More of a, 'wwyd'?
My Neighbour, who I see a lot (children are the same age, I often watch her children not always willingly )
Her DS is nearly 5 and still not potty trained, I've drawn up charts for her and given her tips (she sometimes struggles with him as she is pregnant and has a 1 year old) but she didn't keep up with it. She'd get very upset when he'd have an accident and place him back in a nappy.
However, she has told me that she's told consultants that he cannot feel when he needs to poo, however I have seen him ask her or partner to use the toilet, and they've not reacted quick enough. In my care, he runs and hides whilst doing a poo - so he definitely knows it's coming.
My heart breaks for him as he is being called 'smelly' at school.
Newest worry is that the consultant has ruled out Crohn's disease in her DS (he is very under weight) and speculates it is coeliac. She has been given the advice to start the gluten free diet immediately until he has his appointment next month (this was over a week ago)
He has eaten pasta, McDonald's, cakes, etc. I had him one morning so she could attend a midwife appointment, and made sure we had gluten free pancakes for him. She said 'you shouldn't of bothered, I haven't'
I keep gently saying to her that it's really important she follows their advice. But I don't want to patronise her, I know she finds it tough.
He's had 9 days off school already :( (obviously it's half term now)
I'm planning to cut down the amount of time I see her, as I find it very frustrating that she doesn't take his issues seriously. There are other reasons too but unrelated. It's also made difficult by my DP being good friends with her DP.
So what would you do? Should I just be butting out? It makes me worry though!
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getonthearkunicorn · 24/10/2017 18:52
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