Reddit reviews It's No Accident: Breakthrough Solutions To Your Child's Wetting, Constipation, Utis, And Other Potty Problems

It might be painful, or it might be the last little bit of control he has over "poop". I would look into adding in Miralax, which should just add water to his poop, not bulk it or stimulate his colon. That will make it easier for him to "squeeze it out" and simultaneously harder for him to hold it in. I would also recommend this book by a leading pediatric urologist in the field.

I came here to say this, and I have a cautionary tale about it. Our 6 yr old became constipated slowly over many months, and we knew nothing about it because she continued to poop normally. Our first symptom was that she began having wetting accidents after having been toilet trained for more than a year, but the pediatrician pooh-poohed it and said it was normal for a 5 year old. Then the poop accidents began, and the doctor gave us a referral to a psychologist, but insisted there was nothing physically wrong. We asked about constipation, but he felt around the abdomen and said he couldn't feel any masses.

Then she wound up in the ER with severe abdominal pain, and the x-ray showed her little abdomen was completely stuffed with poop. Because it had become so severe for so long, she has now completely lost the ability to control her bowels and has lost most bladder control as well. Her long-term prognosis is excellent, but the doctor says we still have 6-12 months of treatment ahead before we can reasonably expect to get her back to normal.

TLDR- OP, talk to your doctor about constipation. Know that the only way to know for sure whether or not it's constipation is to get an x-ray. If you don't want to do that, you can try preemptively treating with Miralax to see if that helps the situation. For more information, including instructions on using Miralax to "clean out" suspected constipation, there's a particularly good book about it.

The same exact thing happened with my 4 year old. We tried everything but finally found a solution. I cannot recommend this book enough: It's No Accident by Steve Hodges.

It turns out the problem was my daughter had minor constipation. Her stool was pressing against her bladder causing her to have wetting accidents. As soon as we started treating her constipation, the wetting accidents stopped.

I have never read it personally, but I hear The Whole Brain Child is a good one. How did you like it?

I've read A LOT of parenting/child care books because I study child development in university.

The absolute BEST parenting books are (i included links):

The RIE Manual by Magda Gerber [link]

Elevating Childcare by Janet Lansbury [link] (All of the books by Gerber and Lansbury are really good!)

It's no Accident by Dr. Steve Hodges [link]

There really are dozens of great ones I could list, but those are my three favorites. If you want more, hit me up!!