Hi all
Just hoping to get some advice from other parents about the above really. I'll try and keep it short...
DD is 4 (August baby so young for her year) and started reception in September. She has been soiling daily ever since, sometimes up to three times a day. Not happy to go to the toilet ANYWHERE to poo (home, school etc..) but will go with enough cajoling, promise of reward (sticker, smarties etc...) and cuddles.
We only realised it was constipation around October time, so took her to the GP and she was put on Cosmocol which is working well to make everything less painful. We did a disimpaction regime over Christmas (fun...) and that seemed to help a little but there was still soiling.
Trying to get her to go to the toilet every morning before school and every evening after school, just to sit for five minutes and see what happens. Works sometimes, but not always and we run out of time before I go to work. And even if she has a big poo in the morning she still might soil later in the day.
SENCO at school is involved, teachers are very caring and happy to clean her up so we're very lucky in that sense. But I really want to get things sorted - surely she's not going to offered as much support in year 1? Childminder is getting quite stressed about it all, which is fair enough but I'm terrified she's going to dump us because of it. Her teacher is worried that it is affecting her day to day learning now as she is being taken out of lesson time to sit on the loo when she shows signs of withholding (she tends to tense up and grab onto a table so its easy to spot!).
Does anyone have any wise words? Advice? Experience of the same thing? I'm feeling very low about the whole thing and absolutely worried that if we or the school handle this the wrong way, that could lead to mental health issues. And as she gets older, potential bullying as the 'smelly kid' in class which breaks my heart....