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Playing with Poo : How to stop?

andrewb79

Sorry for the rather disgusting topic but really looking for some advice on what we should be doing to combat this.

We have idential 8 year old twins - 'H' and 'F'. Both are none verbal autistic and both go to a specialist school.

'H' is potty trained in that he is able to go to the potty or toilet by himself although he does stil need nappies at bedtime at times.

'F' however is a different story. He goes to toilet to pee but he has seemingly no interest in going to poo on the toilet. This hasn't been too much of an issue. When he needs to poo he has been getting a nappy and handing it to us. we then sit him on the toilet and put the nappy on him so he can do his business.  Recently however he's reverted back to poo'ing in his bedroom or garden and unfortunately playing with it. By playing I mean rubbing it into the carpet or onto the wall etc.

When this happens we give him a good telling off and give him a shower while explaining it's not the thing to do and he knows better etc etc but we are struggling to think of a way to stop this.  It's only been happening for the last 2 weeks and we've decided to use this to be more 'hardline' in that when he hands us his nappy we intend to sit him on the toilet until he has done a number two but maybe this is the wrong thing to do?

We've always given him plasticine and foam to play with hoping this has the same sort of feeling/feedback but now we are wondering if it's something else? It's obviously disgusting and not healthy and his bedroom is not surviving this (removed carpets to put down lino etc)

In school it never comes up as he actually never goes for a number two in school. he saves it for home time!

Thank you!

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  • Hi there I have 2 children also on the spectrum and I have worked with autistic children now for many years.

    Yes it may seem disgusting to others but this is a very common thing some children tend to do (1 of mine included) i find it is a sensory need. There are many sites online if you search it up.

    As for not going to the toilet at school, I know many children who do not use the toilet all day in school possibly due to home comforts of doing a poo at home or a possible fear of a different environment using the loo at school or just simply likes the feel of it in their nappy.

    Maybe try to sit your child on a potty which is less scary than a toilet and make a log of poo time when at home to see if it is a similar time everday that way you can place them on the potty and see if they do go. Also just after breakfast, lunch or dinner time.

    Find your child's favourite toy or something they really like and use positive reinforcement and reward your little one for doing a poo on the potty.

    Possible reward chart too if your child has the understanding if they do something positive they will be rewarded.

    Children with autism as you may be aware struggle with transitioning from one place to the next. There are many reasons, If you look at it this way when you change a babies bum they try to explore during a nappy change so your little one may just be exploring and like the feel as it does feel warm and squidgy ect. 

    Please believie me you are not alone my child smears poo all over the walls ect. They stop for a while then reverts back to it.

    I hope that made sense and it helped a little.

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  • Hi there I have 2 children also on the spectrum and I have worked with autistic children now for many years.

    Yes it may seem disgusting to others but this is a very common thing some children tend to do (1 of mine included) i find it is a sensory need. There are many sites online if you search it up.

    As for not going to the toilet at school, I know many children who do not use the toilet all day in school possibly due to home comforts of doing a poo at home or a possible fear of a different environment using the loo at school or just simply likes the feel of it in their nappy.

    Maybe try to sit your child on a potty which is less scary than a toilet and make a log of poo time when at home to see if it is a similar time everday that way you can place them on the potty and see if they do go. Also just after breakfast, lunch or dinner time.

    Find your child's favourite toy or something they really like and use positive reinforcement and reward your little one for doing a poo on the potty.

    Possible reward chart too if your child has the understanding if they do something positive they will be rewarded.

    Children with autism as you may be aware struggle with transitioning from one place to the next. There are many reasons, If you look at it this way when you change a babies bum they try to explore during a nappy change so your little one may just be exploring and like the feel as it does feel warm and squidgy ect. 

    Please believie me you are not alone my child smears poo all over the walls ect. They stop for a while then reverts back to it.

    I hope that made sense and it helped a little.

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