Regressed to pooing in pants everyday

[jotafral]

hi, my YS has been potty trained since the beginning of January, he picked it up really quickly and was telling us when he needed to go to the toilet within a week. Anyway within the last month he stopped telling us and started having lots of wet accidents. We dealt with this by taking a step back and making him use the toilet every couple of hours which is working fine. Now he's stopped telling us when he needs to do a poo and is just doing it in his pants sometimes 3 times in one day. I'm at my wits end and on the verge of exploding, I just don't know what to do. He even does it 2 minutes after I have asked him if he needs to go. There have been no changes in our lives or his routine. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

How old is he? My DD2 was trained at around 22/23 months. When DS was born a few months later she was totally fine, but then suddenly when he was a few months old (and she was nearing 2 and a half and had been potty trained for over 6 months) she completely regressed on poos and they were all in her pants. I was at my wits end and gave up and put her back into nappies, which she totally and utterly hated. I bought a very large chocolate bar and put it very visibly on a high shelf over the loo and told her that once a poo went in the loo she could have it. After two days back in nappies she had a melt down and refused them. I tried to remain super calm about the accidents and kept saying just 'oh well, next time the poo will go in the loo and you can have the chocolate' and within another day she did one and never looked back - still the odd poo accidents over the next few weeks but basically she was back on track. I know that going back to nappies seems like a huge step back (it certainly did for me), but it might just give you both a break. I used pull upas as she was still 100% on wees and pull ups made it easier for her to keep on doing those, but saved me the poo nightmare. Tell yourself that in a couple of weeks you will start again with renewed vigour and patience. You might find (as I did) that the return to nappies spurs him on to sort it out as it did for my DD.