my little autistic guy 3yrs old, he has his own room, but at night(only at night) he smears poop all over the walls, himself, and anything else in the room,
i have resently taken everything out except a blank, pillow and a blanket to sleep on,
-i took out the mattresses A. he does't sleep on it anyway he always sleeps in the closet, B. he uses it as a poopy canvas.
is there anything i can do
I feel as though i tried everything
please tell me i'm not alone ↓
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| Name: dianna | Date: May 14th, 2007 1:06 AM |
| Hi there, is there any way you could wait with him till he poops and then change him or till he's sleeping, (they usually don't poop once they are asleep at least mine doesn't). And no you are not alone. Mine used to play with his his too and has stopped, but it will get better because he doesn't do it any more. I think yours will be the same. In the mean time, I think you are doing what you could. Hang in there- I just said a little prayer for you. Hope it's answered . Dianna ↑ |
| Name: crofty | Date: May 14th, 2007 5:55 PM |
You're definitely not alone my youngest has smeared in the past and it is probably one of the most awful things to have to deal with. We have to constantly keep him in trousers he cant get his hands in.
My support worker also suggested giving him more sensory stimuli to distract and still satisfy him, such as playdough. It seems to work a bit apart from the wanting to eat it aswell!
Good luck, I am sure he will move onto something else soon. Crofty. ↑ |
| Name: dragonchuk | Date: May 17th, 2007 10:18 PM |
| Hi, you are not alone. My son went through that stage, so I know how frusterating and hard that can be. Here is some of the things we have tried. One of the first things is his pajamas I tried different things to keep it on him so he wouldn't undress. He had a one piece pajama so I sewed a piece of a string to the zipper and a button on one side of the top of the pajama and a little hole opening (very tight so the button will not come out easily) to the other side across from the button. so when I would put on his pajama I would zip it up, and then I would take the string on his zipper loop it around the button couple times so he would not be able to unzip it down, then button that button for extra protection. Then he wasen't able to unzip his pajama and he wasen't able to undress to smear his poop all over the room. Another solution we came up with for the carpet in his room I got so tired of constantly shampooing and cleaning every night so we went to Lowes and got those big soft floor matts puzzles that are used at gyms, play rooms, and covered his carpet with them.(underneath the puzzles matts we first covered the carpet with plasic linning used from the flooring kit that way if anything ever leaks through the carpet won't damage.) That was the coolest thing now if there is every anything smeared very easy to clean, just wipes off easily no more scrubbing his carpet every night. You did mention that your son likes to sleep on the floor he might like that, they are colorful and soft and the extra insulation keeps the floor warm. I also had to remove everything out of my son's room, now all he has is a mattress and covered carpet with soft floor matts. Just hang in there, be strong, and it will get easier. Good luck. Tanya ↑ |
| Name: jojojohnson | Date: May 28th, 2007 5:45 AM |
| oh, i feel for you! i have been in your situation, and it is a bad one! we tried everything! we even tried putting a belt on his pants at night so he couldnt get into his pants.... but in the end, its was just something that he grew out of..... i know this is not encouraging....because to me it was not! i hated it! but just hang in there,,,, in good time it will pass...believe me ↑ |
| Name: smcfee | Date: Jul 3rd, 2007 12:25 AM |
| I went through this a year ago with my son. I was told that they like the sensory input that they get from the feel and smell of the poop. We had a hard time for about 6 months , but he has grown out of that stage. Just be patient, I felt like all I did was clean up poop day after day. There is light at the end of the tunnel, stay strong and if he is regular try to head him off before he has the opprotunity to mess things up. ↑ |
| Name: Krista | Date: Jul 26th, 2007 5:37 PM |
| Our son, will be 3 in October and he had the same habit, only he would eat his poop. His OT/PT said that it's because he has major sensory issues. They requested that their seamstress make him pj's that he couldnt get into to, almost like a wet suit. They're actually pretty cute. This is 'normal' from what I've been told. Keep your head up, things will get better! CHEERS! ↑ |
