Helen Dempster
29-01-2010, 04:54 PM
Hi
I mind a Nigerian boy who's 3 and a half. I have to change his trousers at least 3 times each afternoon, as he never either takes himself to the toilet or tells me when he needs to go, he just does it wherever he is and it doesn't seem to bother him being wet (can't be comfortable!) When I try to ask him why he just says "I want to" and that's all he says and laughs. I've spoken to his mum and she says he doesn't do that at home and I spoke to his nursery who also say he just takes himself off to the toilet when he needs to (tho he was soaked through when I picked him up today) I really don't know what to do to help him. I keep rushing him to the loo, even when he says he doesn't want to go, to empty his bladder! He'll have a wee in the toilet, put his trousers back on, then about 5 mins (sometimes less) later, he's sodden! This isn't right is it? He's not a great communicator, he's a very very quiet boy, but if he's only doing it at my house - WHY?
I mind a Nigerian boy who's 3 and a half. I have to change his trousers at least 3 times each afternoon, as he never either takes himself to the toilet or tells me when he needs to go, he just does it wherever he is and it doesn't seem to bother him being wet (can't be comfortable!) When I try to ask him why he just says "I want to" and that's all he says and laughs. I've spoken to his mum and she says he doesn't do that at home and I spoke to his nursery who also say he just takes himself off to the toilet when he needs to (tho he was soaked through when I picked him up today) I really don't know what to do to help him. I keep rushing him to the loo, even when he says he doesn't want to go, to empty his bladder! He'll have a wee in the toilet, put his trousers back on, then about 5 mins (sometimes less) later, he's sodden! This isn't right is it? He's not a great communicator, he's a very very quiet boy, but if he's only doing it at my house - WHY?