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Too put my 5 year old in a nappy because of bad diarrhea

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jeb20 · 02/02/2014 11:25

My ds3 is 5 and has got the trots very badly. He still wears nappies to bed as he is not dry, but this morning he woke up with a load in his nappy. He spent all morning on the toilet, but whenever he has come off he has pood his pants. He wouldnt stop pooing himself and unless I glue him to the toilet he wont stay on it. So I asked if he would wear one of his nappies "just in case". He agreed and has since been filling his nappies as oppose to his pants. I did emphasise to him that he is to try and make it to the toilet. Is this wrong, I do feel a bit lazy, but he was going threw all his pants, its that bad. If he is like this tommorow I will call the doctor. Thanks

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candycoatedwaterdrops · 03/02/2014 19:17

I didn't check the OP's history, just looked after someone commented. Anyway, in case I'm wrong, I'll zip it.

ClairesTravellingCircus · 03/02/2014 21:48

Candy that was more of a general question, it just seems totally unnecessary.

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jeb20 · 03/02/2014 22:17

pixiepotter I understand that on the internet its bad advice to give the benefit of the doubt but pleas I am not a troll. I have only 5 threads one of which is the same subject posted in a different place because I was nlt sure if it was in the right location. They are all about my DC bedwetting/continence because that is what I started to use NM for. This is because I cannot diascuss these anxieties with friends, mothers from school or old work friends withoit getting embarrassed. I have not felt the need to branch out onto other subject arias because I dont need to come to the internet to talk about my interests in e.g. politics, film, law because I do that with my friends and DH. If that is what it would take for my threads to be taken seriously I would, but thankfully for most of NM it doesn't seem to be a requirement. Sorry if I got your 'alarm bells rining' but I'm not a troll just someone with children who wet the bed two of which have DV atm. Is that so hard to belive. P.s sorry about the spelling, spell check somehow has been turned of and I'm very dislexic lol.

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jeb20 · 03/02/2014 22:51

Anyway back to the original topic, my 10 year old is in pj pants, he wears them at night anyway and he decided to keep them on for the day because he had an accident and it was horrid. Sorry of TMI but this isn't just following threw it doesn't stop poring out. What would you rather, have your pants and trousers fill up with diarrhea whilst trying to get to the toilet or having a nappy catch it while you try and get their. Also its not just failing to get their in time, almost everytime he has vomited he has soild his pull nappy.

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Scaredycat3000 · 03/02/2014 23:03

I hope they get better soon jeb, we had this in our house a few weeks ago, it did take use twice as long to recover as we had been ill and next time I'll use one of the boys nappies .

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jeb20 · 03/02/2014 23:33

Thanks. My 5 year old seems to be on the mend but my 10 yold has had it bad today and has woken up and vomited all over his bed and sh*t his drynites. I'm also worried its going to catch all of us. I'm running out of pull ups for him aswell.

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legoplayingmumsunite · 03/02/2014 23:45

Poor boy. It's all about how it's done and since you've discussed it with him and he's happy then it's fine. If you'd forced him to do it against his will that would be different. Hope he gets better soon!

ZingSweetApple · 04/02/2014 05:13

jeb

poor him, poor you.

I think he'll remember the nasty poo and accompanying pain way more than a pull up/pj pants.

I hope you all get ok soon, try some high factor manuka honey when the vomiting stopped - it seems to accelerate the mending process for us.

I do hope you'll all get better soon, I had the firing both ends a few weeks ago (pg!) and two of our kids caught it too.
v nasty.

good luck, you are doing the right thing.

BettyMacdonald · 04/02/2014 06:53

You poor things! You're all really going through it at the moment. I hope you're all better soon

pigletmania · 04/02/2014 07:30

Oh dear I hope they get better soon

candycoatedwaterdrops · 04/02/2014 10:15

I'm really sorry, it was wrong of me to make that comment on your thread.

