Refuses to poop

[AmandaKDT]

From my earlier post, I mentioned giving my daughter a suppository because she was holding not constipated. This suppository overrode her holding and the bm brought such relief to her, as having a bowel full is not comfortable, that a light bulb went off and she realized pooping brought her relief and made her feel better. I guess every child who has this issue has a different switch which will make them realize pooping is a good thing....we just have to find it.

My dcg who just turned three has had her toilet training stopped because it was such a battle. She is like a different kid now the pressure is off and we are hoping she will initiate going on the potty herself.

This is what my sister is hoping for, that once the pressure is off she will regain interest and confidence in using the potty again.

[Fun&care]

Just wanted to say I totally understand as I am going through this with my own daughter right now. I seem to be having some success by giving her the iPad while on the toilet. Also I find her more likely to go when I am not in the bathroom with her and she has privacy. Another thing that has really been helping is rewards. She gets not one, not two but a whole HANDFUL of gummy bears when she poops on the toilet and she loves it! However when I find that she has not gone in 1-2 days and is holding and refusing to go I just put her in a pull-up so she doesn't get constipated or get complications from holding it and then once she has had a BM we start over and go back to underwear. I think we are almost there.