4 year old pooping during sleep

[cdnmom]

My 4 year old only poops during the night while she is sleeping.  Her doctor suggested a light laxative to try to get her to poop during the day, but we've had no success.  I've read threads regarding toddlers not wanting to poop on the potty or requesting a diaper/pullup to poop in, but she doesn't do any of that.  

She doesn't act scared of the potty, she just has no interest in using it to go poop and says she doesn't have to go.  We get her to sit on the potty before bed because we know she has to go poop because of all the tooting.  She refuses to go and within a couple hours after she's asleep she goes.  She doesn't wake up before, during or after.  We normally smell it and change her right away, which she barely wakes up for.

I'm just at a loss, how do I change her routine of pooping between 10pm and 3am to during the day?  And it's not even something she can control.

Any thoughts or advice?

[jayat]

hi,
just wanted to check if u had any sucess. i m facing the same problem with my 3 1/2 yr old son.

[cdnmom]

No success yet.  But it's nice to finally hear from someone who is experiencing the same thing!  She still doesn't want to poop on the potty even though I know she has to!  How do you force a toddler to poop....you just can't and it's frustrating.