This may have been because of constipation or change in diet or it could be a fear of the
toilet and / or flusing or simply
delaying a bowel movement because they are too preoccupied with something else way more interesting.What ever trigger the start of this - the result of this negative or painful experience is that the next time the child has the urge
to poop, s / he
delay going because s / he knows that it hurts.