Help! 7 OY having accidents

[babymum90]

Hi mums

Just wondering if anybody has any experience with a 7 year old who still has poo accidents? He will hold it in and then has small accidents a number of times throughout the day until he can’t hold it any more and then will actually go to the toilet.
I’ve tried sticker charts, rewards, incentives etc but nothing is working long term.
He says he is embarrassed about going (most of his accidents seem to happen during school time, with the occasional one at home). I think it is a mixture of laziness, not wanting to stop what he is doing and anxiety/embarrassment about going.
Can anybody offer any suggestions please?

Is he constipated? It sounds like he needs a trip to the GP and have a look on the ERIC website too.

Small accidents a number of times through the day sounds a bit like it could be constipation (they get little bits of runny poo leaking out from around the mass of hard poo that’s up there and often they can’t tell it’s happening or control it).

Avoiding going to the loo can also be a sign of constipation as it hurts when they do.

I don’t have experience personally but it may be worth a chat to the GP, there are also specialist continence nurses so you could ask to be referred to one of them for advice?

Hi guys. I don't think it's constipation as when I bribe him with something (a new toy) he will go to the toilet he just says he's embarrassed. I've spoken to the school nurse who says this is more common than I think. Just wondered if anyone else had experienced this and how they overcome it