As Mason still has a night nappy, recently when he had a bad case of constipation due to a reaction to antibiotics, he would hold on until it was bed time and do it in his nappy. Sometimes it would be up to 5 days. Even with a laxative. This went on for about 3 months.

I found the best thing here was to encourage him to sit if he had that look on his face. Let him know there would be a reward if he was a big boy and do it on the toilet. If he didn't want to I didn't make an issue out of it. One day out of the blue he came up to me and told me had had to do a poo just after lunch so I took him in the toilet and after a bit of cheering he did the deed. He was very proud of himself and straight away asked for some icecream which was the bribe of choice for the day LOL!

Now he will tell me when he has to go and he doesn't ask for a reward anymore either. Just the praise is enough for him now. But it did take a few months to get him into the habit. I still don't think he's all there yet but he's got it most of the time.