My 3 year old DS is having some toileting issues. Theyhave been going no for a year now and the frequency is worsening. I relly cannot cope with the five a day changes of clothes and he refuses to wear a pull up except at night.
It started Easter 2014 when we realised he was holding in his poo. He claimed he was a big boy and didn't need to poo. We verablly corrected this and praised him when he did one to no avail. So we started the potty training. It was going well with the wees, not so with the poos which I knew was normal. Lactulose didn't help and it was only because he was at the GPs for another issue when he had a toileting accident (skid marks due to holding, hiding and screaming when taken to the loo) did the GP prescribe movicol. All was okay for a few months - he would always try to hold it but would successfully go after a few days. Wee accidents were few and far between - not even a dribble.
Then autumn of last year, things gradually worsened. Wee accidents were more frequent and he was dribbling. No amount of bribery nor discussions about superheroes not having accidents worked. He was also still holding his poo which was also worsening.
Currently he hides when he needs a poo, refuses or denies needing to go until he poos his pants. He can go a whole week of holding it before an accident occurs. But he has started to wee more regularly now too.
Today he had a wee accident. He wanted to go outside to play in the garden and we told him yes but anymore accidents and he was straight in and no more going out for the day. He came in (his own choice seemingly) aftewr 15 minutes. He had had a poo - finished off in the loo! We painted and he wanted to go down the lane on his bike. I said yes but when he came back from the bathroom after washing his hands, he had had a wee!!! There have been occasions when I suspected he hasn't been to the loo desite saying he has. He insists on going himself except at dusk and night as he needs us to turn on the light. It is now getting to the point where we have up to 10 trousers and underwear to wash every weekend leaving him short on clothes. He refuses to go around the house in just underwear and refuses to wear pull ups except at night (when he puts a pair on he immdediately does a wee!).
I am at the end of my tether. I am out of options though will speak to HV about it on Tuesday. His baby sister was born 4 weeks ago so in some way I can understant if these problems presented themselves around that time but it has been a year now and worsened during the early autumn. I can't blame my pregnancy because he wasn't aware of it then!
Help!