Started potty training with my DS at 2.5 years old. We did the 3 days at home method, starting off bare bum and then working up to pants & trousers.
He's really got the hang of it for wees and accepts that we always sit on the potty at set times of day and can go around 3 hours in-between wees. He's happy sitting on the potty reading a book but once he's done a wee he wants to get off straight away so we have to coax him to sit there for a bit longer.
Poos however have been a different story. He used to go once a day but after having some early accidents in his trousers and in the bath he now goes 4 or 5 days in-between poos. Even nursery have noticed the change.
It seems to really distress him and he says his tummy hurts so I took him to the gp who prescribed movicol paediatric and suggested one sachet a day to see if that helped.
I've just given him the first dose today and I'll see if it has any effect over the next 7 - 10 days. The gp said they couldn't feel any impaction in his bowels but said tackling the constipation early on was important.
I've got 2 x potty training books, a sticker chart, pottys in every room and a toilet seat adapter. We've looked at the Poo Goes To Poo land book online and I'm trying to get a paper copy.
What else can I try to get us over the poo hump?