It's time to teach them to wipe.... and other poop moments

[xanthepants]

So at our NYE party it dawned on me with a house full of party goers as another mom came to get me and inform me that my daughter was screaming "POOP" at the top of her lungs naked in the hall, perhaps I should enforce her trying to wipe herself more often.

Question - Can your kids adequately take care of their own business? Are you still following up? I kept thinking at 4 they should be able to do this and then I think EEK! 4 is just around the corner, OMG. My peanut likes to announce to the world and we've got to calm this down a bit.

[jennmm]

My kid likes to wipe herself but she cannot always do it effectively. It's a work in progress.

[paddyb]

Henry consistently attempts to wipe, but I always follow up...he rarely does a good job.

[britbratjf]

Dagny has to do it at school (they will not help in the bathroom) but does it very inadequately because she always has skid marks. I do wiping at home.

[junkytrunk]

They don't wipe them at school, so I just hand him paper at home if he can't reach it. I dont really follow up anymore. When I do, he's done a pretty good job.

[sarahandeddie]

Avery takes care of the front but her arms are still to short to wipe the back. I keep hoping her arms will grow. I'm ready to not have to wipe bottoms anymore.

[bliz1712]

Jan 4, 2016 11:31:39 GMT -5 britbratjf said:

Dagny has to do it at school (they will not help in the bathroom) but does it very inadequately because she always has skid marks. I do wiping at home.

THis is us too.  I know they don't help her at DC, so I leave her on her own for the most part at home.  But she doesn't always do a good job.

[laurski81]

Henry tries to wipe and does a pretty good job, but I always give it a quick inspection just in case.  However, if I'm not watching him he will use all his own wipes and an entire roll of TP so it's still a work in progress.

[nursedesi]

I tried a while ago and it was a disaster. I'll try again closer to 4.

[roo1582]

Kayleigh tries but she doesn't do a great job. I know at daycare they will help her, but she often doesn't tell her teacher she went, so she sometimes comes home with skid marks. If she poops at home, we just try to follow up when she's done.

[starfishy]

We just got him to actually poop on a potty so I'll leave wiping for a bit. Probably just teach him in a few months. Can he even reach?

[mightybee]

I wonder if they'll be sitters or standers/hoverers?

I still do all the wiping. My H announced that D can wipe himself over the holiday break, so maybe I should let him try?

[summergirl1211]

Riley wipes for #1 (not very well though) and we always wipe for #2. I find using an actual wipe instead of tp keeps her cleaner and I don't want her throwing those in the toilet. One of these days I will just need to let go and let her do it on her own, but it's so much cleaner this way.

[xanthepants]

mightybee, You make me laugh. Cosette started as a sitter, but lately has become a wanderer. And a forget - to -wiper.

[cbear]

Jan 4, 2016 11:31:39 GMT -5 britbratjf said:

Dagny has to do it at school (they will not help in the bathroom) but does it very inadequately because she always has skid marks. I do wiping at home.

This! lol I don't think she can quite reach that far yet hahaha

Also she does a pretty good job wiping the front

[mommymadness]

Benjamin still doesn't go to the bathroom alone! He always wants some one to pull his pants off and on. I know he can do it and has, but he mostly refuses. After he is on the pot he asks for privacy. I'm hoping going to nursery school creates some more independence for him!

[lainikins]

Jan 4, 2016 16:46:16 GMT -5 mommymadness said:

Benjamin still doesn't go to the bathroom alone! He always wants some one to pull his pants off and on. I know he can do it and has, but he mostly refuses. After he is on the pot he asks for privacy. I'm hoping going to nursery school creates some more independence for him!

This is us too! He won't ever go alone or pull up his pants either. The only difference is that he wants no privacy. I need to stay there and sometimes even hold him while he is there (not to keep him from falling, but rather as moral support).

[trixi282]

Joey still usually calls me for help when she's done pooping, because she doesn't get things fully clean. The other day she said she was done and when I walked in she was wiping the front (which I typically let her do, but after i wipe the back) and she was starting too far back, if you know what I mean.

So queue the talk on why we don't wipe from back to front after we go poopy, and always wipe the backside first.... so I had to go get a wipe and clean her off.

She's also become a butt toucher - sorry for lack of a better term. But she is seriously always touching her butt, whether it's just her cheeks or what, I'm not sure, but I'm constantly lecturing her to wash her hands 2456972 times a day after she has her hands in her pants (whether front or back). Sometimes she says "But mommy I didn't touch my butt." "Then why were your hands down your pants?" "I'm just fixing my underwear mommy." Sure kid.... ugh.

