i am flummoxed. all advice very welcome here. our recently potty trained 2 yr and 4 month old (out of nappies a month ago, but in them at night obv still), has started a new regime of going to bed like an angel, only to decide half an hour later that she needs a wee and a "huge poo poo" to quote her.
So, we get her out of bed and she sits on the potty and poos. then produces another. then another. then another. each one has to be flushed away separately, bum wiped, hands washed etc before the next turd appears. her record so far (tonight) is 6 huge poos and it all takes about 40 mins going through the rigmarole.
she's always been a bit naughty going to bed and we fairly recently managed to get her (and us!) out of bad habits (endlessly calling out for a different toy or book or drink etc in the cot after we'd left her room and generally using everything she could think of to get us back once we'd left her after stories), so in one way i think she's cunningly using the poo session as a new way to get out of bed and delay bedtime. but on the other hand, there's no denying she does obviously need a poo poo because she certainly produces the goods.
is it a phase which will pass when she's bored of it???? driving me nuts, but i don't want to just ignore the poor lass if she genuinely needs to go. she was so brilliant at the potty training, we didn't really have to do any training at all, only ever had about 2 accidents and loves being a big girl.
how can i persuade her to go BEFORE she has been in bed half an hour instead?
help! driving me potty. literally.