Hi,
Anyone else had this? My ds was 4 in December and had been dry during the day (but not at night) since the age of 3.
He will only poo in a nappy though and we can't seem to make any headway with this. I have tried asking him very gently why he doesn't want to sit on the toilet and he says that it is because the poo is too hard. However, when I change him the poo is very soft and not at all constipated.
We have tried rewarding him for sitting on the loo in a nappy but even this is becoming problematic as he now shuts us out of the bathroom while in there so I've no idea if he's sitting on the loo.
I am fairly relaxed as I think that ds will do it all in his own time - I can't imagine that at the age of 16 he'll be saying "I've got a tummy ache and I need a nappy on"!
My hubby though is worrying about it and is advocating throwing the nappies out and having a stand off by saying "No more nappies - use the loo like every other human being"
I am reluctant to do this though as my cousin's son (now 16) suffers from encoporesis (pooing small amounts involuntarily into his underwear) which it is thought occurred because he was holding on too long as a small child due to not wanting to sit on the loo. This has ruined his ability to feel the sensations telling him his bowel is full. I do not want this for my ds.
Anyone else been there with this? How did you/or are you coping with it?