Hi there, we recently toilet trained my son (he was 3 at the time but has just turned 4) but he is still struggling with doing a poo on the toilet. He has managed to do this twice but has had many accidents.
When it’s obvious he needs to go you can almost see a look of panic come over him and he’ll disappear and hide before going in his pants. We’ve used books to explain what happens but I think he’s very confused. On cleaning him up we inevitably put his poo in the toilet and he then thinks he’s achieved Doing a poo in the toilet 😫.
I’ve tried explaining in different ways with as few words as possible but he just doesn’t seem to ‘get it’ or he’s afraid.
We’ve tried getting him to sit on the toilet at regular intervals when we think it’s likely he’ll need to go but it’s very hard to get him to sit for any length of time before wanting to get down. We also have a reward bag which worked wonders for doing wees.
If you managed to keep reading and have any ideas of books or resources I’d be very grateful xx