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Newly toilet trained toddler withholding poo

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Sidking · 05/12/2022 21:58

As the title really! Looking for advice on how to help him

Decided about 10 days ago he was ready to try pants and has been doing really well, he had a few poo accidents the first couple of days, then a proper poo in the toilet, he was very proud, even rang granny to tell her!

The noticeable withholding started today, today is day 3 I think of no poo but previous 2 days he's just not seemed to need a poo (he's had a cold, isn't eating loads). Today he needs to go but won't, he won't try whereas previously he was happy to, and we've had an accident in pants.

He had a tiny nug in the loo, but he cut it off. It's normal poo, not loose like overflow from constipation or hard, so I don't think he is constipated, but I'm going to pick up a couple of the prune pouches he used to love just in case.

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shard5 · 06/12/2022 15:46

I had this with youngest dd, I just put the nappy on at poo time, did this around 16 days then something switched and she started pooing on the toilet.
It's been a few months now and she's still so proud when she does a poo on the toilet.

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