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Poo accidents

My nearly 3 year old boy (3 next month) started potty training in July
and has done amazingly well. However, he can’t seem to tell he’s having
a poo until it’s already coming out! So he’s going through many pairs of
pants each day (as he quite often has little wee dribbles as well). I
think he gets so engrossed in whatever he’s doing he just doesn’t listen
to his body. In December he and his twin sister are starting with a
childminder. She doesn’t believe pull ups are sensible if you’ve made
the change to pants as she feels it confuses them and I respect that and
understand her logic. But as she has several children in her care, her
policy is that if they have a poo accident, the pants just go in the
bin! We’re trying to get him trained by December but he’s not making any
progress at the moment (apart from apologising when he has an accident -
bless him!) Has anyone else had this issue and can offer any advice to
get us fully trained? Thank you in advance

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    Hi there, As you said, its sounds like he is so close, he just needs to
    practice the ability of when to recognise that he is about to have a
    poo. It is actually positive that he says sorry when he has had an
    accident (bless him) as this means he has an understanding of what he
    needs to do. I am sure with a little more time he will get there by
    himself, but I know that have a deadline looming can be quite stressful!
    You might find it useful to visit the Eric website. As an organisation
    they are 'experts' in potty training and have some great resources on
    their website. you can access it here:
    https://www.eric.org.uk/Pages/Category/potty-training

    Hi there, As you said, its sounds like he is so close, he just needs to
    practice the ability of when to recognise that he is about to have a
    poo. It is actually positive that he says sorry when he has had an
    accident (bless him) as this means he has an understanding of what he
    needs to do. I am sure with a little more time he will get there by
    himself, but I know that have a deadline looming can be quite stressful!
    You might find it useful to visit the Eric website. As an organisation
    they are 'experts' in potty training and have some great resources on
    their website. you can access it here:
    https://www.eric.org.uk/Pages/Category/potty-training

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