Anyone ever have any issues with their son suddenly having accidents using the potty for #2? How about at 5, almost 6 years old? Anyone out there? If so, I need to hear about your experience.
On Saturday, I was tidying up the house and as I walked upstairs I smelled this terrible poopy smell. I couldn’t find anything. I thought perhaps the dog had an accident. My nose led me to where we keep the dirty laundry. There in the middle of the almost empty laundry basket was a pair of my son’s jeans with a fully-formed poop smeared in his underwear.
I cleaned it up and still smelled the odor. So upon further investigation, I found nearly an entire roll of toilet paper, used and full of poop stains, in the wastebasket in his bathroom. On the floor was also some left over remnants of poop. To say that I was annoyed would be an understatement. Oh, and then after I approached him, he gave me another pair of underwear he had hidden in his closet, also poopy.
We had a talk and I explained that sometime people have accidents and that it’s ok, but he should have told me. I assumed it was an accident because he’s never done this before. He’s not irregular and has never had any issues related to BM’s. I told himI was upset that he hid his soiled clothes… it wasn’t necessary and he should have come forward to talk to me. It was getting late at this pot, so I told him he should get some rest, but asked him to promise to be upfront if ever he has an accident.
Well. Last night we had a nice dinner, everything was fine. He went to the bathroom and it took a little longer than normal, but I really thought nothing of it. He didn’t rush to the bathroom, just strolled in and out. No big deal.
Then as we were walking upstairs, my husband was behind him and said that something smelled like poop. Lucas confessed he pooped in his pants, again.
We were livid. We also feel badly about the situation because we don’t understand.
So I did some research online and found that there can be medical reasons for this as well as behavioral. There’s not much out there. The stories I read so seem like what we’re dealing with. So I contacted our pediatrician this morning and hopefully we can come to some understanding of why this is happening. I will keep you posted.
Here’s some of the info I did find online if this is an issue that concerns you:
