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What’s the long term poop situation? What’s the consistency like? Look up one of those poop charts. Even if they go daily, they can still have a mass in the colon creating that problem. So one dose of miralax or other may not clear it. If that’s the issue, you may need to ask a dr about a cleanout regimen (large dosing over a weekend) then ongoing maintenance.

When we potty trained my daughter at 3 we realized she just could not feel the sensations. It took a long time to realize that but maybe that’s your key, does she know why it’s happening? Seems like a 3 year old would not suddenly have 8 accidents per day unless there’s been something to trigger a big behavior change or she can’t feel it. Your description sounds really familiar to me.

The thing about the nerve situation is it’s not an instant fix. We did the cleanout, and within a week or so after she magically was 100% trained. Her mind was ready but not the signals, they have to readjust. She had learned to hold her pee for a really long time which mostly prevented accidents, but couldn’t get her to 100% trained and probably wasn’t healthy. But the cleanout was magical in how it helped.

At the time I couldn’t see constipation as the issue because she was going even if it wasn’t maybe soft or frequent enough - but looking back (and now years later) I can see that biology was against her from the time she started solid food even with varied eating. My next kid was totally average on potty stuff and I didn’t do anything differently.

Sorry for the novel. Even if this is not your issue figured may help someone out there!

Completely agree with @bhbee. Even though she pooped she could still be constipated. My oldest had functional constipation, he would go every day but he was still backed up. We had to do a clean out and then daily dose of miralax for almost two years. We still do doses of miralax if I notice he’s having issues and he is almost 8 years old.

@ShootingStar: I’m glad it’s resolving! Definitely don’t be afraid of using something like miralax if needed, I hope the diet changes do the trick though!