i have a 5 yr old boy that has been potty trained in number 1's for around a year put will not go to the toilet or potty to have a poo he will happily do it in his pants doesnt matter where we are in the supermarket, a friends house or even at school.
ive taken him to the doctors and they dont think there is anything wrong with him they just gave him some laxatives which just makes his pants even ore of a mess. a number of family friends have stopped coming to see us because they dont like to walk in a smell his poo. its like having a baby again my niece is 3 and she is fully potty trained with both areas covered. im worried that as he gets older he isnt going to grow out of it and it is going to affect his social like as no one will want to play with a little boy that poo's his pants.
weve tried recording everytime he does it to find a pattern to put him on the toilet at that time but there is no pattern when ever he feels the need he just goes. it used to go and hide and do it but no he just does it anywhere. it barely shows any facial expressions so its very hard to tell. we are going on holiday in a few months and dont want to be cleaning his dirty pants up on the beach.
surely there must be someone who has gone through this and shed some light on the situation any help would be much appreciated.
ialso have an 18 yr old daughter who i ever had this issue with, is it a boy thing?