My 3 yr old wont tell me when he is doing a poo - he lies and says he's doing a wee!

[2pt4kids]

My 3 yr is potty trained and has been about 6 months now. He's pretty reliable and we rarely have accidents now.
At home he just potters off upstairs to the toilet, shouting 'I need a wee' at me on the way out the room, which is great.
However, he wont tell me when he is going for a poo! He likes to do everything himself and it makes him cross that I like to check he has wiped his bottom properly and do a last wipe myself to make sure.
Usually he legs it upstairs to do a poo as soon as he see's I am busy feeding the baby or doing something else. I say 'Are you doing a poo?' and he will say 'No, only a wee wee' and then he sneaks off and does a poo

How can I persuade the little toe rag to tell me???

He sounds like a very independant little lad Does he respond at all to an explanation of why you need to check his bot? If he likes helping you, how about a 'it would really help mummy if you told me when you did a poo'

I would just let him get on with it - and clean him up at bath time if necessary. I have the opposite problem - a nearly 8 year old who would like me still to wipe his bottom if he could get away with it!

Could you just leave a pack of wipes for him to use so it's easier for him to make sure he's clean?

Yeah we do have toddler wipes (which are like flushable wet wipes) and he mostly does a good job.
He just uses far too many wipes and sometimes misses a bit!
He does have a bath most nights, so you are probably right that I should just leave him to it and clean him up then (and buy shares in kandoo )