My nearly 3-year-old refuses to pooh

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My DD refuses to pooh in the nappy, toilet or potty. She has had a biopsy on her bowel at the beginning of this year and bowel disease has been ruled out. Then thanks to advice I found on mumsnet, I started giving her rewards - ie - chocolate buttons, every time she pooed, and loads of encouragement. The result? She poohed on the toilet practically every day for 5 months. She had a sore patch on her bum four weeks ago and now we're back to square one. I've tried everything rewards, charts with stickers, being calm, being firm -- I'm all out of ideas and so frustrated. I'm having to use suppositories every three days for her. Has anyone any experience of this - I'm desperate! X

Oh and one more thing to add, she is on high doses of Movicol and lactulose which is keeping the poo soft, but she still won't let it out!

for you - my ds went through a phase of being scared to poo after being constipated. I saw on an american website this decorated screen thing that you can put around the potty to make it fun - you caould make your own out of card.

Oh huge sympathies. We have a milder version of this round here and it's such a worry.

I've heard of children with soreness being given a local anaesthetic spray to be used when poo is coming, but the problem is, I assume, getting DD to let go and relax enough to get to that stage.

Hope someone more knowledgeable can help you.

Hi mrsgboring and cornsilk - both of those are ideas I hadn't thought of. It's worth a go. Good luck mrsgboring, hope your problem gets better soon. It is so worrying.