Hi I hope someone out there can help.
Sorry this is longwinded but I really need some advise
Im feeling really concerned as my 4yo daughter started soiling and wetting herself about 8wks ago.
At first it was just small releases. I spoke to the doctor and they did a uti test which came back clear. They then suggested a course of lacitives as she may be constipated. (1-2 x day, which i still give her.). She didnt seem constipated to me as she was emptying her bowels once a day.
Now she seems to be having slightly bigger accidents at home and school now. She soils herself everyday at home at least twice.
She now seems to have started to wet herself too (this is new this week).
At first we didn't make a big deal out of it. Now we're really trying to encourage her to go to the toilet. She isn't able to tell us if she knows when it's going to happen.
It doesn't upset or cause her distress at all. Which is good. But I'm not sure why this has started. I introduced a rewards sticker chart, which so far hasn't worked.
I wondered if anyone else has experienced any thing similar or suggestions as to what I can do or how to approach it which her?
She was potty trained relatively easily just under 2.5yrs. She's never had any accidents in the past. Not even at nursery in the early days of training. So it just doesn't make sense to me.
Her behaviour can be difficult at times and her emotional maturity seems behind her peers (and younger sister) - she has big meltdowns, she can wake up in terrible moods in addition to her meltdowns in the day, her speech is quite unclear when compared to her peers (and even 2.5yr old sister), eye contact is fleeting - i do wonder if she's on the spectrum - (I raised this with the school.)
I wondered if the soiling and wetting herself could be linked to autism?
I guess I'm just really trying to find answers to help me better understand what's going on with her.