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**Penny Gaines** · May 28th 07, 08:53 AM posted to alt.parenting.solutions,misc.kids

wrote:
Hello,

We have a five year old son who is still not fully potty trained. We
believe that this is an emotional problem caused by the fact that I
was living far away from home for about 18 months while I looked for a
job and a house to buy while they stayed behind. This happened when he
was about 2.5 years old.

He will urinate in public restrooms and in our toilet 99% of the time.
In the last three months however, we have only been able to get him to
poop in the toilet twice. He will have a daytime accident about every
7 to 10 days. The rest of the time he seems to be on some strange
internal clock where he only will go at night in his sleep every other
day. We have tried high fiber diets, laxatives, etc. The only thing
that manages to accomplish is that he is VERY messy the next day and
needs a very thorough cleaning in the morning. He says he is not
afraid of the toilet, and that he wants to do it. He tells he will
start using the potty, and that he will quit having accidents.
[snip]

It is possible that he is extremely constipated, and the nightime
soiling is actually faeces leaking past a compacted blockage.

Take him to a doctor.

--
Penny G
UK mum to three