I have a 5 yr old who poops his pants.?

Question

I have a 5 yr old who recently started to pee his pants well we finally got him to stop that. All of a sudden he started pooping his pant and lying alot. We dont know what to do we tried dicipline but nothing seem to help. He will do it mostly at school then we will go to his sport activitys and he will do it there or after. He always has the same excuse he will miss practice or the toys will be gone. Since he has been pooping his pant for the past 2 months he has been lying alot and telling stories that are not true. What should we do?

Answer 1

Something tells me that your child might be getting bullied or is having another problem. The pooping is a cry for attention, and he is probably lying to you because he is afraid of the reprocutions of the truth. Try talking to him to see what is happening during the sporting activities...maybe he is being forced to do something he doesn't want to do there??

Answer 2

This is not all that uncommon.  There are privacy issues at this age. They are still learning how to control their body also.  An older child/adult can usually tell if they really need to go now or can put it off for a brief time.

You need to be patient and balanced.  He needs encouragement.  Anger will just make him hide it.  Yet you must not act like it is OK, for him to soil his pants.

The source will show that a lot of families have this problem.

Answer 3

Find our what is really bothering him. Something must be going on, or happened to cause him to do that. I would also make him clean all his pants and underwear because it's his mess.