the toilet sometimes.

Problem is she doesn't have a set time of day to poo so is really hard to judge when she is going to do it. She is also very stubborn.

Any ideas?

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shopalot · 05/12/2009 19:28

I could have written this op except dd is 21/2. It drives you mad doesn't it..

lavenderkate · 05/12/2009 19:30

Sorry, cant help but ds is same age and started randomly doing this.
I have gone back to sticker rewards for bullseye toileting.

So shall watch thread with interest.

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Sunshine78 · 05/12/2009 19:32

I also make sure I really praise her when she does it on the loo.

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Piffpaffpoff · 05/12/2009 19:35

My DS did this, he could pee in the toilet but would never ever do a poo in it. Sticker chart and reward sorted it but it did take about 3 weeks or so.

I reckoned he was so used to having the poo in his nappy, it didn't bother him having it in his pants and he had to learn that it was actually much nicer to not have it squishing back up your bum!

One a more positive note, once he got it, he really got it and we've never had another poo in his pants ever. However we do still get regular wet pants and I can't seem to get him to stop that....sigh.

llynnnn · 05/12/2009 22:19

i feel your pain! dd was exactly like this for months!!
We tried everything rewards, punishment, bribery etc etc!! the thing that finally worked was just ignoring it. obviously clean her up, but with no fuss or conversation about it, just a quick 'try and do it on the toilet next time' comment. we also didnt constantly ask her throughout the day to go to the loo or if she needed a poo, just ignored the whole situation!! It was infuriating and i really didnt think it would work, but after about a week she just went to the toilet and did it and hasnt looked back since! we praised like mad when she did it of course!!

good luck, i totally understand how frustrating it is!!

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