When do they learn to wipe better? So annoying!

[Anonymous]

Guys, this is gross and embarrassing, but my 10 year old still doesn’t wipe good. Constantly has skid marks in his underwear and I’m at a loss as to what to do. I have gotten on to him, make him show me he is wiping good, clean his own underwear, etc. but after a short time he goes right back to poor wiping. Often times so bad he gets a rash and needs diaper rash cream. He is way too old for this. Am I alone? Any pointers?

[Anonymous]

Get a bidet. It will be weird to use at first but so worth it.

[Anonymous]

Same here. No idea when that will change.

[Anonymous]

Sanitary faucet.

[Anonymous]

Make him do his own laundry. Make him buy new underwear if he ruins it by not wiping. Teach him to do better.

[Anonymous]

It may not be poor hygiene. He may be constipated and leaking a little stool around a blockage. Kids often don't even realize it's happening and their underwear is a mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make him do his own laundry. Make him buy new underwear if he ruins it by not wiping. Teach him to do better.

Make a 10 year old buy new underwear? No, he may have a hemorrhoid he can't clean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It may not be poor hygiene. He may be constipated and leaking a little stool around a blockage. Kids often don't even realize it's happening and their underwear is a mess.

+1

Or megacolon- large poops hard to hold in.

[Anonymous]

He knows how because when he knows I’m watching and making him show me he wiped till paper is clean he does fine. Will last about a week and then he gets lazy again. I absolutely should not be having to put diaper cream on my 10 year old!!

[Anonymous]

Get him the water wipes/baby wipes. Set on top of the toilet. Done. And make sure he knows not to flush them.

Or..just tell him to wet the TP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get him the water wipes/baby wipes. Set on top of the toilet. Done. And make sure he knows not to flush them.

Or..just tell him to wet the TP

And buy darker underwear

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He knows how because when he knows I’m watching and making him show me he wiped till paper is clean he does fine. Will last about a week and then he gets lazy again. I absolutely should not be having to put diaper cream on my 10 year old!!

You watch your 10 yo wipe? 😬

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make him do his own laundry. Make him buy new underwear if he ruins it by not wiping. Teach him to do better.

This is nuts. Cruel. Humiliating. Wow.

OP have you consider he has some gastrointestinal problem that makes his poop super soft & messy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get a bidet. It will be weird to use at first but so worth it.

Yep, the bidet will help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It may not be poor hygiene. He may be constipated and leaking a little stool around a blockage. Kids often don't even realize it's happening and their underwear is a mess.

+1

Or megacolon- large poops hard to hold in.

Omg. Classic DCUM.

Yep. It is megacolon...

OP- half of grown men (maybe more) don’t wipe well either. I worked in ER and more often than not, the underwear men came in with were pretty gross and/or had skid stains. Not all, but a very significant percentage