Polly Poo Goes Home: Potty/Toilet Training

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Our daughter has suffered with this for as long as she has been out of nappies, and is about to turn 5. We have been to all corners for help - doctors, health visitors, other parents, internet etc, and nothing has helped yet at all. We've been told about the ten minute rule, oil in the food, blowing balloons to name a few. Eventually we were given a story by a local Health Visitor. It wasn't successful and didn't grab our daughters attention or imagination. It basically taught the lesson of using the toilet. Now, a fear of the toilet (no matter how irrational it may seem to us) is not a misunderstanding. Children know that they are supposed to use the toilet, but if they have a fear that even they cannot explain, they won't use the toilet - no matter how much oil you put in their food, no matter how long you sit them on the toilet and no matter how many balloons they blow up! I took it upon myself to write a short story called Meet The Poo's for my daughter. Instead of putting the emphasis on the child to do the right thing, it created a world where the Poo family lived and played. The blame was redirected from the child to the poo itself. We personally saw our daughter become less stressed by everything, more likely to tell us when she had an accident and even when she wanted to go. She speaks openly about which member of the Poo family she has and has performed many successful poo's herself, to help out the Poo family. My daughters Health Visitor read the book and urged me to get it published. It's taken me several months to write, illustrate and publish the book but it's done and, if I do say so myself, it looks great! The Senior Health Visitors team has requested a copy of the book with a view to endorsing it. A local school has a copy which they have read to classes of children. It's so nice to know that my story is now helping more children around the country. I have more information available at facebook.com/meetthepoos so please feel free to take a look. Before your toddler stops wearing nappies, there are lots of skills for them to learn with your help to make the process easier. Establish regular bowel habits by encouraging your child to go to the toilet at routine intervals to minimise withholding. A good time to go is shortly after meals.

Ensure that your child drinks adequate fluids, six to eight glasses of water per day. Constipation is related to dehydration in the colon so you need to make sure your child is drinking lots of water throughout the day. This will help the stool stay soft and easy to pass. A high fibre diet can help some people with constipation. Your child’s diet should include fruit, vegetables, nuts, wholemeal bread, pasta and wholegrain cereals. Habits and routine We went for a day out in London this weekend! We told her she must poo the night before or in the morning and she tried and tried, got 2 medium ones - so I knew so long as we found a nice quiet loo at lunch time nothing would sneak out.

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Your baby may be suffering from diarrhoea if their poo is very watery and they’re passing bigger amounts of poo more often than normal. The number of bowel movements a baby does each day can vary a lot, depending on their age and whether they are breast or formula fed.Your doctor may decide to prescribe a laxative to help your baby poo. Laxatives are safe to use in babies and small children and are licensed for them. There are 2 good books "The Ins And Outs Of Poop" and "Stool Withholding, what to when your child won't poo" by Sophia Furguson. They both give great advice on what to do once your child CAN poo but won't!! Our stomach then mashes the food into a soupy mixture before it gets passed into the small bowel. The body takes out the good stuff it needs (nutrients) before passing the rest of the waste liquid into the large bowel.