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[quote=Anonymous]OP I have been waiting for you for years so I could finally be the person who says we were you but came out on the other side.

First, I’m sorry for all the people piling on saying this isn’t normal, as if you don’t know that! Of course you know, and peoples shocked judgement doesn’t help.  I was so embarrassed of my son’s issue that no one in our life knew. So who knows how “normal” this situation actually is?  My son wouldn’t poop on the toilet - only a pull up- until after 7. It was such a nightmare, and it was NOT for lack of trying. We tried every bribe, every technique, I read books, took him to therapy for over a year. I Made him sit on the toilet 20+ mins multiple times a day. We had many instances of “no more pull ups” and he would just stop pooping. Once he went 10 days. It took over our life and had me really spiraling. He is totaly developmentally normal.

Honestly, there is no magic bullet. You haven’t said what you have tried, so go ahead and try the basics if you haven’t - bribery etc. But after that, my son really turned the corner with the max dose of Miralax over an extended period of time.
We had done Miralax plenty of times before, but he was not constipated so it never seemed like the right thing. But continued Miralax and sitting 20+ mins a few times a day made his poop so loose that once when he was sitting, it basically Just came out and surprised us both. I made zero fuss, just taught him how to wipe, and within a week of that first time he was completely independent.

I am lucky that he didn’t have accidents, he just held it until after school or after a weekend at Grandma’s etc. The accidents make it even tougher and im really sorry you’re dealing with it.  My son didn’t have trouble with pee, but he wore pull ups to bed at night forever and they were wet every single morning.  After he was poop independent, within a month or so he was dry at night and didn’t need  a pull up at night either. Who knows if they’re related, but maybe if you can get poop under control with Miralax, the pee will come too. To me, the poop seems a bigger deal for Starting school. You can get special absorbent underwear for him to wear to K if there’s still a chance he may have a Pee accident.

Basically though, I just wanted to lend support. This is HARD and you have no idea unless you’ve been through it. I truly thought it would never end, but then one day it did. We were actively working on it for 4.5 YEARS! But he did ultimately basically outgrow it and now it’s a memory. He’s 9 now and a totally normal happy kid.  Eventually this will be you too. [/quote]

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