Polly Poo Goes Home: Potty/Toilet Training

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It can be difficult to spot the signs of baby diarrhoea as their poo tends to be runny especially if they’re breastfed. Children who suffer encopresis often begin to feel that there is little more to them than the problem itself. In 'Poo Goes Home to Pooland', the problem is embodied in a troublesome character and placed externally to the child. This process aims to place some distance between the child and the blame shame of soiling. This helps to free them from their fears and may mobilise previously beleaguered resources within the child and their family.
'Externalising' stories have proved valuable in engaging children in behavioural treatment programmes wihtin a family therapy context. However, you may find them useful in combination with your chosen therapeutic style.
The style and content of 'Poo Goes Home to Pooland; was designed to suit the cognitive development stage of children up to around seven years of age. Individually illustrations and accompanying text is intended to promote understanding of toileting matters and relieve anxiety. They cover topics such as sharing unhappy feeling and how to reorganise when you need to poo.
Talking about 'Pooland' might help you to engage in getting control over their poo.

Constipation is quite common in formula fed babies. If your baby is struggling to poo, changing their formula may help, but this should only be done after talking it through with your GP or Health Visitor. 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. Hotjar sets this cookie to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether it was the first time Hotjar saw this user.

We have 3 try sessions a day: morning, lunch (trained TA does this) and after tea. She is richly rewarded for any poo that comes out. Basically I think her body is now used to evacuating at one of those times and the learned reflexes that held poo in are now learning a new controlled habit that prevents soiling. 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 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. It’s important to get any underlying constipation treated before you stop using nappies as it will make the process difficult.

If your baby is already eating solid foods then diluted fruit juice, such as apple, pear or prune, or the fruit itself can help to stimulate their bowel. Fruits, such as apples, pears and prunes, contain sorbitol. This is a natural laxative, helping the bowel retain water, which helps their poo stay soft and easy to pass. Constipation affects 1 in 3 children. It is particularly common in children under 5 years old. The majority of these children have what is known as ‘functional constipation’. This means there is no underlying physical cause or other medical condition.You can ask your health visitor, school or pre-school for a referral to speak to a continence nurse who can assist with toilet training advice. The bowels play an important role in maintaining your child’s general health from birth. Poo can tell us a lot about our body such as are we drinking enough and eating enough fibre. I also found child friendly apps and stories helped. There is an app called "poo goes to poo land" and a kindle book called "Meet the poos". Both of these tell a story/role play and I was amazed how acting out the story got my stool withholding child to try.