toddler who poops in underwear at daycare?

My son is three, and at a new daycare. He does great with peeing in the potty, but daily he seems to poop in his underwear. We have tried EVERYTHING we can think of, but he just won't poop in the potty except maybe once every 2 weeks. I'm ok with him taking his time, but the problem is that he has to be in daycare, and all daycares here require them to be potty trained at age 3. I'm concerned the daycare is going to have a real problem if he continues to poop in his underwear most days. I need advice... help! We just don't know what to do if they say he can't be in that class.

Answers:
Have you tried being more firm with your expectations? You don't have to be mean per se, that's not what I'm sugguesting, but every time he poops in his underwear, have him take it to the toilet and flush it. Then tell him "This is where you need to go when you feel like you need to poop. Mommy expects you to go to the bathroom in the toilet because you're becoming a big boy, and you can't go to the bathroom in your underpants anymore."

Is he having trouble reaching the toilet or sitting comfortably? This could be a factor too.

Does he do it at home too? I had a problem with my younger son and it turned out he had something called encopresis. He may still be too young to be diagnosed with that....Almost everyone that I know with boys say they were harder to train that way....good luck

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