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We had poop issues and constipation as well. Our issue was more withholding both pee and poop until he was literally writhing on the floor We did a clean out with restoralax and he’s still on a small dose a year and a bit later. We also had to play with the dose as it was so painful for him but then too soft. 1/3 of a dose seemed helpful, then we switched to every other day. Also we had to basically figure out ways to keep him on the potty long enough to relax. We bought every book about poop and made it super funny and we would sit until he was relaxed enough to go. I also made up silly dances and songs when he was successful. AND I bought like 75 hot wheels cars off a used stuff website and that was his reward for pooping. That was a game changer. Yes we have cars literally everywhere from potty training.

We had to also tell him we couldn’t do things until he went or at least tried. As in, we can’t go to the park until you try. We did this like a million times a day. Likely with him going in his pants, if you set a timer and make him sit repeatedly, give him a show or book, then reward if you like, he’ll end up going and you can make a big thing of it and all is well after a few successful times...so easy right?!?! good luck! It was a couple month struggle for us.

@erinbaderin: My DS has chronic constipation also. After our first potty training attempt totally failed (6 poops in the underwear per day) I got the book The Ins and Outs of Poop that the Bees did a couple blog posts on years ago. https://www.hellobee.com/2012/10/26/the-ins-and-outs-of-poop-part-1/

DS really responded to the recommendations in the book. I recall the Play-Doh demonstration and sitting on the potty practicing blowing helped a lot. And the reward chart for what seemed like very little progress. I tried every tip I read about and things progressed very quickly from there.

@muffinsmuffins: hahaha my kid would poop 45 times a day if he got cars..... that'd work!

We started too early with my son because of daycare at 3. It was a cautionary tale for sure. He is occasionally consitpated but often enough. And he still has occasionally accidents at 6.5 years old. (Like yesterday for example). He did respond very well to the ins and outs of poop and he knows he needs to drink water and eat his fiber. Having a morning poop routine is ideal because we can mostly avoid issues the rest of the day. But when we’re rushing or he has a special event we have issues. I’m happy to talk more.. If I could start over again I would’ve delayed at least a year.