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[quote=Anonymous]DD has poop accidents during intense swim lessons, though not during normal, relaxed swim and play.    A history:  We started DD in a week-long swim survival classes each summer at an early age. The classes are intense - designed to teach the child to survive a fall in to a pool (child has to make way to the surface, float on back, paddle to the side, and get out).  She did this camp at age 1.5 and 2.5 and EVERY SINGLE TIME she would have blow-out diarrhea in her swim diaper during the lessons.  We thought something about the stress of survival swimming created a physiological bowel release.  We didn't do the camp last year at age 3.5, but started again this week and she has had TWO poop accidents in the pool in 4 days!  She's 4.5 and has been potty trained since age 2. It's not like a regular accident - more like spontaneous diarrhea - and I don't even know that she's aware of it happening.  She's old enough to be really embarrassed about it, it's embarrassing for us as her parents and of course it's really unhygienic.   This has never happened during regular, relaxed swim or water play so I'm sure it's related to the stress of intense swimming lessons, or maybe swallowing chlorinated water during these lessons?

Has anyone else had this happen with their child?  Is there anything to do about this, other than find a large swim diaper and hope she grows out of it?  [/quote]

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