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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I truly did not mean to offend and you are right that I don't know this issue personally.  I have been given similar advice on other issues (e.g. related to feeding) and I was mainly thinking about the enemas being uncomfortable and intrusive.  They may be necessary but that doesn't mean they don't have an effect on a child's psychological experience around voiding that might lead to avoidance or shutting down.  When my kid was toilet training in fact I was advised by several people to back off when it wasn't progressing and not give it too much attention.  In any case, point taken PP, and apologies OP.

FWIW, I wonder OP whether, until your son has more success with the strategies you are trying, using pull-ups or some version of depends for kids (?) would help your child stay dry in his clothes and not get discouraged or ashamed.  Perhaps you already do this.  This would eliminate a lot of stress over the urgency for a solution for you as well and you cold discontinue when he's successful down the road.  [/quote]

I understand you don't mean to offend but I, too, wonder why you feel the need to post when you clearly have no experience with the issues we're discussing.  Do you even know what fecal impaction and encopresis are?  The problems discussed on thread go light years beyond the garden variety challenges GP parents encounter with toilet training.  If your child hasn't experience fecal impaction or encopresis, you have no business opining on the use of enemas or 'sensory confusion'.  You obviously have never witnessed the psychological and phsyiological impact of those medical conditions.  [/quote]

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