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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the third time in two weeks, our perfectly potty-trained kindergartener has had a poop accident at school—and didn’t tell anyone! For hours! I am absolutely shocked. He’s the kind of kid who doesn’t go to the bathroom unless it’s an EMERGENCY no matter how much we tell him to, but the actual act of soiling himself is new. He was in an all-day Pre-K program before this.

He’s extremely stubborn, so he claims he [b]likes[/b] the feeling. We made him wash his underwear in the sink (under our supervision) the second and third time to teach him that this is not without consequences. It turns out that before he pooped in his pants today, he also had a pee accident because we found a wet pair of pants in his backpack. He initially lied to us, saying that a kid pushed him into a puddle so he had to change pants, but the smell told us everything we needed to know.

I’m worried he has some physical or mental issue happening, but his doctor’s office doesn’t have any appointments available until November. I firmly believe that he has ADHD (it runs in my family), but my husband thinks he’s just lazy and doesn’t want to prioritize using the bathroom. I need to contact his teachers to see if they can force him to go, but with so many kids in his class, I don’t know how that is going to happen.

I so am frustrated by the lack of doctor’s appointments available and the lack of support from my husband in figuring out what’s going on. This is a vent, but if you have suggestions, please, please, please tell me. What resources to schools have for his if it isn’t physical? Can I go to urgent care to get him seen? Help![/quote]

I'm sorry I don't have a solution but my son did this from age 4 until puberty hit. I had to go to school at lunch time to make him sit on the toilet. 
I'm finding it's common in boys with high functioning autism. It may not just be the adhd.

We went through everything from therapists with their rewards that didn't work to doctors lying and saying his colon was impacted and he should be put on miralax etc. 
In the end, I believe it's related tye fact that he seems to have mild hypermobility. He's extra flexible in parts of his body and has a few other Eds symptoms. 
Try not to hold it against him. He's not doing it on purpose,  I promise. [/quote]

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