| Name: dirtydebbs | Date: Aug 4th, 2007 7:55 PM |
| hi. i av a 7yr old daughter wit moderate autism. when she was younger she use2 do it all the time. she still isn't toilet trained and in nappies full time but now she does put her fingers in it and comes 2 show me she as done something. Things will get better hold on in there ↑ |
| Name: sarahdann | Date: Aug 6th, 2007 4:36 PM |
| You are not alone belive me as my son smears poo all over the toilet walls too and I was told by a charity worker that its a sensory thing as they like the feel of it when doing it, I know its Yuck eh? All I seem to do is clean up after him and he's 6 now. ↑ |
| Name: butterflycraz | Date: Aug 7th, 2007 8:34 PM |
well what has worked for my nephew is she puts a bealt on him all the time even at night
cause he was playing with is poopy even in the daytime maken mud pies and hand prints and even puts it all over is mouth and on the walls but now that she does this she has not had as much problems with it ↑ |
| Name: Peppi | Date: Aug 10th, 2007 1:42 AM |
| I went through it as well. I would try and put my son on the potty and he would just sit there and do nothing. Then I would put a diaper on him and let him go to bed. I swear not a word of a lie not even 5 minutes later he would be giggling to himself and we would go in to check on him and there would be poop everywhere. One thing that we did was wait him out on the potty and stayed sometime 20 mins but once he was fed up and we sent him to bed then we checked every 2 to 3 minutes until he fell asleep. So once he did do his business we caught him in time to change his diaper and left him no time to play in it. It lasted about a week of always checking on him then he didnt do it again. That is what worked for my son. ↑ |
| Name: LeAnn | Date: Aug 18th, 2007 2:29 PM |
| Oh I can remember the time my son went thru this too he would do this when company came over but not only play in it he would throw it at my company. Thank God it was family that only comes to see me. But still I was so red faced it wasn't funny. ↑ |
| Name: Ollys Mum | Date: Sep 8th, 2007 8:33 PM |
Hi there.
Olly is 3 and would has done this a few things. we always put him in a baby grow (yo know zip done the front with feet. ) He cant undow these and so can't get at it!!)
Hope this helps.
XXX
Thinking of you ↑ |
| Name: asdmom | Date: Sep 22nd, 2008 2:20 AM |
oh noo.
i went through this with my son.
it seemed like forever that my son was doing it.
as difficult as it is. you have to clean it up, but put some tissue, and what has poo on it in a seperately.
Then you take your son to the bathroom and you get him to put the tissue and he must be able to see the poo, get it wrapped in his hand, use your hand to guide his, put it down the toliet. and tell him well done, praise him. Do this everytime it happens and be expecially vigilant. so hopefully you catch him doing it and you get him to put it in the toilet.
He will get used to the praise of doing something right and even if it takes weeks. I found withmy son he would smear wherever but it eventually got closer to the bathroom and the penny dropped. He understood thats where the poo went until eventually he would take his nappy off in the toilet and drop his poo in the toilet. He would still be covered in poo but hey the message was finally getting through. Eventually it leads to sitting on the toilet....
It sounds like a long haul but you will get there.
Amy ↑ |
| Name: There IS Hope | Date: Jul 14th, 2009 4:16 AM |
| Hi. I work in a school district, as a special-education paraprofessional. I have been blessed to care for and help many different children of various ages, with a variety of challenges. I recently listened to / watched a woman share her incredible story of raising a son with autism. It touched me deeply. Her son was healed, a few years back, and continues to improve in his schooling. I ordered her book and found so much hope in her experience. Hope that applies to everyone, including families with autism but not limited to only autism. My heart goes out to all. If anyone is interested in the details of the book and the radio / t.v. program, please e-mail me at [email protected]. (Since it is my understanding that some things cannot be posted.) With excitement, encouragement, and heart-felt appreciation and compassion to every family touched by especially autism...There IS Hope. ↑ |
| Name: rachel122081 | Date: Aug 24th, 2009 4:28 AM |
| I also experienced this problem . Finally after throwing almost every toy he had away his theripist recomended giving him a old bath after each time he did this . It worked after th second time and I have not had this problem since ↑ |
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