Hi all, this is a bit meandering, but
I am wondering if anyone could shed any light on my DS's recent behaviour.
He has been at nursery since last January and has just turned four. He has been a bit late to the loo (busy playing) for a while and often has wet patches in his pants, but the majority of the pee goes down the loo.
However, recently he has had a few incidences of peeing in his trousers and on the floor whilst at home. DP caught him peeing in a plant pot (and on the curtains). He does love peeing outside, so possibly he is trying to re-create the 'outside' experience or experimenting?
In addition to this he has started to wet himself when he has a tantrum, this has happened four or five times in the past couple of months and I do find it understandable. However, he has soiled himself twice in the past two days and I can't recall him being particularly cross, so not sure it is for the same reason. He tries to hide it. He explained the poo away, giving quite random reasons for the soiling.
He doesn't have loose bowels and has been potty trained for a couple of years with no major problems.
Another element to this is that he changed rooms at his school nursery and the loo is outside the room. I think the procedure for going to the loo is a bit complicated (they have to choose one of two badges from a bag, put the badge on themselves and go out to the loo) He reckons big children go to the loo and 'make noise'? Plus the light switch pull is too high for little kids, so if the light were off he wouldn't be able to put it on himself.
I don't feel very worried, just kind of bemused and can't decide whether there is a connection between any of this behaviour.
Thank you