My DS will be 3 in April, at the weekend he said his nappy was itching him, he wanted it off and wanted “big boy pants” I really wasn’t in any rush to potty train but since he asked we put them on. He’s done amazing with pees, only had 2 accidents in almost 4 days, we’ve gone out for hours, gone to clubs, he’s went to nursery and been completely dry. He’s dry overnight (although I still put a pull-up on at the moment as I’m really don’t wanting to be changing wet sheets overnight) and does a pee first thing in the morning. He’s so proud of himself.
However it’s been 4 days and he’s not done a poo. He sits on the toilet does a pretend push and says he doesn’t need it. This morning he said his tummy hurts and I have no doubt it’s because he needs a poo. He just doesn’t seem to know how to do it on the toilet and of course won’t do it in his pants.
I really want to avoid this being a long term issue and needing laxatives but don’t know how best to handle it. I hoped once I put his bedtime nappy on he would just do a poo but he hasn’t and now I don’t know what to do. I feel awful and guilty if hes having a sore tummy but equally he’s done so well with pees that it would be a shame to put him back in nappies. Anyone had similar and what would you do?