He has always been a loose pooper. He has no real issues, just soft poo, so there's a good bit of wiping to be done.
A) I'm not used to working around the male anatomy when explaining how to wipe.
B) he thinks you can scrub like you would, say, food off of a counter, and that so does not work.
I've tried to explain it a thousand times and he always just looks at me all confused. He uses like 1/2 a roll of tp and clogs the toilet, doesn't ask for help and ends up with horrible skids, or yells for help after he has gotten poo everyyyyyyywhere.
Post by karmasabiotch on Sept 4, 2013 21:08:56 GMT -5
I need to know too. J is 5 and he won't do it or doesn't do it well. I think he just wants to be done with it to get to the next activity. His underwear always have marks. I don't know what to do.
Does the male anatomy matter? Do you reach from the front? People who do this are so weird to me!
Well, if he wipes down he gets it on his dangly bits. :/ And a girl can kind of overshoot, then wipe front to back, whereas a boy would just snag his scrotum if he starts a little too far forward.
Making this H's job is an excellent idea. I'm going to dedicate a weekend that H is home to butt wiping 101.
I tried this. My H works OOT 6-8 weeks at a time, then is home for 2 weeks. I told him "your next R&R you're teaching DS how to wipe his own butt. That is your only job." Any time DS would poop I'd say "you're up, H!" By about 10 days in he told me I needed to get on the Internet and ask my friends (aka post on here) how they taught their kids to wipe their butts because it just isn't happening. It's like DS doesn't understand to apply pressure while wiping - so it takes half a roll because he just keeps dabbing it in the poop then getting a fresh piece.
I'm just glad I've *finally* trained DS to NOT get off the potty until he's been wiped. Omg. There was a disaster involving him getting off, streaking the whole toilet seat, and DS2 right there to investigate. Thank GOD I got in there before poop made it anywhere else. It was not my finest parenting moment. But, hey, now he'll sit on the toilet no questions asked until someone comes to wipe him.
Ok I'm trying this. When H is home again, lol. Maybe we'll start with wipes and transition to toilet paper.
I actually think its so cute to watch. Lol. Weirdo, party of one.
It sounds cute! Right now DS practically vaults himself off the toilet when he leans forward for me to wipe him. He uses my leg to hold on to so he doesn't actually fall off. I crack up every time.
I actually think its so cute to watch. Lol. Weirdo, party of one.
It sounds cute! Right now DS practically vaults himself off the toilet when he leans forward for me to wipe him. He uses my leg to hold on to so he doesn't actually fall off. I crack up every time.
Yeah, we're still working on it. We use the flushable wet wipes, and I always tell him to wipe front to back, but usually it devolves into him yelling "MOOOOMMMMY COME WIPE MY HEINIE!" and I walk in and he's already assumed the position and grabbed his ankles (which, incidentally, is definitely the easiest way to wipe a kid).
DS just turned five and is finally wiping his own butt. He would hold it all day at school last year, because he was afraid to wipe. This morning, he proudly told me he can now poop at school, because he can wipe himself.
I'm more worried about teaching DD to wipe. I keep emphasizing front to back, but she just doesn't get it. She's in 3K and the kids are responsible for wiping themselves. We've been trying to teach her the last few weeks and ended up in Children's ER with a major UTI.
Ugh! I'm still wiping David's ass and he's almost 5. He just leans on the toilet and screams "time to come wipe my buttttttt!"
He's a nervous poooper as in he'll only poop at home. He NEVER poops at school so at least his teachers don't have to endure this. But I realize we need to nip this shit in the bud.
DS just turned five and is finally wiping his own butt. He would hold it all day at school last year, because he was afraid to wipe. This morning, he proudly told me he can now poop at school, because he can wipe himself.
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