Was Constipation only. Now refusing to wee on loo

[fjoweu]

Our son 4yr 6mth has been on Movicol for about 5 weeks. We have started a strong but fun 'toilet time' routine which was supported really well by nursery. Reading books on the loo, foucs on 'sitting on the loo' and not 'producing something' and were starting to see results. However we are now in Isolation and we've hit an unexpected issue. Where weeing on the loo was successful he now gets very very upset, crying and insisting he wants to 'do it in his pull-up'. He is holding it in and even wetting himslef whilst stood next too the loo. The past two evenings he has withheld a wee in the evening until he has his pull up on and weed in it before getting into bed. I am not sure how to handle it. Any advice from those who have overcome this issue would be greatly appriciated. My fear is that it is now a problem in his head and not a physical issue. We start school in Sept so have that added worry.

[Greek_mum_of_two]

Hi Floweu,

I can see your post here is an old one but I was searching on the site and came across it. My 2.5 year old is exactly the same as your son was then. She was going for wees in the loo successfully from day 1 of her toilet training but struggled with the poos a bit which then led to withholding and although we had made some progress with good routine and books etc. she now had a fall yesterday at nursery and she now refuses to go to the loo at all resulting in accidents for both wees and poos. I am at a loss. How did you overcome the issue? Really do hope your son did well and you found the solution you were looking for. 🙏🏻