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4 year old Potty issues - refuses to do anything to help!!!
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I have to say, it's disheartening to have found this site... this is such a widespread problem that I'm sad to see it goes on for so long and with no SOLUTIONS!
My almost 4-year-old has been on Miralax since January, pee-trained perfectly, and now I'm in danger of having to find another preschool/daycare. I love where she is, but they just won't let her into the class for her age group because she poops in her underwear/pull-up. My husband and I are both employed full-time, and completely frustrated and there is pressure all around us now.
On Wednesday we went to a child psychiatrist who recommended that we leave her in a pull-up, take time off work to spend with her, and take the pressure off. Just have rewards if she DOES go, but no big deal if she doesn't. Also, give her more choices all around (we already do!). Well, from the looks of this board, nothing's going to change with this method, and I only have next week to figure something out.
Tonight my mother-in-law said that her sister's daughter had this issue. She solved it by having her spend a couple of days naked; no diaper, no undies. Has anyone tried this? I'm willing to go there... I have a feeling my daughter will not poop on the couch or the floor.. and we only are giving her enough Miralax to keep it soft, not liquidy.
Your thoughts??
My almost 4-year-old has been on Miralax since January, pee-trained perfectly, and now I'm in danger of having to find another preschool/daycare. I love where she is, but they just won't let her into the class for her age group because she poops in her underwear/pull-up. My husband and I are both employed full-time, and completely frustrated and there is pressure all around us now.
On Wednesday we went to a child psychiatrist who recommended that we leave her in a pull-up, take time off work to spend with her, and take the pressure off. Just have rewards if she DOES go, but no big deal if she doesn't. Also, give her more choices all around (we already do!). Well, from the looks of this board, nothing's going to change with this method, and I only have next week to figure something out.
Tonight my mother-in-law said that her sister's daughter had this issue. She solved it by having her spend a couple of days naked; no diaper, no undies. Has anyone tried this? I'm willing to go there... I have a feeling my daughter will not poop on the couch or the floor.. and we only are giving her enough Miralax to keep it soft, not liquidy.
Your thoughts??
I have to say, it's disheartening to have found this site... this is such a widespread problem that I'm sad to see it goes on for so long and with no SOLUTIONS!
My almost 4-year-old has been on Miralax since January, pee-trained perfectly, and now I'm in danger of having to find another preschool/daycare. I love where she is, but they just won't let her into the class for her age group because she poops in her underwear/pull-up. My husband and I are both employed full-time, and completely frustrated and there is pressure all around us now.
On Wednesday we went to a child psychiatrist who recommended that we leave her in a pull-up, take time off work to spend with her, and take the pressure off. Just have rewards if she DOES go, but no big deal if she doesn't. Also, give her more choices all around (we already do!). Well, from the looks of this board, nothing's going to change with this method, and I only have next week to figure something out.
Tonight my mother-in-law said that her sister's daughter had this issue. She solved it by having her spend a couple of days naked; no diaper, no undies. Has anyone tried this? I'm willing to go there... I have a feeling my daughter will not poop on the couch or the floor.. and we only are giving her enough Miralax to keep it soft, not liquidy.
Your thoughts??
My almost 4-year-old has been on Miralax since January, pee-trained perfectly, and now I'm in danger of having to find another preschool/daycare. I love where she is, but they just won't let her into the class for her age group because she poops in her underwear/pull-up. My husband and I are both employed full-time, and completely frustrated and there is pressure all around us now.
On Wednesday we went to a child psychiatrist who recommended that we leave her in a pull-up, take time off work to spend with her, and take the pressure off. Just have rewards if she DOES go, but no big deal if she doesn't. Also, give her more choices all around (we already do!). Well, from the looks of this board, nothing's going to change with this method, and I only have next week to figure something out.