[mightybee]

Jan 4, 2016 15:29:01 GMT -5 xanthepants said:

mightybee, You make me laugh. Cosette started as a sitter, but lately has become a wanderer. And a forget - to -wiper.

Oh, I didn't even think of the wanderers! Those are dangerous.

[mrsplaydoh]

Dahlia calls me in when she poops by saying "Mommy come and see!" every time. I don't think she'd do a great job at it yet so I'll continue til she tells me to go away!

On a funny note. Last night she went to go pee, then I came in with her pajamas and she stood and i saw she had pooped. I said, "Oh Dahlia, you pooped too." She turned and looked and said "Yup, 3 poops. Hey, Mommy, I'm 3 years old, just like those 3 poops!" I burst out laughing! lol

[jennmm]

Mine is still hit and miss with pooping in the potty. When she does, she acts like she needs a trophy. She also cannot tell the difference between needing to poop and needing to pass gas. She loves to announce it.

[laurski81]

trixi282, I have a butt toucher too. Ugh. I am always telling him to stop it and washing his hands.

[trixi282]

Jan 5, 2016 9:49:08 GMT -5 laurski81 said:

trixi282 , I have a butt toucher too. Ugh. I am always telling him to stop it and washing his hands.

At least I know she's in good company!  It's so funny, sometimes I feel like I'm in The Hangover, instead of "You mind putting on some pants? I find it a little weird I have to ask twice."  I'm saying "Can you please stop touching your butt, I've already asked you twice."  Or "Joey, please take your hands out of your pants.  I'm not going to ask you again."

[tribute17]

I know we are behind with this but I still wipe. He can get his pants down but he can't get them back up so I have to do that too. I'm just glad he is potty trained. I'll work on it later.

Also, can your kids dress themselves? He can get undressed if he wants to but I don't think he would be able to get dressed. Maybe I'm wrong. I need to stop doing it and let him try but it would take him forever and I'm not sure he could.

[roo1582]

tribute17 - Kayleigh can dress herself. She sometimes has issues with buttons, especially on her jeans. However, most times she doesn't want to dress herself and she wants you to do everything for her. We've been really pushing back on her with this. I tend to let her get away with it though since I don't have the time (say 30+ minutes) to try to get her to do it herself.

[xanthepants]

tribute17, Cosette can dress herself. She gets stuck in some of her hooded sweat shirts and she cannot do buttons really yet but we are working on it. She only will wear pull on jeans so buttons aren't really a problem yet. Yes to tights, boots, shoes, skirts, shirts, leggings, sweaters,socks zippers/sweat shirts, coats, gloves/mittens, hats. Daycare pushes them and she likes to do it so I let her while I get ready to go too. I lay out her clothes and talk her thru it while I flat-iron my hair in the morning while getting ready.

[trixi282]

tribute17 , Joey dresses herself most of the time now. We did it together or for her for a long time, but slowly she wanted to do pieces on her own.

Then one night we laid out clothes for the following day (because I was sick of a fight over what shirt she was wearing) and woke up to her standing in front of me, 90% dressed, asking me to zip her shirt for her! Since then she likes to do it herself, sometimes even telling us that she can do it, and to go away!

ETA: she can do most zippers now (gets frustrated starting hoodies sometimes), and all "pull-on" clothing.  Buttons and snaps are usually a miss, so she'll still come to me with any jeans or shirts asking for me to button/snap them.

[lainikins]

tribute17 Emmett can't really get himself dressed either. He can pull down him pants and undies as well as get them off. He can not get off his shirt though and rarely can he get his jacket off on his own. Getting dressed is even harder for him. He can pull up his pants and undies if his legs are already in them, but he can't get his legs in on his own. He does not like how it feels his undies are all bunched so he asks for help and makes me do it most of the time. I let him try a lot, but he gets so frustrated.

[laurski81]

tribute17, Henry can undress himself like a pro and he does pretty well getting his own clothes on too. He does struggle with pants sometimes however. The issue we have is that he wants to be in PJs or just be naked all the time so I usually have to dress him because he doesn't want to actually put clothes on.

[jennmm]

My kid can undress herself like a pro. She can dress herself but it's a tedious process. She's another one who doesn't like clothes.