Stool withholding

We are potty training my 3 year old & although he has done a poo on the toilet twice since we started 2 weeks ago, most of the time, he won't do a poo unless we put a nappy on him. It's not the same thing I know, but I don't know what to suggest & just thought I'd let you know that I'm going through something similar x

My two year old was withholding poop as well after a hard pass.
He would go only once a week.
I tried child friendly laxatives and nothing worked. Doctor told me to give him Restoralax twice a day for three days then once a day for a month. He is now pooping everyday sometimes twice a day.
I was told to adjust the dose according to the type of poop until he poops normally on his own.

thank you . It’s a hard life being a mum somethings 🫣 your doing a great job 🥰

is restoralax something the dr prescribed or can you buy it over the counter? The laxatives work in that her poop is no longer hard , soft , but she still tries not to go to the point when she does it it is very much a “ok I’ve got no control over it now” kinda poop and put it comes lol x

My 2 year old is going through the same thing. she's been on lactulose (stool softener) and senna (laxative) for several months and even with those, she still withholds until her body forces it out of her.
She's gotten better, pooping every couple of days (vs once a week) in the toilet since we've been potty training her!
We can see when she has a poop coming because she whines and rocks back and forth to try to hold it in, so we go ahead and put her on the toilet. Even though she cries really hard and tries to get off, we hold her hands and stay as calm as possible and eventually since she's in the position on the toilet, it'll just come on out.
Before that, we found that sometimes when we put her in the bath, it'll make her have to poop and it comes out easier because of the warm water.

Hang in there! I've always been told they grow out of it. 💗

We also used Pedialax a few times and while that worked, it caused trauma for her. She wouldn't let us wipe her for like a month after that so we had to be quick with it and it was a whole thing.
If someone recommends it, try to save that as a last resort. Like when she hasn't pooped in over a week.

thank you so much for sharing 🙏🏻 that’s exactly how my daughter is she can’t sit still when she has that feeling of wanting to go. 🤦🏼‍♀️ she also had a poop in the bath lastnight 🤣🤣 surprised her and me 🤣