Poop.

[Anonymous]

7yo DS keeps coming home with poopy pants. Sometimes he admits an accident and other times he claims he does not wipe well or at all. When he has accidents, he often says that he didn't know he had to go. I think he's holding it for so long to avoid missing out that he doesn't give himself time, in most cases, to get to the bathroom, let alone navigate any obstacles along the way (stall wait time, someone stopping him in the hall, etc.). It is usually at school and, until this week, when we started checking, we wouldn't find out until he took a shower that night (so he's also not telling us).

This has been going on for like two weeks, but we have had a couple "waves" of this in the past. Any thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Search the forums for this. There have been many, many posts on this topic, with many, many helpful answers. Some of them are posted in special needs, some in general parenting, some here.

[Anonymous]

Search "encopresis" and you will find many threads.

[Anonymous]

Thanks PPs

[Anonymous]

Also read up on Irritable bowel syndrome, megacolon and fecalomas.

[Anonymous]

He is most likely constipated. A mass of fecal matter is present in his colon and other fecal matter oozes past the mass. It is quite uncontrollable for him.

Ask your pediatrician for an x-ray. This is a much more common problem than we think.

[Anonymous]

I would get him on a fine regimen. Not miralax. Metamucil once a day followed by a big glass of water and water throughout the day. If you have him drink it after dinner he will go in the morning everyday before school and won't have to go through the guesswork and anxiety. Try it and report back!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is most likely constipated. A mass of fecal matter is present in his colon and other fecal matter oozes past the mass. It is quite uncontrollable for him.

Ask your pediatrician for an x-ray. This is a much more common problem than we think.

I would start with xray.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would get him on a fine regimen. Not miralax. Metamucil once a day followed by a big glass of water and water throughout the day. If you have him drink it after dinner he will go in the morning everyday before school and won't have to go through the guesswork and anxiety. Try it and report back!

Oops this should say FIBER regimen.