4 year old won’t poo in the toilet : what can I do... - ERIC

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4 year old won’t poo in the toilet

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what can I do? Been potty training for over a year he’s meant to be starting school in September, I don’t know what I’m missing. I give him lactose daily and get him to sit on the toilet but only small bits come out.

Feel like such a failure. Everyone keeps saying ‘it’ll just click one day” 🙈🙈🙈

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CheshireMama

Has he been treated for chronic constipation with a plan for disimpaction?

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Lakeside2 in reply to CheshireMama

No GP just said to change his diet, but that didn’t make any difference, so we’re trying to navigate it ourselves.

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Melody3

My daughter didn’t poo on the toilet til she was just over 6 years old.

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Lakeside2 in reply to Melody3

Yes it’s so tough, did it just click with her? Or did you do anything?

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Melody3 in reply to Lakeside2

She just used to poo in her pants, never did it at school. She used to poo as soon as she walked in the door. Wees were fine, just poos. We literally tried everything, then we bought a book ‘Help, i poo my pants” for girls (there’s a boys version. Within 2 days she was pooing on the toilet. It was a miracle!

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Melody3 in reply to Lakeside2

Ps- you’re not a failure x

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Lakeside2 in reply to Melody3

Aw thank you xxx That’s great il try that definitely, hopefully it works xx

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