OnceaGoth · 12/02/2014 23:21

I have done this with my children. DSS is 13 and has cerebral palsy, he is PT and very mobile, however recently when he had DV he couldn't make the toilet, so he wore his younger brothers pull ups. He hated the idea at first but he soon recognised it was easer for him to deal with independitly if he wore a nappy.
My other DC have at points worn a nappy because of diarrhea. My 9 year old was unlucky enough to get the runs on holiday and spent it filling his pull ups. But at least it was not on the hotel floor.
My 6 year old didn't have diarrhea but would fully wet himself when throwing up. To save puddles on the floor he wore a nappy.

Greenmug · 12/02/2014 23:31

My DS asked for one of DDs pull ups when he had terrible d and v when he was 7. He was so embarrassed at the mess and he was scared to go to sleep in case he made another mess. I put one on him and he slept for hours for the first time in about two days. I had to change him a couple of times and he didn't even wake he was so worn out. He wasn't bothered by them, just relieved to have a rest!

JedBalls · 13/02/2014 00:20

Yeah, when illness strikes you have to chose the lesser of two evils. When my son (about 11) at the time had DV he had an accident that went down to his feet in front of his little brother. After that he felt their was no dignity to loos so wore one of his little bros pull ups, it was better for him to walk to the bathroom in a full nappy than soiled trousers.

SuperHands85 · 07/03/2014 12:59

I'm in a similer situation with my 9 year old, except using underjams instead of nappies. He has been off school today with bad DV. It started in the early hours of the morning when he began throwing up then followed through. He has not long been dry at night so I had some underjams left that he could wear back to bed. In the morning the pants were still un soiled, but he clearly couldn't go to school. I did needed to take DD to though and no one could look arfter him. Its not a long journey and be said he wasn't feeling as bad. I asked if he could wear a pull up and be refused. Anyway so we get their and its no problem, but just as we were getting out of the car on the way back, he shits himself. It was very explosive (sorry TMI). He then was glued to the loo for ages and since then has been in the underjams. He is not well at all, even at his age he can't make it in time and is shitting in the nappies but understandably is too embarrassed to tell me. If it continues I'm taking him to the doctors. Also nearly out of pull ups as I didn't have many left! It is better to be in a nappy or pull up though as its so frequent and unstoppable.

WaitMonkey · 07/03/2014 13:18

If you're worried phone NHS direct, or whatever they are called now. Don't take him to the GP, it will just further spread whatever he has. Have you anyone who could pick up dd for you ?

SuperHands85 · 07/03/2014 13:49

Thanks, that's a good point, I wasn't going to take him unless it continued until tomorrow, anyway it would be unfair to make him leave the house in this condition and to spread it, unless I had to. Yeah I have arranged for a class mate of DD's to drop her home.

WaitMonkey · 07/03/2014 13:53

That's good, you've got someone to collect dd. Hope ds is better soon. Poor boy.

aworkingmummy · 07/03/2014 15:33

I think it's a great idea - wish I'd had some last time I had norovirus would've been very useful

SuperHands85 · 08/03/2014 13:46

It still hasn't stopped, is less frequent though so he can make it to the toilet some of the time, but their are still accidents so is in the nappies. Last night was bad, I found him crying in the bathroom in pj's covered in vomit and a shitty nappy. I gave him a bath and put him back to bed, which is wear he is spending most of the day. NHS direct said its a bug and he isn't to spread it ext. I brought some more pj pants because I don't know how long it will continue. He does however seem to be improving.

WaitMonkey · 08/03/2014 16:57

Sounds a really horrible bug. Poor thing. Hope he's well soon.

BrannLove · 06/05/2014 09:23

I'm pleased that I found this thread as I am doing thie with my DS who is takeing movicol. He has a high dosage to 'clear him out'. It falls out of him and he cant tell if he has to go, so wearing pull ups makes his day bearable. He is older than 5 though (8) and I'm using pull ups rather than nappies (but its really the same thing). I'm glad that I am not the only one as I thought it might be considered odd. Its so much better than him pooing his pants and its not like anyone will see him in the pull ups.

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