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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If he's able to withhold it until a time of his choosing then he can be trained, it's just a psychological problem. In my experience, it's because pooping on the toilet is a bit different and unfamiliar than going in the diaper. I gave both of my kids mineral oil (though that is meant for short term, some prefer other things like miralax for longer term) that made it impossible for them to withhold it, eventually everyone figured it out. I found once they had success on the toilet once or twice then it was a lot easier moving forward. [/quote]

Fwiw this was not my experience, and it took a solid year to really get over the problem. I don’t think this problem comes in “physical” or “psychological,” I think they interact. In that year we did miralax and bribes for trying to go after meals and for pooping. There were a lot of tears. Now we’re in a good place, but I just think it’s critical as with all things to understand that there is a huge range of normal. Same kid “trained” for pee in a day and hasn’t worn pull ups at night since third birthday.

I spent a lot of time thinking about whether this was new or caused by diet or something and from my own memories and talking to relatives, I think a) a lot of kids were just running around chronically constipated b) we used to drink a LOT of juice, which probably helped and c) my grandmother was notorious for caster oil which was so unpleasant that her children learned to hide their problems really well, really quickly.

You don’t want to get to the point where you have megacolon and problems with accidents in elementary school. It’s much better to deal with it now. [/quote]

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