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Post by jill on Mar 24, 2007 12:22:55 GMT -5
My daughter gets so distracted she will sometimes sit on the toilet seat and stare into space or at herself in the mirror and you can always catch her playing in the bathroom. I know the hygiene is an issue for she has come out of the bathroom with her drawers around her ankles and continued to play oblivious to it. Also when I help her dress there is the telltale oder so every morning I have her wash up before school. She forgets to wipe and it is hard to remind her every time. She also never flushes so I know when she has gone. Any ideas?  |
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Post by jj on Mar 24, 2007 12:28:18 GMT -5
How about just putting words up to remind her. Like WIPE and FLUSH and include when she does this in a rewards system just to get her in the habit??
Truth is, both my step-sons were very careless about wiping. You know...skid marks in their underware. Yuk. LOL
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Post by misty on Mar 24, 2007 12:34:52 GMT -5
Shannon was this way too. All I can say is it DOES get better with age. I just reminded, reminded, reminded her . Signs do help some. I had one up that said "Don't forget to flush" because it was grossing me out seeing her waste in there when I had to go. After awhile it will become habit if you keep on her about it. Also, making her go back up to flush or wipe helps. It did with Shannon anyway because she quickly decided that leaving her games, TV, pool, etc to run back upstairs & flush was annoying (And I made her do that every time I noticed it).
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Post by jj on Mar 24, 2007 16:58:27 GMT -5
I think I stole that sign idea from you anyway Misty. Gotta give credit where credit is due.  |
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Post by unicorn on Mar 24, 2007 18:53:04 GMT -5
JJ I too think that Misty did have those signs before. Jill - Tiff has horrible hygiene. She does have to be reminded to wipe all the time. And just bathing in general is a hassle. She doesn't think she looks bad or smells. And to get her to brush her teeth, I have to threaten her with brushing them for her. We found this mouthwash that has been advertised that when you rinse with it, dyes your teeth blue where you did a poor job. So now she can see I am not making it up.  |
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Post by jfla on Mar 24, 2007 22:22:25 GMT -5
My son had similar issues when he was young. Wiping got better when I told him he had to keep wiping until clean. He often forgot what he was doing in the bathroom. Once at a rest stop, I didn't know if he would ever come out, because he was sitting on the toilet singing away and couldn't hear me calling him to come out. It was so funny. He also would waste lots of water washing his hands getting transfixed by the water running through his circle of fingers. That one lasted a long time. Eventually they learn.  |
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Post by crazyhouse on Mar 25, 2007 3:53:38 GMT -5
Jake has flushing issues we have conquered!! pretty much (he forgets on occasion) It used to be difficult until he saw how mad I would get when his brother discovered the pool to play in YUCK!! He is doing very well. As for the wiping Jake took longer to get potty trained he liked his diapers, pull ups, and someone doing it for him in general. When we first got started using the big boy potty I found the flushable wipe. Kandoos! They have been a life saver for 2 years Jake is independent about wiping his own BUTT!!! Woo Hoo ;D If you have an older child that might say that those are for babies they do have some from Cottonelle, for grown ups and other brands to. The signs are a great idea if your child likes to space off in the bathroom.  |
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Post by jill on Mar 25, 2007 10:24:06 GMT -5
Unicorn we bought the blue stuff however she does not wait the 30 seconds and will spit it out sooner and got it all over herself and my bathroom. Now it is on top of the refrigerator. She did have a cavity filled first one last week that helps for she does not want another one.
As for the signs I will make them up along with the continued reminders and when we have company take them down. thanks everyone.
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Post by jfla on Mar 25, 2007 19:58:29 GMT -5
Dental hygiene improved tremendously when he started using a Sonicare. the dentist was quite happy with the improvement.
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Post by katiekat on Mar 26, 2007 7:32:12 GMT -5
We have all these issues here also. Sean spends either 3 seconds in shower and does no washing if he is preoccupied with something OR he takes 3 hours and dumps all the soaps and shampoos. I had to put everything up high where he cant reach-it's like having a 2 year old. I have had to clean up urine off my floor, walls, and of course all over the toilet seat. That is one problem I solved by making him clean it up himself. He was literally sitting on the toilet facing forward and peeing on the floor! Again, acceptable at 2 but not 6. He also hates to brush his teeth and will tell me he did it yesterday so he doesnt need to. Left to his own devices he will have toothpaste from head to toe and all over the bathroom so I put the toothpaste on myself and set it out for him. I feel like a have a permanent toddler over here sometimes!
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