My DD has been potty trained for a little while but recently has started refusing to poo, to the point that she purposefully holds it in and stops herself from going. It creates a cycle of it hurting more when she eventually does go then refusing to go again because of the pain. We are in the process of trying to establish a routine of having 10 minutes sat on the potty after our evening meal but she doesn’t really respond to rewards (stickers for her reward chart, a sweet treat, anything really) and she’s so strong willed that when she’s decided she doesn’t want to sit down I don’t know how to get her to try without putting pressure on her
i don’t know what we can do to help her, she must be so uncomfortable sometimes she goes days and days without going. I have an appointment for us next week to talk to the GP about laxatives to help eliminate any pain and hopefully that will change her psychology around going but has anyone been through something similar and can advise what worked please?