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My 3 1/2 year old was completely potty trained & now has stopped pooping on potty. Any help? PLEASE?
My daughter is 3 1/2 and has been potty trained for about a year now. Completely day trained & was working & doing well with waking up from naps dry & occasionally even waking in the mornings dry. I thought we were ready to ditch the pullups altogether for full-time panties. For the past few weeks she has been refusing to go poop on the big potty. She will wait until naptime & bedtime to go in her pullups. She even sometimes will have poop accidents in her panties. I know that she has to go because sometimes she will go just a little bit in her panties or will have a little bit of poop on her bottom. I know it's because she has to go so bad but is making herself hold it in. My husband & I have been making her go naked the past couple days since that's what worked when we initially potty trained, plus she is obviously waiting to purposely go in her pants & won't go on herself or the floor. We've tried being very sweet, we've given tons of encouragement & we've even scolded & done time outs. We've tried making her sit there on the toilet until she goes but she just refuses. We've talked to her & she promises she's going to go on the potty. We've tried all the "big girls vs babies" talk and it doesn't help. Nothing has helped. I've even tried explaining that this isn't healthy & she is going to make herself sick. My husband & I are at our wit's end here. I don't know what else to do. She knows better & is just refusing.
Has this ever happened to anyone else? What worked for you?
PLEASE PLEASE HELP! Thank you
Wow. I kinda wanted actual answers. I would really appreciate HELP
Thank you last 2 answerers for seeing that this is serious. No bad experiences with the potty. That's what I don't get. She was doing just fine & then it's like a switch flipped. She just started refusing. When she goes just a little in her panties, it is usually just streaks or small pieces. But when she is in her pullup she will have a full BM. And it's not that she does them in her sleep, or even as soon as she wakes up. She will do it as soon as we lay her down & walk out of the room (or within a short while of us doing this). I just left her room after she went in her pants. She was playing in there & I went in to tell her she needed to lay down & go to sleep. Then she told me she needed to go potty. Come to find out she had already gone in her pants. She was only in there about a half an hour & was wide awake & playing the whole time. She was well aware of this but just refused to do anything about it. I've also tried telling her that accidents are okay but th
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- ?Lv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
Just curious...does she have a bowel movement in her pull-ups or is it just a little tiny poop or streak marks?
My daughter holds her bowels in...has been for 2 years now. I thought mabe she was constipated because all i seen was tiny poop and streak marks. But then i found out she was holding it, not pushing.
By the time i found a doctor that didn't say "use suppositories" or "do an enema" she held so much poop in she was protruding at the belly.
The word for this is "Encopresis" ...you can google it if you like.
Anyways what happens is there is a HUGE bowel stuck way high in the intestines and the "streaking" you see is the mushy stuff going around the huge bowel. If the child holds for to long the intestines pinches the nerve that tells the brain to "let go" of their bowels...which happened in my case. The reason she is going in her sleep is because she is relaxed and not thinking about holding it in. We are currently seeing a pediactric GI and he has helped my daughter so much, We are actuallly getting somewhere.
There is to much to talk about Encopresis, so i would just read it online and see if you can relate.
My suggestion would be to either get an X-ray done to see if there is a blockage or see if there is a pediactric GI that you family doctor can refer you to.
I hope your daughter just has a protest going on but this can turn into a medical issue if not resolved, don't do what i did and just let it pass thinking it will change on its own. Be patient and take care.
- 9 years ago
Get her to a doctor or consult a psychologist Did she had a bad experience at the bathroom?
- Anonymous9 years ago
Ahahaha make her eat her own ****. It worked for my bratty kids.
