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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pediatrician: they can let you know if there is a physical condition and can assess if there is abuse. [/quote]

Ive heard this before but don't understand how abuse correlates to this does anyone know? [/quote]

When a child has been sexually abused, sometimes the brain will deal with the overwhelm by shutting down signals from this whole area of the body.

OP, if you are still reading: assuming she is developmentally typical, third grade is VERY late for this problem to be showing up for the first time accompanied by denial this strong. It would be much more typical for her to be terribly embarrassed, but not actually sitting there in her own poop.

Something is wrong and you need a pediatrician’s help to figure it out. Get her into the doctor’s office.[/quote]

[b]Kids with encopresis often don't know they have pooped and don't smell it.[/b] It actually makes a lot of sense for this to appear 6 months after the sibling's arrival, as that would be time for the constipation to develop to the point of encopresis.
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PP. The bold was true of my first grader. It is less plausible as a first-time problem in an 8-9 year old, sibling arrival or not.[/quote]

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