Daughter with holding poo

[Taler]

My DD (2 and a half) has recently started wearing knickers. She is doing wees in the toilet and potty pretty well, mostly asking when she needs to go or taking herself off there. So no complaints there.

The problem is with the poos!

I know it's common for little ones to take longer with their poos but just wanted some advice as she says she needs a wee (but think she means poo when she says this) so I'll sit her on the toilet and moments later she says she wants to get off, so we get off but then not long after she says she needs to go again (and does look uncomfortable).

She has pooed on the toilet before but it was lucky as DH caught her just in time and put her on there. We of course made a big fuss of her, have done chocolate buttons and even have a bucket of toys (pound shop toys) but nothing is working.

I let her go 3 days without pooing (so just left her in knickers the whole time) and no surprise she was really sluggish by day 3 and clearly uncomfortable. Ended up asking her if she wanted me to put a nappy on her so she could poo, to which she said yes and lo and behold shortly after she pooed.

i don't want to confuse her by putting her in knickers one minute and then pull/ups the next but my priority is that she poos.

Any suggestions for anything I could be doing?

TIA

[Taler]

WhatTheActualFugg in answer to your question no not really. The first time I put a nappy back on her she did (at the beginning of the week) but DH has been putting a pull-up on her when she's come home from nursery and thats when she's been going back and forth to the loo saying she needs to go but nothing happens.

I've definitely not been in any hurry with potty training. Attempted it a few months back as DD was showing all the signs but at the end of day 4 it was clear she wasn't so I left it and waited for her to show me again that she was ready.

[WhatTheActualFugg]

op I wrote you a long reply last night and it went poof!!

Go to pharmacy today and get some Lactulose. Start with the starting dose on leaflet and gradually increase until she goes. Then try and find her correct maintenance dose to keep her regular and soft.

Lactulose works by absorbing water in to the bowel creating large but very easy to pass stool.

You need to try and find the right amount to stop her getting constipated but not exploding all over the carpet.

And scrap the nappies all together. (I misunderstood, I thought she was happy as Larry in nappies)

When you're happy she's regular perhaps get a GP appt for paediatric referral.

Lactulose is not short term, my DS is 5 has 10ml morning and night and will be on it for the foreseeable future.

DONT miss a dose or mess with the amount too much (If for some reason my DS gets a bit bunged up I increase his dose to 12.5 ml for a day or two).

Good luck!!