Potty Training - with Holding b.m.

My son had this problem but his was becasue it was hurting to poop. He had really hard poops! They gave him miralx which you can now buy over-the-counter. its just makes it softer not a laxative. ask him if it hurts adn we had to actually collect it so you may wanna see what happens when he does actually decide to go. my son could hold it for days! it scared me becuase he would stop eating cus he was backed up.
or you could try putting a diper on maybe he doesnt wanna do it in the potty. at least it will "clear" him out! i actually have put vasaline in his "area" to help lube up the hold beacuse the dr told me it will stimulate the process! hope this all helps!

I have heard from magazines, and the pediatrition that they can go up to a week and not poop. I am potty training my son and it took him a couple of days to find out he can poop in the potty. I started sitting him backwards on the big toilet facing the flusher where he could see better. I also watch and see if he is passing gas. If he is I sit him on the toilet and wipe his butt it seems to get him to start going. He has had a few accidents but when he sees he has made a mess he dosen't do that any more. When we started doing that he has gone everyday on the potty and it has been two weeks. Make it fun for him and he will enjoy going. Don't put him back in diapers sometimes that will confuse them and they think it is ok to go in diapers. It is not worth starting over again. I put my son in diapers only at night time and he knows they are only to sleep in. Good Luck. If you are still concerned call his dr and they can give him something to make him go.

I jusst went to my daughter's ped because she (3 years old) hadn't pooped in 5 days and I was getting really worried. He said ideally they should be going every day and at least every 3 days. He told me to give her 1 tsp morning and night of mineral oil and miralax. It took her 2 more days to poop, but she finally did. I kept giving it to her for a couple of more days until she was pooping more normal. He said also to sit her on the toilet for 10 to 15 minutes a couple of times a day, don't make her push, but just sit there and read or whatever, it's suppose to help train the bowels to feel the urge to go. I've also started giving her more fruit-anything that sharts with the letter P. Also the animal cookies in the bin at Sprouts really helps her go. Hope this helps!
R.

Hi,

Both my children (ages 3 and 5) withheld their BM's during potty training. It is a very common problem. You will know that it has been too long because your child will complain of a stomach ache. I explained to my child that his belly hurt because his poop needs to come out and that it would feel better after. I also used small rewards for poops (matchbox cars). That got him motivated. If all else fails, go to your pediatrician and they will prescribe a mild laxative, which they can't withhold. My daughter was on this for a quite a while and was finally able to get off of it. My son just completed potty training. It took two months after I took away the daytime diapers. Don't go back to diapers - it will confuse him and delay your training in the long run.

Hope that helps. I know it can be frustrating.

A.

Hi M.,
I feel for you. I just went through the pooping dilema myself last year when my son was about 3 1/2. My son held it for 7 days!!!! Per the doc, I had to give him a suppository (what a nightmare). I then had to bring him into the doc office the next day and they put him on prescription miralax. I had to give it to him regularly for about a month to keep him regular (they can't hold it!!!). He got over his fear of going on the potty and now he is 4 1/2 and doing great!!! Good luck:)

M.
We had the pooping issue she just didn't want to go on the potty. She would pee all day on the potty but no poop. One day wham she was okay with pooping in the potty bt it took a while. Our doc had us give our little one a suppostory after doing some other things that just didn't work. Well the suppository had her pooping in no time. They should be pooping at least 1 a day from what we were told. And if you are ever worried don't be scared to call your doc, that's what theyget paid for :)
Happy pooping
A.
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