Wiping bottoms...

[susyp]

There was a very helpful thread recently on getting your child to get dressed. I took up the very excellent suggestion of having a race to get dressed in the morning, - we've done it now for 10 days - and it is working a treat. not only does my daughter dress herself, it also means that I am dressed in plenty of time in the morning - so everything is going a lot more smoothly on school days! i thought she would see straight through me - but no!

tips now on badly needed on getting them to wipe their bottoms after a no 2 please? I had to take my daughter home from school yesterday with a really bad tummy ache - she did a big poo when she got home and then was fine - had been holding it since morning break as was worried about wiping - she won't wipe herself as is worried about getting mucky hands. I have demonstrated til kingdom come and will she do it - no! She is now however receptive as she appreciates that she needs to do herself as was in so much pain from holding it - I have a feeling she will come in today desperate as is due for one -- what do I do to get her to do it herself. Is it just a case of trial and error and getting on with it? I have told her that I will never tell her off for coming home with mucky pants from school if she can't get it right.

susypx

ps. can i just say how much i love this forum. that i can come for advice on such a subject - i wouldn't ask the mums at the school gate !! (and that;s an entirely different thread from previously!!)

[Medusa]

I beguiled my one-time reluctant bum-wiper with bottom wipes that came in a novelty plastic hippo case. Sainsbury's.

[canela]

i have a wiper with enthusiasm but poor technique. not fun...

[pommie]

my 4 year old daughter still has to do the clean bum test by bending over and asking me if her bum is clean!! Nice!

[susyp]

my one just does that in order for me to wipe it - i come in and there she is.

not sure what age is too old but i am guessing full time school means they need to learn this skill!

susypx

[sunbob]

I need to start getting my daughter prepared for this as she goes to school in September. At the moment I wipe for her.

[BB100]

I started off by agreeing that they would wipe first then I would finish the job. Then one day I would walk away and leave them and pretend to be busy doing something. If they called me I would say I was coming. In the end they got fed up waiting and did it themselves. Having an attractive wipe box also helped.

[Fuschia]

Kandoo wipes or similar are good. And showing them by actually guiding their hands through taking enough paper, holding it, leaning their arm round

Also thorough hand washing practice and reassuring them that germs wash off. Reminding them that parents have changed 1000s if nappies and wiped lots of bottoms and still have clean hands

Even if they don't like doing it and aren't very good at it, they will try it when they have no choice ...

Making time after breakfast for a poo at home is worthwhile though

[Curmudgeon]

BB100 Wrote:

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> I started off by agreeing that they would wipe

> first then I would finish the job. Then one day I

> would walk away and leave them and pretend to be

> busy doing something. If they called me I would

> say I was coming. In the end they got fed up

> waiting and did it themselves. Having an

> attractive wipe box also helped.

This

Plus there is no need for the bum presentation that seems so prevalent, tell them to wiggle and see if it feels clean

Bum wiping should be part of potty training really, once using the toilet is established and within a week or so they can start wiping for themselves so it never becomes such an issue.

My favourite ever comment was a friends child who reliably informed me he couldn't wipe his own bum, because his arms were too short :D

[Bumpkin]

I told my 4 yr old that if he managed 10 times wiping himself and no poo left when I check then I would buy him a book that he really wanted. 5 times in and he's not even asking me to check now..