Tonight my mother-in-law said that her sister's daughter had this issue. She solved it by having her spend a couple of days naked; no diaper, no undies. Has anyone tried this? I'm willing to go there... I have a feeling my daughter will not poop on the couch or the floor.. and we only are giving her enough Miralax to keep it soft, not liquidy.
Your thoughts??
I am also very glad to have found this website. Our son is going to be 4 years old in 2 months and will go pee fine but when it comes to poop...................
He was doing really good, going poopy on the potty, then all of a sudden he reverted back to pooping in his underwear. He held it in for 4 days then we gave him an suppository and he pooped the biggest poop! Then held it again for 3 days and we did the same thing. Our pediatrician prescribed him enlose(a laxitive). That was helping,but now he goes little bits 6 to 8 times a day and all in his underwear! He will sit on the potty fine,but it is always after the fact. He starts prek in August and he HAS to be poopy trained before school starts or he can't go. I hate to have that kind of pressure on him. We have tried everything that has been mentioned in this chat. Right now we are doing the; if he goes in his underwear we take a toy (that he loves) away and if he does go on the potty then he can pick which toy he wants back. It does effect him, but he is still pooping in his underwear. The nurse at the pediatricians office said he should be going at least once a day and that he may skip a day which is normal, so I don't know if the enlose is working or not. I know everyone is trying to figure this one out and I pray we all find a way to show our kids how. I have a friend who's son is 2 1/2 and goes poopy just fine on the potty and has been doing this since he turned 2. She said she did nothing fancy,just explained how it works and where it goes and he does it. Thanks for listening.
He was doing really good, going poopy on the potty, then all of a sudden he reverted back to pooping in his underwear. He held it in for 4 days then we gave him an suppository and he pooped the biggest poop! Then held it again for 3 days and we did the same thing. Our pediatrician prescribed him enlose(a laxitive). That was helping,but now he goes little bits 6 to 8 times a day and all in his underwear! He will sit on the potty fine,but it is always after the fact. He starts prek in August and he HAS to be poopy trained before school starts or he can't go. I hate to have that kind of pressure on him. We have tried everything that has been mentioned in this chat. Right now we are doing the; if he goes in his underwear we take a toy (that he loves) away and if he does go on the potty then he can pick which toy he wants back. It does effect him, but he is still pooping in his underwear. The nurse at the pediatricians office said he should be going at least once a day and that he may skip a day which is normal, so I don't know if the enlose is working or not. I know everyone is trying to figure this one out and I pray we all find a way to show our kids how. I have a friend who's son is 2 1/2 and goes poopy just fine on the potty and has been doing this since he turned 2. She said she did nothing fancy,just explained how it works and where it goes and he does it. Thanks for listening.
I spoke with a child psychologist recently and we discussed this issue of our children pooping in their underwear. My son is 5 1/2 and she suggested making the responsibility of "clean up" completely up to him (i.e. washing his own underwear, cleaning up in the bathroom after himself, picking up the poop off the floor and cleaning the floor, stripping the bedding and putting it in the wash when he poops in his bed and leaves it smelling). My son often poops in his pants before falling asleep, in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning while laying in bed. Therefore, the bedding stinks!!! I am tired of washing it over and over and over...I have told him he can no longer sleep with his blankets simply because I cannot keep washing them. He sometimes complains of being cold, but oh, well. We'll see if this helps.
Hope things are getting better with all of you and your children.!!!
Hope things are getting better with all of you and your children.!!!
At first he fought off the miralax and we were not great about giving it to him everyday...he has to have it everyday in order to go once a day. We give him about 1/2 the dose prescribed to keep him going everyday. Like I said, it has been well over 1 1/2 years of miralax. I started giving him soy milk too because I read that constipation could be from an allergy to the protein in milk, not the lactose. My advice is to definitely keep up with the miralax. I wish I did this earlier.
How long did you use miralax before the pooping was consistant? My daughter has been on this for 3 weeks now and we haven't seen any pattern yet. Any sugggestions?
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