Near 4 year old and problems with toileting

[Erin_25]

Is she busy at the times she has had an accident?? I ask as my son has been TT both day & night now for 12months (he's 4.5yrs) and we've had a couple accidents over the past couple weeks. Not full poo, just will not tell me as he's too busy watching telly or off doing something and it's almost too late when he decides he needs to go. So it's not that he doesn't want to go he is just trying to hold on way too long.

I'm not sure what will help but I've taken a tough approach as he's been TT for some time now & is at kindy 3days a week & school next year. So I actually tell him it's not a good thing, he can't do this at school, that sort of thing......has worked thus far. Goodluck.

[~Kate~]

Thanks for the hugs Shantelle

Erin - I think it is that she gets sidetracked most of the time but then she denies that shes doing anything and finishes it off in her undies. If I catch her doing it, we go straight to the toilet and tip the poo in and she sits and finishes it off but shes so independent that she doesnt hang around me for me to catch her often. I do tell her off and tell that its gross and not nice. I tell her that mummy does it in the toilet and so does all her friends and that she needs to keep her undies clean and pretty. Its so frustrating