My 3 yr old son has been potty trained for about 4 months now. He's been great, doesn't wet the bed, goes to the bathroom on his own--I help with wiping after a BM. He previously would even use the bathroom at night and return to sleep with no problems! This past week he has pooped on the floor several times. He wakes up at night and will come to my bedroom door and pee/poop on floor. This morning, sometime b4 5am, he went to bathroom and had a BM, then must have had another in the hallway and fell asleep on the floor. Does it sound like he's sleep walking? HELP!
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No new environmental changes lately!
It's quite possible that he is sleep walking. I have a son that if he gets up in the middle of the night you better escort him to the rest room or he will open any door and pee.
Does this just happen at night?
Hi. It sounds like you are having the same kind of regression and attention issues I saw with my youngest 2 kids. Instead of cleaning up after them I had them clean it or help me clean it up. I also put them back in Pullups til it stopped. I made sure they knew I loved them I just didn't like how they were acting. Sleepwalking may be a possibility, but my pediatrician said sleepwalking usually happens when they are bothered by something and are internalizing it. Good Luck. Hope this is helpful.
I had a similar issue. My daughter was potty trained in just a couple of weeks and went perfectly with no accidents and no bed wetting right at 2 yrs old. I thought I had given birth to the golden child.
I took her to the doctor because about 3-4 months later she would look at me and say she had to go "pee" and I would tell her "well go", and she would say "I am" and just pee down her leg. Also, had just urinated in the floor and couple of times.
The doctor said "you don't care, put a pull-up back on her and ignore it". I said I do care she was perfect!! I thought he was TOTALLY CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!
Turns out he is a genious!! She was getting a bunch of attention and celebration whe she was first being potty trained. So that eventually wore off and she was not getting the party anymore everytime she went so she regressed because I was making a huge deal everytime she had an accident. She was trying to get the NEGATIVE ATTENTION. I did as the doctor said and she just decided it wasn't cool to be dirty and wet because I ignored it and instantly went back to her perfect potty ways!!
Your son might be enjoying the attention, even though it's negative??
Good Luck
Yes it does sound like he is sleep walking or is not completely awake when he wakes up to go to the bathroom and might be disoriented.
Hope this helps.
HI S.! I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I HAVE A FOUR ALMOST 5 YEAR OLD WHO SLEEP WALKS. IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME THAT YOUR LITTLE ONE IS GETTIN THEMSELF SO BUSY AND NOT TAKING THE TIME TO DO A BM DURING THAT DAY THAT WHEN NIGHT TIME COMES THEY GET REALLY RELAXED. IT EVEN SOUNDS LIKE A HEALTH ISSUE. MY 2 1/2 YEAR OLD WAS DOING SOMETHING REALLY SIMILAR TO THIS AND I FINALLY TOOK HER TO THE DOCTOR. THEY HAD DONE A BM SAMPLE. COME TO FIND OUT SHE HAD WHAT WAS CALLED ROTOVIRUS. IT TOOK 3 MONTHS FOR IT TO GO THROUGH HER SYSTEM. THEY COULDN'T GIVE HER ANYTHING AT ALL FOR IT BECAUSE IT IS A "VIRUS". IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ROTOVIRUS IS, IT IS A BACTERIA THAT HAS TO NATURALLY WORK ITS WAY OUT OF THE CHILDREN. THEY CAN GET THIS BY EATING RAW CHICKEN NUGGETS, NOT GETTING THIER HANDS WASHED THOROUGHLY AFTER A BM, OR TOUCHING SOMETHING AFTER SOMEBODY ELSE HAS IT. WE DISCOVERED THAT OUR DAUGHTER HAD GOTTEN IT FROM THE PLAY AREA AT A BURGER KING. CRAZY HUH!!! YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE IF THIS IS A MEDICAL PROBLEM. I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU OUT SOME. IF NOT I AM SORRY.
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It sounds like he is having a set-back, which I wouldn't let worry you too much. Try not to freak him out when it happens, but definitely take the feces to the toilet, place it in there, and remind him that's where he is supposed to do his business. Reassure him by telling him that you know he's a big boy, and that he can "master" potty training! It may also help to buy a small toy that you know he's been wanting. Tell him ahead of time if he can go the entire next day without going potty in his pants or on the floor he will get a special surprise you bought for him. He may simply need some reinforcement of using the toilet for an entire day to get back into the routine, and the toy may help nudge him in that direction.
Definitely try to keep him from eating or drinking anything major a couple hours before bedtime, just giving him a drink of water when you brush his teeth before bed. Also, ask him to go potty right before bed, even if he says he doesn't have to. My son will tell me he doesn't have to go potty when I ask, but when I ask him to please do it anyway, he pees like you wouldn't believe!
Also, try to keep him from eating anything after 5:00 pm that may make his bowel movements loose, wherein the urge to push may come upon him fast and he can't wait. (Like apples, fruit juices and green vegetables).
I hope this helps!
It is normal for children to regress - take a look at the whole picutre, anything going on different during his day, new routines, changes coming up? It doesn't have to be a negative thing - sometimes positive changes also cause 'disruptions'. Is it typical for him to be so tired that he falls asleep onthe floor? Maybe a visit to the pediatrician is in order - or a simple call to a nurse line. Maybe it's nothing, or wait it out a little bit and see if it continues, but if it's on-going, I'd feel better checking it out.
Since it sounds like he's so asleep - I'd strive hard to keep my cool. If he's not really awake it would be very frightening to "wake up" to an angry adult. Do your best to handle the clean-up and talk calmly - does he remember getting up in the morning? My only other thought is to look at his eating / drinking schedule - maybe a change there will help to adjust the time he'd need to visit the bathroom (assuming he's regular with BM's).
Hmmm...that's an interesting problem. If he is sleep walking, then there's really not more that you can do except wait for this stage to pass (since he's not aware of what he's doing). My 4 yr. old son went through a stage last spring where he was pooping in his pants at daycare on the playground. I finally realized it was because he didn't want to stop playing to go to the bathroom, and by the time he would finally tell his teacher, it would be too late, and he'd have an accident. What I did, was remind him constantly not to "wait" to go to the bathroom, and I went back to asking him frequently at home if he had to go (liek when we were potty training him). Eventually, the accidents stopped. With your case, I would ask your son every night before bed if he has to go, and remind him that if he feels the urge at all, he should go. Maybe he's just waiting and when he falls asleep, he can't wait until morning. If you're really concerned, I would call your son's doctor and get his take on it.
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