Soiling Questions

[sportzmom88]

Hi all! Newbie here with ?'s
FS has soiling problem. He is under Dr.'s care but I was thinking some of you may have some great ideas for us to try. He really seems to be trying but he can't tell when he has to go. Any info would be helpful

[Pink*Babies]

I think it would be easier to give you useful information if we knew the age of the child.

[CAFostermom]

Agreed, age of child is important. Our FD had a soiling problem - she used to wet her pants during the day and the bed when she came to us. We found that there were multiple causes: 1) not urinating during the day (delaying the inevitable!) or urinating before bed time; 2) drinking water before bed; 3) having nightmares (she wasn't able to wake up). So here's the action plan we put in place: 1) gentle reminders to use the potty during the day and before bed; 2) don't drink water before bed; 3) make bedtime fun (reading, soft music, etc) with a promise that "mom/dad" will come to her room when she has a nightmare - this way we could deal with her nightmare and also remind her to go to the potty.

Good luck.:)

[sportzmom88]

Thank you both for the advise. He doesn't wet the bed and seems to urinate without any problems at the toilet. He is 7 and has had this problem for some time from what I can gather from information from his other foster home. He has the condition where his body holds fecal matter until it is such a large mass that it stretches the colon to the point that the nerves don't work to tell him he has to go or even stop the leakage. We have him on a high fiber diet and medication from his Dr. We do encourage him to try to eliminate often because he has no sensation that he has to go. We give him tons of positive reinforcement and he is in therapy. I am game for any more Ideas.
thanks

[CAFostermom]

Does your foster child have Encopresis? I understand that is pretty common in kids. Lots of kids hold their stools for various reasons (too busy playing, scared to go poop, etc.) and the foster kids could be holding it because of stress, or maybe they've had a problem with going to the toilet and it hurt to move such a large bowel, and they just keep holding it. My FD was constipated when she first arrived to our home. We switched her to a healthy diet (she was eating a lot of junk food and drinking soda) and encouraged her to stay hydrated. We also had her go to the bathroom to poop after meals, and she had to stay there, relax and try....eventually her body adjusted. I also found that the kids prefer to use the wipes instead of toilet paper. I found some great hypoallergenic (kid-friendly) toilet wipes (the kids that doesn't clog the toilet). Good luck.

[openarms]

Have you tryes therapeutic listening? I'm not sure what kinda of therapy your FS is recieving but my daughter has sensory processing disfuncting and was having some problems with know when she had to poop. We talked to her OTand they started her on a therapeutic listening programto help with body awareness and within 2 days we seen signs of improvement. hope this helps.

[JoshDennis]

yea Everyparent gotta get through this phase ov their child n its kinda hard to deal with but yep as some ppl posted this ting can b tackleed by takin appropriatee steps .well you allready av all the info you ned so ummm i wud juss say GD LUCK to ye .

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