Regression - Any Tips?!

[persephone77]

HI There,

I'm new to mumsnet and in need of some help! My son is 2.7 yrs old - we started potty training him over christmas as he was due to start a new nursery in mid january. He got the hang of it just before he started nursery and is in pants permanently now during the day.

However last week at nursery (he goes two days a week) he had about 4 accidents - pooing in his pants twice - since then he refuses to poo at home - he gets in a total state, dancing about, clearly desperate for a poo, but saying 'no,no, don't come out etc etc' - obviously it gets to the point where he can't stop the poo coming out and he does it in his pants. If I try to intervene by pulling his pants down or putting him on the toilet, he just refuses and gets more upset.

I don't know what to do :( I feel that even if I manage to get him to poo on the toilet at home (which I did last night, but then this morning he did his little poo dance and is again refusing to sit on the potty/toilet) - nursery is a whole other issue - I don't want to create an issue with the new nursery when he has only just started there, yet at the same time, I feel I want to address it with them..... I hate to think of him distressed at nursery when I'm not there

If anyone has any suggestions or has experienced anything similar I would greatly appreciate any advice, thank you xx

Could he be constipated? My dd went through a phase where it was painful and she used to cry on the loo. Still went regularly but got very frightened of pooing :(

Hi, tonight he finally did a poo, but it took him about half an hour of dancing around and getting very upset and then he did half of it on the floor... but when I wiped there was some blood (sorry tmi!), so perhaps he is constipated and it is quite hard to pass?

I guess I will just get him to drink more water and eats lots of fruit and hopefully that will help. How long did it take your dd to overcome her fear?

Thanks

Poor little chap - and poor you too. If he is constipated enough to be bleeding I wonder if u should see whether the GP can give you something to soften it up for a few days to get things moving. Oh the joys!

DD recovered quickly once it stopped being painful and forgot about it. No lasting damage

If there's blood, I would get him checked by GP anyway. In the meantime, kiwi fruit and prunes are particularly good, and lots of water. Good luck, hope he feel better soon.

Diluted prune juice is excellent for this!

Thanks everyone - I've got some kiwi fruit in the house, time for a snack I think!