I need some help, advice... anything at this point... so for a little over a year, my now 5 year old son has been…
I need some help, advice... anything at this point... so for a little over a year, my now 5 year old son has been pooping in his pants... almost every day! I tried to help regulate him by setting a specific time for him to go every day and for awhile that was working, he was pooping the same time every night. Now I don't know what to do. I can't keep throwing away underwear.... (sorry but I'm not patient enough to want to clean the poop out of his underwear).... I'm sad and frustrated. My husband and I don't know what to do. We thought maybe it had to do with me being pregnant last year and then having his little brother (October 2016) but it has since continued... he plays and then doesn't want to stop playing to go to the bathroom, other times he said he didn't realize he pooped (hello, you don't feel a lump of crap in your underwear?!) other times he will poop and the poop is like a foot long and a thick as a coke can.... what do I do?? He starts kindergarten this fall and I'm afraid it will just continue at school and this can't happen. He needs to stop. 😔
Sarah Cocco·
Мама четверых детей
I know someone who is an adult now who pooped his pants until he was 12 or 13. I can't exactly ask him about it because it's a touchy subject for him, but he told me once when he was drunk that he did it for attention at first, and then ot just became a habit to spite his mother. They had a really rocky relationship. I don't know of that helps, I'm not implying that you and your son have a rocky relationship, but I thought I'd pass that along.
Megan Cavanna·
Мама троих детей
@therurallady, that's what I thought too... that it was attention seeking due to him no longer being the baby, etc. I remember my oldest son doing this exact thing when my 5 year old was born but it only lasted a week.... an entire year?! I just wish I could figure it out.
Sarah Cocco·
Мама четверых детей
I know. It's hard. 😞
Buddhist Mama·
Its just a phase they go through. My oldest went thru it for like two years from when she was 2 until 4 years old. I don't know how to stop it she just stopped doing it one day
Megan Cavanna·
Мама троих детей
My son has been potty trained since he was 2... this began at age 4