DD1 is just 3. I started potty training her in March, wee quite successful, but poo nightmare, she go a tummy bug, so back in nappies. Then again in July. Wee great. Dry through night, no wee accidents. Brilliant! Except, poo is always by accident in her knickers. She is obviously with-holding as she will often have several poos (3 or 4) in a day, and atm most of them seem to take her by surprise. She often thinks she is doing a fart, and is surprised by a soiling incident. I eventually realised that she was constipated rather than just awkward, and decided that the best course of action was to put her back in nappies, in order to take the pressure off both of us. I was getting completely hacked off with cleaning up poo out of clothes, and leaving the house was getting harder and harder as you could guarantee that the minute we were out, she would doo a poo. Looking back, I think it probably would have been better to persevere with the knickers, nappies have been a huge step back, and now she rarely does a wee on thje potty or toilet.
I have a sticker chart for her, and she gets a sticker and a treat if she just sits on the toilet for a minute or two, but she won't even do that, she seems to be frightened of a poo coming out. She often complains that they hurt her when they come out, but tbh, I think she is with-holding so effectively, the really hard stuff is still inside her.
I took her to see a homeopath at the weekend, and have decided to give that a go for a month, even though I am very about the effectiveness. I will hopefully then get an ap't with a paediatrician at the hospital who has been recommended as an expert in this field, but I know he will immediately prescribe laxitives, which I am not worried about in itself, but would rather try other things first iykwim.
She's not keen on fruit or veg, although I offer LOADS and dd2 eats loads. She won't drink much water, but does drink juice. Bread, rice and pasta are wholemeal.
I am about to embark on linseed 'tea' to see if that's any use. She won't take any children's fibre supplements.
Sorry, that was very long, and far tmi I expect, but I really feel at the end of my tether.
*Shoul I put her back in knickers now, and start toilet training all over again? or should I wait until the actual constipation problem gets a bit better, i.e. if the homeopath works, or she starts the laxitives
*Should I sod the homeopath and head straight for the laxitives?
*How do I get her to SIT ON THE TOILET???
*This will get better, won't it?
Sorry for very long boring ranty post