![]() ![]() We took her to the doctors who gave her medication for constipation. Pretty much daily, she began to have marks in her knickers (like skiddies!) Also at around the same time, she became constipated, and was only going to the toilet every three or four days (or possibly longer). My daughter (five year old) suffered from this earlier this year for several months. Any ideas would be very much appreciated, particularly if anyone has experience of a similar problem with a child of similar age. I'm trying my best to keep calm and carry on but it is getting rather trying. There hasn't been any change in family circumstances, there's no bullying at school and academically he's doing well. I was told early on that that he will grow out of it, but it seems to be getting worse rather than better. He has been checked at the GP a couple of times but nothing untoward was found. Fortunately, he does take himself off to the toilet and cleans up when it happens (but needs reminding to change his pants) so there's rarely a smell but I do worry what his friends must think if they ever notice in changing rooms etc. No amount of discussion, encouragement, punishment or reward seems to work and he often denies being dirty. ![]() It has now got to the stage where almost every pair of pants is dirty and most are definitely messed rather than just marked. With hindsight, I feel I should perhaps have taken him to task rather more at that time. These got worse and more frequent until it was as though he was actually doing it in his pants before getting to the toilet. Just before his 10th birthday he started getting skidmarks several times a week which I largely ignored except for the occasional 'wipe your bum properly'. There have been occasional instances of not wiping properly over the years but I guess that's nothing more than with most kids. He was toilet trained at about 2½-3 without any issues. I have a 12 year old son who for the last couple of years has been making his pants dirty most days. I'm new to Netmums, so apologies if this has been asked before. ![]()
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